Le Petit Minou Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at what’s on the table for us here. Honestly, it’s a pretty grim stretch for the next couple of weeks. The surf is there, but it’s mostly small, weak, and the conditions are just not cooperating. We’re in for a long wait.

The first bit of hope is on Monday morning, July 6th. Le Petit Minou is seeing a tiny 3ft swell from the WNW, but the real kicker is the glassy calm. It’s surfable, but the wave energy is weak (107), and it’s just very ordinary. The water is sitting at 65°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. That Monday afternoon, the wind swings onshore and the surf is a write-off.

Tuesday the 7th and Wednesday the 8th follow the same script: glassy mornings with tiny, weak waves (2ft to 3ft) that are just barely surfable, then the onshore wind messes up the afternoons. The energy is in the doldrums (63 to 109). It’s a tough slog.

We get a bit of a break on Thursday morning, July 9th. A clean, moderate offshore wind from the NE is blowing, and the swell is a meager 3ft from the WNW. The energy is a bit better (121), but it’s still small. It’s surfable, but you won’t be getting any barrels.

From Friday the 10th all the way through to Monday, July 20th, it’s a long, bleak run. The wind is almost always onshore, cross, or too strong, and the swell is either tiny or blown out. The sweet spot of the whole forecast is looking like Sunday, July 19th. That morning, a solid 7ft swell from the NW rolls in, carrying a lot of energy (634). The problem is it’s a short period (8 seconds) and the wind is a stiff cross-offshore breeze. It’s clean, but at that size with that wind, it’s a bit of a mess and only for the experts. The afternoon is similar, with 7ft and 533 energy. It’s a marginal call, but it’s the biggest swell we’ve seen.

The last few days of the outlook, July 20th and 21st, show a drop in size back to 4ft to 5ft, with the wind still not helping. It’s a lot of clean but messy, average surf.

So, to be straight with you, there’s no standout session here. The best you’re going to get is the early, glassy mornings on the 6th, 7th, and 8th for a tiny, clean knee-high wave, or you sit tight and wait for the big, messy, expert-only swell on Sunday, July 19th. Crowds are often a problem at Le Petit Minou, so keep that in mind for those tiny windows.

That’s the story from here. The forecast isn’t giving us much to work with, but that’s winter.

Rusty.

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