Le Petit Train Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the menu for Le Petit Train over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with ya – it’s a tough stretch.

To be honest, the whole 16-day window looks pretty bleak. We’ve got a long run of poor conditions with almost nothing worth getting wet for. There are big gaps with no real recommendations at all.

Let’s start with the here and now. Wednesday morning the 2nd, the water’s already a balmy 75°F, which is 5°F warmer than usual for this time of year. That’s notable, feels like a warm bath, but with a tiny 3 ft swell from the WNW and a cross-onshore breeze, the surf is just junk. The combined wave energy is a weak 86, and it doesn’t get any better.

We grind through Wednesday afternoon with a smaller 2 ft wave and choppy conditions. Thursday the 3rd morning cleans up a bit with a light cross-offshore breeze and a clean look, but there’s only 1 ft of weak WNW swell (energy of 23). It’s just not enough to surf. Thursday afternoon goes back to being choppy and poor.

Friday morning the 4th is the first tiny glimmer. The wind goes glassy, and it’s dead calm. There’s 2 ft of swell from the WNW (energy 53). The report calls it "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." It’s small and weak, but if you’re desperate and just want to sit on a board in clean water with no wind, go for it. The crowd is recorded as "sometimes" here, so you might see a couple other folks with the same idea. But honestly, it’s a 1 out of 10.

The rest of the first week is more of the same: onshore winds and small, weak swell. Saturday the 5th sees a tiny pulse of energy (219) with 3 ft waves, but the wind is cross-onshore again. Not worth it.

Heading into the second week, there’s not a single standout day. Sunday the 6th morning has a cleaner look with a cross-offshore breeze and a 3 ft swell from the WNW with a 12-second period, giving it a moderate energy of 280. The report says "expect good surf conditions," which is the best note in the whole forecast. But for a break that’s "inconsistent," this small window is fleeting and the afternoon gets wrecked by onshore wind.

After that, it’s just a misery of onshore flows and poor surf through to the 17th. The swell stays small, mostly under 4 ft, and the wind is never your friend for long. This is an exposed spot, and the optimum swell direction is from the west, but the swells we get are mostly from the WNW, and the wind is rarely good.

The final note on Wednesday the 16th morning is another glassy, calm moment with a tiny 2 ft NW swell (energy of 40). "Surfable but ordinary" again. It’s a last gasp of clean but weak conditions.

In short, if you’re a beginner, some of these small, glassy mornings might be okay for a practice paddle. But for proper waves? There’s nothing here. The setup with the onshore winds and small swell looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer most days.

Rusty, signing off.

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