Le Petit Minou Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get into the surf outlook for Le Petit Minou.

Overall, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty weak. We've got a bit of a flat spell on our hands, with only brief, very ordinary windows. The energy just isn't there for much of the period. The real standout action doesn't look like it could show up until late in the window, but it's a long way off. The water temp here is sitting at 66°, which is about average for this time of year – nothing unusual there.

To start things off, on Thursday the 13th, we have some small waves but it's marginal. The morning shows a 4ft swell from the west with an 11-second period and cross-shore winds, giving us a combined energy of 277. By the afternoon the wind switches to a cleaner cross-off, but the wave comment is clear: it's marginal. This really isn't worth paddling out for.

Friday the 14th is more of the same. Dropping down to 3ft from the west, period at 9 seconds. The morning is clean with a cross-off breeze, but the energy is way down at 136. The afternoon is even worse, with the description calling it "poor surf conditions".

Saturday the 15th actually sees a slight bump in size to 4ft on the morning, but with a short 8-second period and a stiff 19 mph N wind. The energy reading is 296, but the conditions are labelled as poor. Afternoon picks up to 5ft but the period drops to just 7 seconds and the wind stays strong out of the north. The setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

From Sunday the 16th all the way through to the end of the second week, it's a real struggle. We're looking at wave heights mostly under 3ft, weak energy readings (often under 100), and a lot of poor surf conditions. There is a brief moment on the morning of Wednesday the 19th with a clean 3ft swell, and again on Saturday the 22nd with near-glass conditions on a tiny 2ft wave, but it's still just "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions". Not worth getting excited about.

Now, if you look out to the second week, specifically the morning of Sunday the 23rd of August, things get interesting. We see a jump in size to 7ft from the WNW with an 8-second period. The combined energy reading shoots up to 594. The wind is light and cross-onshore from the south. The wave comment is still "marginal", meaning tide or conditions might be tricky, but it's the first sign of real size in the entire forecast. But then the afternoon gets messy with strong onshore winds.

Monday the 24th is similar with 7ft in the morning and 6ft in the afternoon, but again the wind is onshore and the conditions are rated as poor.

The closest thing to a standout in this whole window might be the tail end. The afternoons on Friday the 28th of August show a 6ft swell from the WNW with a 10-second period and a massive combined energy of 855. The wind is a strong offshore from the NNE, which would be clean, but the comment says it's "marginal surf forecast or questionable tide conditions" and that the strong offshore makes it "hard to paddle into". It's a long-range whisper – promising but not something to bank on yet.

Best on offer: Honestly, there isn't a true, unmissable standout. If you're desperate, the morning of Sunday the 23rd August at Le Petit Minou has that 7ft swell (which is getting into expert-only territory at over 8ft for the afternoon) and the highest energy we've seen until then. But the winds are off and the tide could be an issue. The other long-shot is the end of the month on the 28th, with that powerful 6ft swell and clean offshore wind, but it's a long way off and the tides might mess it up.

Chronologically, this is a long, flat run with a couple of distant, uncertain pulses. Not the best time to be a surfer here.

- Rusty

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