Le Kerou Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Le Kerou over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – the first few days are a bit of a write-off. Saturday the 6th through Sunday the 7th, the wind is messy and the surf is just not cooperating. You’ll see some swell pulse on Monday the 7th with waves hitting 4 ft from the WSW, but the cross-on wind is gonna chop it up good. That combined energy reading of 521 (moderate) tells you there’s some push, but it’s not gonna be clean. We’re basically waiting for a window.

That window starts to crack open late Tuesday the 8th. The afternoon sees the wind swing to a light NW cross-off, cleaning things up for some 3 ft waves from the west. The energy is still modest at 184, but it’s surfable. It’s not a stand-out, just a sign of life.

The real gem, and I mean the only true stand-out in this whole forecast, comes on Thursday the 10th of September. We get glassy conditions, a light SW breeze, and it’s the cleanest the setup will be. The swell is tiny at 2 ft from the west, so you’ll need a log or a fish, but it’s going to be smooth and fun. The combined energy is weak (65), but for a small-wave session, that’s fine. Everything else in the first week is either onshore, weak, or just plain ordinary.

Moving into the second week, the pattern is for small, clean waves, but nothing to get too excited about. Sunday the 13th sees a bit of a bump with a 3 ft west swell and a nice ENE offshore breeze at 12 mph in the morning. The energy is still weak (145), but it’ll be clean. The following days repeat the story: small, 2 ft to 3 ft waves from the west, with mostly offshore or glassy mornings. The stand-out in this stretch is Tuesday the 15th of September. The morning is clean with a 2 ft west swell and an ENE offshore, but the afternoon is where it’s at: glassy conditions, 2 ft west swell, and a longer period of 12 seconds. That’s the best quality you’ll see all week. The energy is still low (141), but it’ll be a lovely, clean little wave.

After that, we’re into a run of very small, clean mornings until the end of the forecast. Friday the 18th and Saturday the 19th both offer clean offshore mornings with 2 ft to 3 ft west swell. The combined energy never gets above 121, so it’s strictly small-wave territory. The crowds are listed as “sometimes” at Le Kerou, so expect a few other locals out on the cleanest days.

So, to sum it up: the best bet is Thursday the 10th for a glassy, tiny wave session. If you want a little more size but still clean, aim for Tuesday the 15th in the afternoon. The rest is a waiting game for small, clean windows. Don’t expect any big, powerful surf here in the 16-day window.

Rusty.

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