Le Porge Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a seat and let's talk surf for Le Porge. I've been staring at the charts and, to be honest, it's looking like a tough stretch ahead. We've got a run of days where the ocean's just not cooperating, so let's break it down.

Right off the bat, things are pretty grim. The water here is a balmy 78°, which is *much warmer than normal* for this time of year – that's over 8° above average, real unusual. But that’s about the only good news. The wind is howling from the NNW at 16 mph, smashing what tiny 2 ft swell we have. It's all cross and choppy, just poor quality. Nothing to get excited about.

We'll see a slight drop in wind speed as we head into Thursday the 23rd and Friday the 24th, but the swell barely ticks over. A brief moment of hope on Friday morning with a clean offshore breeze, but the swell is a pathetic 0.7 ft. You'll need a longboard and a prayer for that.

The weekend, the 25th and 26th, picks up a bit of size, with the swell pushing 5 ft and wave energy creeping up to moderate levels [200]. But it comes with a dirty onshore wind from the west, making it a messy, blown-out affair. It's not the kind of surf you paddle out for.

Now, the best chance in this whole 16-day outlook is looking like Monday the 27th. It’s not a classic, but it’s the pick of a bad bunch. Swell is 5 ft from the WNW with a decent 9-second period from a groundswell, and the combined energy is a solid moderate [307]. The wind is light from the WNW at just 6 mph. It’s more of a lumpy, cross-onshore texture, but the light breeze means it will be much more manageable than the weekend. It's a "marginal" call, but with the wind expected to pick up later, the early morning on the 27th is your window. Don't expect perfection, but you'll get wet.

After that, we slide back into a pattern of tiny, junk surf. There are a few glassy mornings scattered in there – the 28th (Tuesday), for example, has 3 ft with glassy conditions and a long 10-second period, but it's still surfable waves but very ordinary conditions. Wednesday the 29th also has a glassy start with 2 ft. Then the first week of August is much of the same. Occasional head-high, mostly waist-high slop. The long-period groundswell on the 1st of August (Saturday) pushes the energy up [205], but the wind is cross-onshore, spoiling the fun.

Frankly, for a beginner spot like this and with the constant cross-shore and onshore winds, the setup for the next couple of weeks looks more interesting for kite surfing than a proper paddle session. It’s a long, flat spell with only fleeting moments of mediocrity. But these forecasts can change, and Le Porge is fairly consistent, so it won't stay this poor forever. Hang in there.

Rusty

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