Le Moule Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for the next stretch.

Honestly, I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough one for Le Moule. The whole 16-day window is a bit of a struggle. We’ve got waves, sure, but the quality is just not there. It’s a long stretch of poor surf conditions, with a constant cross-shore or cross-onshore wind messing things up. The swell is there, but it’s mostly short-period windswell, and the wind just won’t play nice.

We start off from Wednesday, August 5th, with a weak 2ft NE swell at 7 seconds. The combined energy is a weak 80, and that ESE wind at 12 mph is making it a cross-shore mess. It’s choppy and not worth paddling out for. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing to write home about.

This pattern just repeats. Through Thursday and Friday, the swell bumps up a bit, hitting 4ft and 4ft, with the energy creeping into the moderate range (135 to 187), but it’s still that same lumpy, cross-shore chop. The wind stays stubbornly from the east or east-southeast, never giving us a clean window.

The weekend into the next week stays the same story. We get a bit more size on Sunday, August 9th, with a 5ft E swell, and the energy climbs to 229, but the wind swings cross-onshore, making it even choppier. From there, the swell slowly builds, but the wind never lets up. By the time we get to Thursday, August 13th, the swell is pushing 6ft from the east, but with a fresh breeze at 22 mph, the surface is a lumpy, cross-shore mess. The energy is getting strong at 334, but it’s all for nothing with that wind.

The real size shows up on the weekend of August 15th and 16th. We’re looking at 8ft E swell on Saturday morning, with a combined energy of 889 – that’s a lot of power. But the problem is the wind. It’s a fresh cross-onshore on Saturday, and on Sunday it’s a moderate cross-shore. The period is only 8-9 seconds, so it’s still a lumpy, crumbly windswell. This is expert-only territory because of the size, and honestly, with the chop, it’s more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The crowds are possible at this spot, but with conditions this poor, I doubt many will be out.

The final week doesn’t offer any relief. The swell stays in the 6ft to 7ft range, with energy in the strong range (340 to 635), but the wind is either a fresh cross-shore or a moderate cross-onshore right through to Thursday, August 20th. It’s just a long, drawn-out period of poor surf.

So, what’s the best on offer? Honestly, there isn’t one. Not a single standout. If you absolutely had to pick a window, the mornings with the cross-shore wind are slightly less bad than the afternoons, but it’s splitting hairs. The swell is there, but the wind is the enemy. This is a blank run for quality waves. I’d say wait for the forecasts to change, because this stretch looks like a write-off for clean surf.

Rusty.

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