Le Poux Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you—this is a pretty grim run for Le Poux. The whole 16-day window is a write-off for anything worth paddling out for. We’ve got a stretch of flat, weak, and messy conditions that just won’t let up from Thursday the 23rd of July all the way through to Friday the 7th of August. Not a single day gets a recommendation, so don’t hold your breath.

The water at Le Poux is sitting at 67°, which is a massive 4° warmer than normal for this time of year—pretty unusual, feels more like a bath than the ocean.

We start Thursday the 23rd with a tiny 0.7ft west swell, period a lackluster 9 seconds, and combined energy is a pathetic 6. Light cross-shore winds on the morning, but it’s just poor surf. That afternoon the wind swings to a cross-offshore northerly at 12 mph, but you’re still looking at 0.7ft—barely a ripple.

Friday the 24th is more of the same: 0.7ft west swell, 8-second period, and the morning brings a light cross-onshore, making it even worse. Afternoon cleans up a bit with a cross-offshore northerly, but the swell is so small it’s not worth a mention.

Saturday the 25th sees a tiny bump to 2ft from the northwest, but the period drops to a miserable 4 seconds—short, weak, and sloppy. Combined energy is still only 10. The wind is a cross-shore northwesterly at 12 mph in the morning, then cross-onshore in the afternoon. Surfable? Barely. Good? Not even close.

Sunday the 26th brings the biggest swell of the whole period at 4ft from the west, with a combined energy hitting 176. But don’t get excited—the period is 7 seconds, and the wind is a fresh cross-onshore at 19 mph with light rain. That’s lumpy, choppy, and ugly. This is more of a kiteboarding setup than a surfing one.

Monday the 27th is the only day that even gets a 1/10 score, and it’s still poor. The swell drops to 3ft west, 8-second period, and 86 combined energy. The morning is clean with a light cross-offshore northerly at 6 mph, so you could get a few limp little waves if you’re desperate. But it’s not a standout—it’s just the least bad of a bad bunch.

From Tuesday the 28th onward, it’s all downhill. The swell shrinks back to 0.7ft to 1ft, periods hover around 8-9 seconds, and combined energy barely reaches double digits. Winds are a mess—cross-shore, cross-on, or onshore—and the conditions are consistently poor surf. The second week, from August 1st to the 7th, is a whole lot of nothing: a few onshore westerly swells on the 2nd of August hit 4ft with 206 combined energy, but the wind is straight onshore at 12-16 mph, making it unsurfable. The rest is tiny, weak, and often stormy.

Le Poux rarely breaks anyway, and this forecast proves it. There’s no swell direction matching the optimum WNW, no decent wind, and no real energy. Don’t even bother checking the buoys—just save your energy for another time. Forecasts can change, but right now, this is a total blank.

Rusty.

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