Le Kerou Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the menu for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, I'm looking at the charts and it’s a bit of a bleak picture for the foreseeable future. We’ve got a solid 16-day window ahead, but right now, it’s looking like a whole lot of nothing. The first real chance of a wave doesn't pop up until the end of the run, and even then, it’s not exactly a winner.

The only spot lighting up the board is Le Kerou. It's a beginner-friendly, fairly consistent beach break that needs a good W swell. The water temp is sitting right around 66°, which is bang on average for this time of year.

But here’s the rub: for the first week and a half, it’s a total write-off. The swell is tiny, the wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and the scores are just flat. We’re looking at a gap of about 10 days with nothing worth paddling out for. The energy in the water is super weak, with values barely scraping into double digits for most of that stretch.

If you’re desperate, there’s a little flicker around Thursday, August 13th. The morning shows a 3 ft swell from the WSW with a period of 9 seconds, and the combined energy (111) is in the moderate range. But the wind is cross-onshore, so it’s going to be choppy and a bit of a mess. The afternoon gets a bit bigger, hitting 4 ft, but the wind cranks up to 22 mph, making it lumpy and ugly. It’s probably more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer at that point.

The next morning, Friday, August 14th, is a similar story. A 3 ft W swell with a 9-second period and moderate energy (158) hanging around, but it’s a cross-shore breeze, so you’ll be fighting a bit of chop.

The only real standout, and I’m using the term loosely, is the morning of Saturday, August 15th. The swell drops to 2 ft from the west, but the wind goes glassy. Dead calm. That’s the only time in the whole run we see that. If you’ve got a log or a longboard, that’s your window for some clean, tiny, fun waves. The water is still warm, but the energy is low (46), so keep expectations in check.

After that, it’s back to onshore wind and messy, lumpy conditions right through to the end of the forecast on the 20th. The swell tries to push a little over 3 ft again, but the wind just ruins it.

So, there you go. The only real chance to get wet and actually enjoy yourself is that glassy Saturday morning, and even then, it’s going to be small. The rest of the time, it's a long, blank run. Sometimes that’s just how it goes around here. Forecasts can change, but for now, I’d grab the fishing rod rather than the wettie.

Rusty.

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