Larmor Plage Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright crew, Rusty here. Let me give this to you plain and simple: Larmor Plage is looking pretty slow for the next couple of weeks. I'm not gonna sugarcoat it—we're staring at a lot of small, messy surf.

The water's hanging in at about 67°F, which is a pinch warmer than average for this time of year.

The first halfway decent chance you get is on Monday the 27th of July. We've got a chest-high swell pushing in from the WNW at about 4 feet, with a 9-second interval. The energy is solid (211 in the meter), and the morning is clean with a light breeze. That's your window. By the afternoon the swell bumps up to 4 feet and the energy jumps (536), but a 15 mph side-shore wind kicks up and turns it into lumpy brown water. Monday morning is your only real play that day, and it's just average.

After that, the swell dies on its feet. From Tuesday the 28th through the end of the month, we're looking at ankle to knee-high stuff under 3 feet, with most energy readings barely into the double digits. The wind is almost always from the wrong direction—cross or onshore—keeping a chop on the surface. There are a few clean moments with light airs on the 30th of July and the 1st of August, but the waves are a measly 2 feet. You'll need a longboard if you want to catch anything. It's going to be a long gap of over a week where you can leave your shortboard at home.

Into the second week, things finally show a pulse, but it's ugly. On Wednesday the 5th of August, we get a 4-foot west swell, but with a short and weak 7-second period. It's got some energy (211), but a 12 mph cross-shore wind is making a mess of it. By the afternoon, it's hitting 5 feet, but with a 6-second period and a 19 mph side-shore wind. That's unsurfable chop—more of a kiteboarding day than a surfing one. Thursday the 6th of August offers the cleanest window that week: a 2-foot WNW groundswell with a light offshore breeze. It's clean, but weak. Sunday the 9th of August is the closest we have to a winner: a 2-foot west swell, a clean offshore breeze, and glassy conditions in the morning. It's tiny, but clean enough for a few little runners.

So, the call of the whole 16 days is Monday morning the 27th of July. It's got the most size and the best wind. If you miss that, just look for the morning glass-offs on the tiny days like Sunday the 2nd of August or Friday the 7th of August. It's a quiet period, plain and simple. Sometimes it's just like that.

Rusty.

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