Seignosse - Le Penon Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's break down what the next couple of weeks are looking like for our local stretch of sand.

Overall, it’s a mixed bag with a slow start. We’ve got a bit of a wait on our hands before anything really worth paddling out for shows up. The first few days are looking pretty ordinary, with a persistent onshore breeze and messy, short-period swell. Give it a miss until Monday.

Seignosse - Le Penon is the only spot in the game for this forecast. It’s a beach and jetty setup, exposed to the west, so it can pick up a bit of energy.

The early part of the outlook is a write-off. Sunday the 26th brings light rain and a moderate breeze onshore at 12 mph from the WNW, with a weak 5 ft NW windswell at a short 7-second period. Wave energy is feeble (219), and the conditions are simply poor. No point even getting the wetsuit wet.

Things start to look up on Monday morning the 27th. The wind swings around to a light north breeze at 3 mph, going cross-offshore. We’ll see a 4 ft NW swell, still a bit short at 7 seconds but the combined energy climbs to a moderate 292. The report says "expect good surf conditions," and it should be clean thanks to that cross-off flow. This is your first real window for a surf.

Tuesday the 28th is likely the standout of the entire period. The morning sees a light offshore breeze from the ESE at 6 mph, cleaning up a 4 ft NW swell with a longer 10-second period. Wave energy is solid at 318, and conditions are described as good. The afternoon stays clean with a cross-offshore breeze. For a beach break, that longer period and clean wind should produce some lined-up waves. This is the one to circle on the calendar.

After Tuesday, the energy fades. We drift into a long stretch of small, weak surf through the end of July and the first week of August. There’s a few glassy mornings with knee-to-waist high waves (around 1 ft to 3 ft) on Thursday the 30th, Friday the 31st, and into the first weekend of August, but the energy is weak (under 100), and while the water will be glassy, there’s just not enough push to make it exciting.

Midway through the second week, around Friday the 7th of August, the swell tries to pick up again, but it’s paired with a messy WNW windswell of 6 ft and a short period, making it look pretty average. Saturday the 8th of August brings a notable pulse: a 7 ft NW swell with a moderate 515 combined energy, but the wind is onshore. At that size with onshore wind, this beach break is going to be a washing machine – better suited for the kite surfers than us paddle surfers. Steer clear unless you’ve got a big board and a death wish.

The final morning on Monday the 10th of August offers a glimpse of hope. A clean cross-offshore breeze and a 3 ft NW swell with a lovely 10-second period and strong energy (316) could provide a few fun, clean waves to close out the outlook, but it’s a long way out so take it with a pinch of salt.

So, the pick of the litter is Tuesday morning the 28th at Seignosse - Le Penon. Clean offshore wind, waist-to-chest high swell, and decent period. Monday the 27th is a solid backup. The rest of the two weeks is mostly small or windy or both.

Keep an eye on the sky,
Rusty

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