Le Poux Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let’s get real about Le Poux.

Right off the bat, I gotta be honest with you – the next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim. We’re talking about a stretch of surf that’s just not worth paddling out for. There’s a big fat zero on the scoreboard for the first week, and it doesn’t get much better after that. For a spot that rarely breaks, this kind of blank run is sadly not unusual.

We start off on Wednesday, August 19th, with nothing. Heavy rain and a messy cross-shore wind on a tiny 3ft swell from the west – that’s a hard pass. The combined energy is a weak 62, and the water’s sitting at a very unusual 69°F, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year. Thursday the 20th sees a little bump in size, 5ft to 6ft, but it’s all onshore wind and the energy jumps to a moderate 290-439. Still, it’s just poor surf conditions, so don’t bother.

Friday the 21st is the only tiny glimmer in this first week. We get a clean look with a gentle cross-offshore breeze and a small 3ft west swell. The energy is only 106, so it’s weak, but for a beginner-friendly break like this, you could get a few crumbly ones. The word is “surfable but very ordinary” – that’s about as good as it gets.

Then it’s back to tiny, clean, but absolutely powerless waves from Saturday the 22nd all the way through Tuesday the 25th. The swell drops to 1.0ft or less, with energy falling to single digits. It’s clean offshore wind, but you’d be floating more than surfing. A kite surfer might get a laugh, but for a paddle surfer, it’s a total write-off.

Wednesday the 26th brings a pulse of energy – a 4ft west swell with 201 units of energy – but it’s cross-shore and lumpy. Still, the rating stays at zero. Thursday the 27th afternoon gets a bit more interesting with a 5ft west swell at 11 seconds, giving a solid 596 energy, but it’s all onshore and the conditions are unknown. That’s a no-go.

From Friday the 28th through to the end of the forecast on September 3rd, the swell sizes bounce between 3ft and a chunky 8ft, and the energy gets seriously strong – we’re talking over 1000 and even 1500 on September 1st. But every single one is plagued by onshore or cross-onshore winds, making it lumpy, choppy, or just messy. The 8ft west-northwest swells at the end of August and start of September are big, but with that wind, they’d be a washing machine. Definitely only for experts, and even then, it’s not clean.

So, the long and short of it? There’s no standout, no hidden gem. The only day with anything rideable is Friday, August 21st, for the absolute beginners looking for a dribbler. Otherwise, the whole 16-day window is a bust. Keep an eye on the charts – it tends not to stay this poor forever.

Rusty.

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