Le Moule Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, things are looking pretty grim for a while around here. Le Moule’s your only real option in the 16-day window, and for the first week, there’s just nothing doing. The wind is a mess – mostly cross or cross-onshore and fresh, so the ocean is a lumpy, choppy mess. We’re looking at a big gap of almost no surf worth paddling out for until we hit Sunday the 30th.

The first hint of something comes on Sunday, 30th of August. The wind swings to a clean cross-offshore out of the SE, and the swell jumps to 10ft from the ENE with a moderate period of 11 seconds. The water movement is strong, with combined energy registering 1781. That’s a proper, powerful groundswell. However, that’s big – over 8ft – so this is expert territory only. Le Moule is a beach and reef setup, and a long-period swell like this can break a bit straight on the beach section, so you’ll want to be on the reef for a decent wave. The water temperature is about average for this time of year. If you’re not an expert, this might be better suited to a kite.

Monday the 31st drops back a bit: 7ft from the East, still moderate energy (579), but the wind goes back to a cross-shore and gets lumpy again. Not the same quality as Sunday.

From there it’s a slow decline into small, weak, and messy surf, with nothing else making the cut for a recommendation until we look way out. There’s a pulse of Northerly swell showing around the 8th and 9th of September – 3ft but with a very long period of 13 seconds, and combined energy hitting 695. However, the wind is predominantly cross-shore and fresh, making it a poor prospect for clean surfing. That deep-water energy might look good on paper, but at Le Moule, it’ll likely just be a washed-out, lumpy mess unless the wind plays ball. Promising but not certain.

So, your one true standout is that Sunday, 30th of August session. Go early before the afternoon storms build in. Otherwise, it’s a long wait.

Rusty.

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