Surf Forecasts:
Le Poux surf forecast from 8 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 12 Sep, 2AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period, WNW swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 9 Sep, 2AM (local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period, WNW swell with 380 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 12 Sep, 2AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with WNW 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 Saturday (Sep 12) at 2AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 9s period. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Le Poux in the next 16 days are 1.7m 8s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 09) at 2AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.3m 4s period and expected on Wednesday (Sep 09) at 8PM.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 2AM (Sat 12th Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 2AM (Sat 12th Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) 9s |
| Most Powerful | 2AM (Wed 9th Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) 8s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Le Poux over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let's see what we've got lined up for Le Poux.
First off, the water's sitting at 67° right now, which is a solid 5° warmer than usual for this time of year. That's a real treat—you won't need a thick wetsuit at all.
Honestly, I'm looking at the next 16 days and it's a tough one for the paddle crew. The opening stretch, starting Tuesday the 8th through the weekend, is pretty grim. We've got a bit of energy in the water on the 8th—around 5ft from the WNW with moderate energy (405), but the wind is a nasty cross-onshore at 22 mph, making it lumpy and poor. Wednesday the 9th isn't much better, with a cross-shore chop messing up the 5ft swell. Thursday the 10th drops right off to tiny, weak waves. This pattern of poor conditions and onshore or cross-shore wind just keeps repeating right through to the 16th. There's a gap here of several days where there's just nothing to recommend.
The only real stand-out in the whole window are the mornings of the 17th and 20th, but even then it's marginal. On Thursday the 17th, we get a clean morning with light cross-offshore winds from the NNE, and a small 1ft WNW swell. It's surfable, but very ordinary. Then on Sunday the 20th, we have a similar setup: a clean morning with light offshore winds from the ENE, pushing into a 2ft W swell. Again, it's surfable but nothing special.
The good news is that by the 23rd, we see a long-period groundswell sneaking in with a 17-second period and moderate energy levels (171), but it's tiny at 2ft and the wind is a strong cross-offshore. For a beach and reef setup like Le Poux, that long period would usually be a bonus, but with no size to push it, it's a tease.
Given the persistent onshore and cross-shore winds, and the generally poor surf quality, this setup actually looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing for most of the period. There's just no consistent, clean swell to get excited about for a surfer.
Rusty out.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue night, light winds from the W by Wed night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 10 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 6 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 6 | W 6 | W 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 399 | 380 | 295 | 193 | 88 | 46 | 18 | 106 | 270 | 189 | 129 | 84 | 49 | 75 | 137 | 169 | 139 | 81 | 57 | 36 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off |
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 | 1:35AM1.39m | 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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 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 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 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
Feels °C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 5 | — | — | — | — | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 11 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 9 | W 16 | W 8 | WNW 9 | — | — | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 |
| kJ | 6 | — | — | — | — | 46 | 18 | 12 | 270 | 189 | 129 | 5 | 49 | 28 | — | — | 67 | 81 | 57 | 36 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | W 12 | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | W 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 10 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 8 | — | WSW 4 | W 6 | W 9 | — | — | W 8 | W 3 | W 6 | W 6 | W 8 | W 9 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 399 | 380 | 295 | 193 | 88 | — | 13 | 106 | 133 | — | — | 84 | 5 | 75 | 137 | 169 | 139 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 127 | 226 | 226 | 129 | 34 | 34 | 157 | 157 | 160 | 129 | 15 | 34 | 135 | 157 | 157 | 242 | 29 | 127 | 186 | 19 |
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