Le Porge Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s take a look at what’s coming up for us here. I’m being straight with you: the next week and a half is pretty grim overall for decent waves. Most of the time, we’re dealing with onshore winds, weak swell, or both. It’s a bit of a flat and messy spell, but there are a couple of moments that bring a spark of hope, especially if you’re patient.

We start off on Tuesday the 25th of August with nothing worth paddling out for. Tiny, wind-whipped leftovers, with the odd 1 ft to 0.7 ft of weak, windswell. The combined swell energy is only 11 to 27 – that’s very weak. Wednesday the 26th morning at Le Porge is the first real chance to get wet. The wind swings easterly offshore, blowing at 12 mph, which cleans things up nicely. You’re looking at small, 2 ft swell from the west with a short period of 6 seconds. It’s not going to blow your mind, but for a beginner, it’s surfable with that clean face. The combined energy is 51 – still low, but manageable. The rest of that day and the next few after are mostly onshore and messy, with poor conditions.

We get a real dose of energy from Friday the 28th onward, but it comes with some nasty wind. On Friday, the swell pumps up to 8 ft to 10 ft from the WSW, but it’s coupled with 25-28 mph cross-onshore winds. The combined energy jumps to 681 and then 1660 – that's strong to very strong wave energy, but it’s blown out and stormy. Not the kind of session you tell your mates about. That messy, blown-out trend sticks around for days.

The first true standout comes on Tuesday the 1st of September. This is the one to keep an eye on. In the morning at Le Porge, we get a glassy, dead-calm start with no wind at all – just 3 mph from the NNW, practically flat calm. The swell comes in at 5 ft from the WNW with a period of 10 seconds. The combined swell energy sits at 391 (moderate). It’s a groundswell, so the waves have some shape and push, and with that glassy surface, it’ll be clean as a whistle. That morning window is your best bet of the whole run.

But wait – there’s another highlight on Sunday the 6th of September. This one is a little further out, so less locked in, but it looks promising. The morning starts with a very light south wind, cross-offshore at 6 mph, cleaning up the 5 ft WNW groundswell (11-second period). The combined energy is 642 (moderate). Then the afternoon goes glassy again with no wind – 3 mph from the west. Swell holds at 5 ft. That afternoon session at Le Porge is shaping up to be just as good as the Tuesday morning. Two windows to really go for it.

After that, things go a bit wild again with a massive 10 ft to 8 ft swell from the west hitting around the 8th of September, but with strong onshore winds and a very long 15-second period. That makes it a powerful, tricky groundswell that will be hard to handle at an exposed beach break like this, especially with the wind chopping it up. The combined energy hits massive 3872, which is very strong wave energy, but unless you’re an expert looking for a challenge in average conditions, it’s best left alone.

To sum it up: you’ve got two real gems – the morning of Tuesday the 1st and the afternoon of Sunday the 6th. Both offer clean, well-shaped waves in the chest to head-high range, with very little wind. Everything else is either too small, too onshore, or too messy. Stay ready for those windows.

Rusty

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