Le Poux Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright crew, grab a coffee. Rusty here, and I’m looking at a long, bleak forecast for Le Poux.

Honestly, this is a grim sixteen-day outlook. The only break the data talks about is Le Poux, and it’s a beach and reef setup that rarely breaks. That reputation is well-earned here because we’ve got nothing but flat, frustrating surf for ages.

The water sits at about 67°F, and that’s roughly 5° warmer than it should be for this time of year – feels like a warm bath, but without any waves to enjoy, who cares?

The whole thing starts on July 27th with a tiny 3ft Westerly-Northwesterly swell, but it’s cross-on and ugly. The combined energy is a weak 109. Rolling through the end of July and the start of August, it's the same story: flat, tiny 1 to 2ft waves, mostly onshore or cross-shore winds making it choppy. This run of truly unrideable stuff lasts ten solid days.

Around August 3rd, we get a couple cleaner windows with offshore wind from the East-Northeast, but the swell is a measly 1ft – clean but empty. That carries us through to August 9th.

Here’s where I get your hopes up, just a little. On August 9th, the energy jumps to moderate numbers, hitting 218 by the afternoon, with waves getting to 3ft to 4ft from the west. This builds into Monday, August 10th, with waves hitting 5ft in the afternoon and combined energy climbing to a solid 438. This is the only real pulse in the whole forecast. The period is around 10 to 11 seconds, so there's some groundswell there.

Here’s the big catch: that whole pulse is met with onshore wind. On Monday the 10th, the wind is 10 mph from the west, which is straight onshore, meaning slop. The break is already tough, and with the wind in your face, it’s going to be messy. This swell is getting over 3ft, so it’s no wave for beginners, but for experienced folks, it's the only game in town. Honestly, it might be more interesting for kite surfers than us paddlers.

Tuesday the 11th sees the swell dropping back to 4ft in the morning, then 3ft in the afternoon, but the wind goes cross-on from the Northwest, so it’s still choppy. All sessions from August 9th through the 11th are rated as poor.

So there you have it. A long, dry, flat wait, then one window of moderate swell that gets wrecked by wind. If you’re desperate, the morning of August 11th might be your best, but even that’s rough. Keep the board in the car.

Rusty.

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