Le Moule Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. The next week and a half is a write-off for Le Moule. We're looking at a long, drawn-out stretch of onshores and junky, cross-shore energy that’s going to have the water all chopped up and lumpy. It’s not the kind of conditions that get you out of bed early.

We start off with a couple of days of stormy weather and a fresh E breeze, with wave heights around 7ft to 8ft, but it’s all short-period windswell. The combined energy is moderate, hitting 599 and then 761 on Wednesday. But it's messy. Really messy. The onshores are going to have those peaks breaking all over the place. It's just poor surf conditions.

This continues right through the week and into the next. The swell eases a touch, dropping from 6ft down to 5ft, but the wind stays up and on it, cross-shore and cross-on, keeping things ugly. There’s a chance of thunderstorms thrown in for good measure on several days. The period stays at that short, weak 7-8 second range, which doesn’t do this exposed beach and reef set-up any favors. It’s all just a bit of a mess, to be honest. You’d be wasting your time.

Now, for the real news. There is a tiny light at the end of the tunnel. We’re looking at a huge gap with no good options for over a week, but the forecast suggests a potential shift around Wednesday the 23rd of September. The wind finally swings around to a cross-offshore SE breeze and things start to clean up. The energy is weak, down to 147, and the swell is a meager 4ft, but at least it gets *surfable*. By the afternoon, the breeze drops to a gentle 9 mph, and we see the first glimmer of a clean wave.

However, keep your expectations low. We’re talking about 3ft of weak, short-period swell. The combined energy is only 125, which is barely a pulse. It's not going to be a classic, but for the first time in over two weeks, Le Moule will have clean, lined-up waves, and that counts for something. The water temp is a warm 85°, right on the money for this time of year. The break is consistent, but in conditions this small, it might be pretty fat. Just don’t expect any barrels.

So there you have it. A long, dusty patch of garbage, followed by a brief window of small, clean, cross-off conditions midweek next week. It’s not what we want, but it’s something. The long-range stuff looks promising but it’s still a fair way out, so we’ll have to see. The setup is less about paddle surfing and more about charging around on a kite in the side-shore junk. We'll take what we can get.

Stay stoked, and check back in.

Rusty

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