Surf Forecasts:
Le Kerou surf forecast from 16 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 22 Aug, 2AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period, W swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 20 Aug, 11AM (local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 9s period, WNW swell with 510 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 22 Aug, 2AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with W swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Le Kerou this week:
The surf forecast for Le Kerou over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 22) at 2AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.7m and 8s period with a secondary swell of 0.2m and 12s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Le Kerou in the next 16 days are 1.8m 9s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Aug 20) at 11AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 4s period and expected on Sunday (Aug 23) at 11AM.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 2AM (Sat 22nd Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 2AM (Sat 22nd Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 11AM (Thu 20th Aug) | 6ft (1.8m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Le Kerou over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here again, giving you the same picture but in feet for those who think that way.
Let’s get into it for Le Kerou. It’s going to be a long two weeks of waiting, if I’m being honest. The spot is wide open to west swell, but the wind is the villain in this story.
Right from Sunday, August 16th, there’s nothing doing. The water’s warm – about 69°F, running a touch warmer than normal – but the surf is tiny at around 2 ft, with a nasty 30 km/h onshore wind blasting it flat.
From Monday the 17th all the way through to the end of the first week, it’s a grind. Wave heights stay mostly under 3 ft, and almost every session has a cross-onshore or onshore breeze messing up the surface. Even when the swell bumps up to around 6 ft on Thursday the 20th, the wind is howling onshore at 35 km/h. It’s chopped up and lumpy. Not worth the paddle.
Saturday the 22nd gives you a little clean session in the morning. A light offshore breeze at 10 km/h hits that small 2 ft west swell. It’s clean, but it’s tiny. You might catch a knee-high ripple.
The second week actually brings some lovely winds – offshore and glassy – but the swell completely vanishes. From the 23rd to the 27th, it’s mostly 0.3 ft to 1 ft. The combined wave energy drops to almost nothing. Wednesday the 26th afternoon goes glassy, but the waves are barely ankle-high.
Your absolute best bet in this whole stretch lands on Friday morning, August 28th. The wind is light cross-offshore at 10 km/h, the surface is clean, and the swell hits about 3 ft from the west at 9 seconds. The combined energy climbs to 99 – the highest it’s been in two weeks. It’s not firing, but it’s the only morning that looks genuinely surfable. The afternoon gets a bit fatter at 3 ft but turns onshore.
From the 29th to the 31st, the swell tries to come back, hitting 4 ft on Saturday afternoon with a 12-second period, pushing the energy to 504. But the cross-onshore wind comes right back with it. That’s kite territory, not a clean surf session.
The standout is Friday morning, August 28th. It’s not pumping, but it’s the cleanest, most surfable window we’ve got. A little west swell, light wind, and no crowds to speak of.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 5-7 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 21°C on Fri night, min 13°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Thu afternoon, light winds from the NW by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | ||||||||||||||
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) | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 9 | W 8 | WNW 7 | W 3 | WSW 8 | W 7 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 10 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 27 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 129 | 201 | 510 | 375 | 201 | 132 | 123 | 66 | 32 | 20 | 49 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | off | cross-on | off |
High Tide | 8:03PM4.17m | 8:21AM3.85m | 8:38PM3.86m | 8:56AM3.61m | 9:13PM3.52m | 9:32AM3.34m | 9:52PM3.18m | 10:15AM3.08m | 10:44PM2.87m | 11:20AM2.85m | 00:18AM2.68m | 1:21PM2.79m | 2:24AM2.73m | |||||||
Low Tide | 2:20AM0.24m | 2:35PM0.39m | 2:59AM0.55m | 3:17PM0.70m | 3:40AM0.89m | 4:03PM1.03m | 4:27AM1.22m | 5:00PM1.33m | 5:28AM1.48m | 6:14PM1.53m | 6:48AM1.60m | 7:39PM1.53m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — |
 | — | 9:25 | — | — | 9:23 | — | — | 9:22 | — | — | 9:20 | — | — | 9:19 | — | — | 9:16 | — | — | 9:15 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 28 | 28 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
Feels °C | 26 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 9 | W 8 | W 7 | — | WSW 8 | W 9 | W 12 | S 15 | W 9 | S 14 | W 9 | W 9 | W 13 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 10 |
| kJ | 27 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 15 | — | 11 | 7 | 41 | 4 | 320 | 4 | 201 | 132 | 3 | 66 | 32 | 20 | 49 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 7 | W 11 | — | — | WSW 9 | — | WNW 5 | W 13 | S 16 | — | S 14 | — | — | S 13 | S 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | S 14 |
| kJ | — | 9 | 2 | — | — | 7 | — | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | 4 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | W 11 | — | — | — | — | S 17 | S 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 16 | S 15 | — | SW 14 |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | — | 8 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 2 | NNE 3 | NNW 2 | W 3 | WNW 4 | WNW 7 | W 3 | W 4 | W 7 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | — | — | W 9 | — | — | — | NE 3 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 129 | 201 | 510 | 375 | — | — | 123 | — | — | — | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 186 | 30 | 198 | 52 | 44 | 44 | 555 | 879 | 49 | 783 | 103 | 402 | 106 | 15 | 49 | 106 | 0 | 3 | 209 | 0 |
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