Surf Forecasts:
Le Poux surf forecast from 8 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Thursday 10 Sep, 2AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period, W swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 8 Sep, 2PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period, WNW swell with 385 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Thursday 10 Sep, 2AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with W swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Le Poux this week:
The surf forecast for Le Poux over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Thursday (Sep 10) at 2AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.7m and 8s period. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Le Poux in the next 16 days are 1.3m 10s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Sep 08) at 2PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.6m 5s period and expected on Tuesday (Sep 08) at 2PM.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 2AM (Thu 10th Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 2AM (Thu 10th Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 2PM (Tue 8th Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Le Poux over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Well folks, it’s Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you: the next couple of weeks at Le Poux are looking pretty grim. We’ve got a solid run of small, messy swell and cross-shore winds that are gonna have the surface all chopped up. It’s not what we want to see, but it is what it is.
The first week is a real write-off. From Tuesday the 8th through to Monday the 14th, the waves are just gonna be weak and disorganised. We’re looking at swell heights mostly under 5ft, with periods hanging around the 8 to 11 second mark. The wind is the real killer here, mostly cross or cross-onshore, which is gonna put a nasty chop on everything. The combined energy is pretty weak for most of it, with values like 197, 355, and 225 in the early days, dropping right off to 49 and 23 by Thursday the 10th. There’s a little bump on Friday the 11th with a 5ft west swell and a combined energy of 318, but it’s still cross-onshore and lumpy. You’d be wasting your time paddling out for that.
We do see a shift starting on Tuesday the 16th of September. The wind swings around to the north and goes cross-offshore, cleaning things up nicely. The problem is, the swell just isn't there. We're talking ankle to knee-high dribble, with heights dropping from 2ft down to 1ft by the 20th. The combined energy is also bottoming out, with single and low double-digit readings like 71, 31, and 22. It’s clean, but absolutely tiny. There’s a small pulse of longer-period energy on Monday the 21st, with a 12-second period from the WNW and a combined energy of 63, but the swell height is still only 1ft. For a beach and reef setup like this, that long period might also make it break a bit too straight.
Honestly, for the whole 16-day run, the only time it looks like it might be even slightly interesting is Wednesday the 23rd, when the energy picks up to 133 with a 13-second period, but we're still only looking at 2ft of swell. It's clean with the offshore wind, but it's still a far cry from anything decent.
The water temperature is a notable 67°F which is 5°F warmer than usual for this time of year, so at least it won't be cold while you're sitting there waiting for nothing. But given the persistent small surf and the onshore winds for the first week, this setup honestly looks more interesting for the kite surfers than for us paddle surfers.
There are no standouts, no gems to chase. It’s just a flat, bumpy stretch. We’ll have to wait for a proper change in the weather pattern to get this place firing again. Keep the board in the car, but you might not want to get it wet.
Rusty
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue morning, calm by Thu night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | 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 | WNW 10 | WNW 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 5 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 6 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 143 | 351 | 354 | 225 | 150 | 68 | 46 | 18 | 29 | 318 | 189 | 97 | 63 | 49 | 104 | 132 | 186 | 142 | 81 | 59 | 39 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 6:37PM7.70m | 7:09AM7.86m | 7:28PM8.46m | 7:54AM8.53m | 8:12PM9.08m | 8:35AM9.05m | 8:51PM9.48m | 9:12AM9.35m | 9:28PM9.61m | 9:48AM9.40m | 10:03PM9.49m | 10:21AM9.22m | 10:37PM9.12m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 1:03PM2.11m | 1:35AM1.39m | 1:56PM1.36m | 2:22AM0.67m | 2:40PM0.74m | 3:02AM0.17m | 3:18PM0.32m | 3:39AM-0.07m | 3:54PM0.14m | 4:12AM-0.05m | 4:26PM0.20m | 4:43AM0.21m | 4:57PM0.46m | ||||||||
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 | 7:31 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — |
 | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:34 | — | — | 8:31 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:23 | — |
mm | 13 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 |
Feels °C | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | SSW 5 | — | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | — | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 10 | — | — | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 |
| kJ | 143 | 4 | — | 225 | 150 | 68 | 46 | 18 | 4 | — | 189 | 97 | 63 | 49 | 30 | — | — | 142 | 81 | 59 | 39 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 12 | W 8 | W 11 | — | — | — | NNW 4 | WNW 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 12 | W 8 | — | — | — | W 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 5 | WNW 10 | WNW 8 | N 4 | NNW 4 | — | — | WSW 3 | W 5 | W 9 | WNW 9 | NNW 3 | — | WNW 3 | W 9 | W 6 | W 9 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 54 | 351 | 354 | 14 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 29 | 318 | 84 | 3 | — | 3 | 104 | 132 | 186 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 135 | 677 | 162 | 129 | 127 | 34 | 136 | 58 | 157 | 129 | 135 | 2 | 157 | 236 | 138 | 157 | 239 | 29 | 138 | 243 | 149 |
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