Lagide Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, I’m gonna be straight with you: the first week is mostly a right-off. It’s not that there ain’t swell, but the wind is rooted from the north for days on end, absolutely ruining everything. We’ve got a big gap of nothing worth paddling out for until the following week.

The surf kicks off proper on Sunday the 13th and that’s where you wanna be. Head to Lagide early. The swell is a clean 3ft from the NW, and it’s a proper groundswell with a 13-second period, giving it some real push. The combined energy is moderate (376). The wind is glassy – dead flat – so it’s gonna be clean as a whistle. Water temp is 64°, which is 4° colder than normal for this time of year, so that’s noticeably chilly; you’ll want a thicker suit.

Monday the 14th morning is your next good window: same setup, 3ft NW groundswell (11-second period), glassy wind, and moderate energy (320). Clean again. But both Sunday and Monday afternoons get blown out by onshore or cross-shore wind, so get in early.

Then we hit a proper ugly stretch. From Tuesday the 15th right through to Sunday the 21st, it’s a solid block of poor surf. The wind is relentless from the north, and it gets strong. On Wednesday the 16th and Thursday the 17th the swell jumps to 8ft and 10ft, but the wind is howling onshore at 18-25 mph. The energy readings spike into the four-digit range (1409, 1538), but it’s a complete mess – that’s more of a kitesurfing scene than a paddle-in sort of day.

The real standout, the one you circle on the calendar, is Friday the 25th of September. This is the best of the whole 16-day window by a country mile. On Friday morning, Lagide gets a solid 8ft NW groundswell with a 14-second period from the optimum NNW direction. The combined energy is enormous: 3087, which is strong to very strong wave energy. The wind is a light offshore from the SSE, and it’s described as clean. That’s excellent surf for experienced surfers – it’s big, powerful, and lining up nicely. This is for advanced crew only; at over 8ft, it’s not a beginner’s wave. The afternoon is a bit iffy with cross-shore wind, so go hard in the morning.

Before that, Monday the 22nd and Tuesday the 23rd mornings also offer clean glassy conditions with 4ft to 5ft NW groundswell (11-12 seconds) and moderate energy (425, 497). Good fun but nothing compared to the 25th.

Crowds at Lagide are listed as “often” which means you’ll have company, especially on the Sunday morning and that Friday standout. But with that quality on offer, it’s worth it. Just don’t expect it to be empty.

So to sum it up: the first few days are a write-off, then a couple of glassy mornings in the first week, followed by a long ugly run of onshore junk. The gold is Friday the 25th of September. That’s your day. Get it while it’s good.

Rusty.

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