Le Poux Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s look at what we’ve got for Le Poux these next sixteen days. I gotta level with you: it’s mostly a bust, with a long stretch of poor conditions.

The first time anything remotely surfable appears is Monday, September 7th. Before that, from August 28th through the first week, it’s pretty much a total blank. The 28th and 29th have strong onshore winds and storm risks, with combined energy jumping from 10 to 866 on Saturday afternoon – that’s strong energy, but with a near gale blowing straight onshore, it’s a mess. The swell hits 10ft on Saturday afternoon, but that’s expert-only and unsurfable with those winds.

Sunday the 30th through to September 5th stays poor. The combined energy drops well below 100 – weak. Swell is mostly under 3ft, with onshore and cross-onshore winds keeping everything choppy. That’s over a week with no recommendations.

Things get slightly more interesting on Monday, September 7th. We see a pulse of 8ft swell from the west on Monday morning, with a short period of 7 seconds. Combined energy hits 619 – strong – but it’s cross-onshore, so it’s only marginal. That’s expert territory size-wise, but the wind is messy. By Monday afternoon, it drops to 7ft from the west-northwest, still cross-onshore.

Tuesday, September 8th is the genuine standout here, and honestly the only one. Tuesday morning at Le Poux is glassy – dead calm, no wind. The swell is just 3ft from the west-northwest, with a 9-second period. Combined energy is 118 (moderate). It’s small, but clean as a whistle. That glassy wind is everything, and the water temp is about average for this time of year. The break is a beach and reef setup that rarely breaks, so when it does and it’s this clean, you drop everything.

The rest of the second week is quiet. Wednesday the 9th through Saturday the 12th shows mostly onshore or cross-onshore winds, with small swell under 4ft and combined energy under 200. Thursday the 10th afternoon has a clean cross-offshore wind with 2ft swell from the west, 10-second period, but the energy is weak at 92. Surfable, but nothing special. The 11th brings strong onshore winds again, and that’s all she wrote.

So if you’re paddling out, Tuesday morning, September 8th, is your window – small but glassy at Le Poux. The rest is either blown out or tiny. This break is inconsistent, so a long quiet spell like this is normal for the area. Forecasts can shift, but right now, it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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