Surf Forecasts:
Le Poux surf forecast from 24 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 29 Aug, 2PM (local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 7s period, W swell with 539 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Le Poux this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Le Poux in the next 16 days are 2.3m 7s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 29) at 2PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.5m 5s period and expected on Monday (Aug 24) at 5PM.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 2PM (Sat 29th Aug) | 7.5ft (2.3m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Le Poux over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – this is a tough one for Le Poux. We're looking at a long, dry spell before anything even gets close to rideable.
Overall, we're in a bit of a slump. The first week and a half is almost entirely a write-off with poor surf conditions. The energy just isn't there, with tiny 0.7ft to 3ft swells and rubbish winds. There's a bit of a pulse of raw energy building towards the end of August, but it's coming in with strong onshore winds, making a mess of things. You'll see the combined energy climb into the hundreds (503) on the 29th of August, but with 7ft of wind-affected swell and a strong onshore breeze, it's more of a messy whitewash than anything you'd want to paddle out in.
We then hit a real gap with no real recommendations at all until we get into the second week of September. The first sign of something positive doesn't show until the 6th of September. Sunday the 6th of September afternoon looks like the standout. We've got a clean 7ft swell from the west, but the wind turns light and cross-offshore from the NNE. This makes for the cleanest surf of the whole 16-day window, and at 7ft, this is only for experienced surfers. The combined energy is pumping at 430, so there's plenty of push. After that, the following morning on Monday the 7th of September still offers some hope with a 5ft west swell and a cross-offshore easterly at 19 mph, keeping it clean, but it's not the same quality.
For the absolute last day in the outlook, Tuesday the 8th of September morning, there’s a real interesting one. A 4ft west swell but with a very long period of 17 seconds. That's proper groundswell energy (combined energy of 1448), and with a clean cross-offshore wind from the east. At point breaks or reefs this would be an epic session, but at a beach-and-reef setup like Le Poux, a period that long can make things break too straight. It's a promising but less certain prospect that far out.
Stay patient, wait for that clean window on the 6th of September.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ENE on Mon night, calm by Tue afternoon). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed night, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SE on Wed night, light winds from the S by Thu afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||
Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | ||||||||||||||
Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | NNE 6 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 8 | SW 4 | W 8 | W 9 | W 8 | WSW 4 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 49 | 79 | 33 | 33 | 360 | 503 | 499 | 177 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross | off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on |
High Tide | 6:14AM6.07m | 6:38PM6.52m | 7:05AM6.64m | 7:21PM7.15m | 7:43AM7.25m | 7:57PM7.79m | 8:17AM7.85m | 8:30PM8.38m | 8:48AM8.39m | 9:01PM8.87m | 9:19AM8.83m | 9:33PM9.23m | |||||||
Low Tide | 00:17AM3.32m | 12:49PM3.17m | 1:24AM2.71m | 1:41PM2.55m | 2:06AM2.04m | 2:20PM1.92m | 2:41AM1.41m | 2:54PM1.36m | 3:14AM0.87m | 3:26PM0.91m | 3:45AM0.49m | 3:58PM0.61m | 4:16AM0.28m | ||||||
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 | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — |
 | 9:09 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 9:01 | — | — | 9:00 | — | 8:58 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 19 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Feels °C | 13 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | W 10 | W 9 | NE 7 | NNE 6 | NE 5 | NE 5 | WSW 4 | WNW 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 8 | WNW 9 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 9 | 7 | 2 | 75 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 79 | 33 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | — | — | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | S 3 | ENE 3 | — | WSW 4 | SSW 3 | WNW 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | — | 11 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | W 11 | W 9 | — | NE 4 | WSW 4 | — | — | SSW 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 5 | E 4 | E 3 | — | W 2 | S 3 | — | SSE 3 | SW 4 | — | — | SW 4 | WSW 4 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 |
| kJ | 19 | 50 | 97 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | 27 | — | — | 15 | 33 | 360 | 503 | 499 | 177 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 252 | 249 | 641 | 98 | 136 | 257 | 157 | 208 | 226 | 226 | 160 | 10 | 34 | 157 | 143 | 157 | 128 | 242 | 138 |
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