Le Petit Train Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's look at what we've got. The only wave in town is Le Petit Train, a beginner-friendly, inconsistent spot that's exposed to the swell, but this whole 16-day run is looking like a mixed bag.

The main story is a fun little pulse of clean, glassy surf from the weekend right through the start of next week, with morning winds being your best friend. After that, it's a whole lot of afternoon chop and poor conditions for days, apart from one very promising, but distant, standout.

We start off right now with Saturday morning, September 12th. It's small, with a clean 2ft swell from the WNW, and glassy conditions with those light NE winds at 3 mph. They're surfable waves, but nothing to write home about. The afternoon is a write-off with 19 mph cross-onshore winds.

Sunday the 13th is where it gets good. Morning brings a nice 4ft groundswell from the WNW, with a solid 12-second period. The wind is glassy out of the east at 3 mph. This is legitimately good, clean surf for the size. The afternoon, however, gets ruined by 12 mph cross-onshore winds.

Monday the 14th is a carbon copy of Sunday morning, with a 3ft swell from the WNW and a good 11-second period. Glassy conditions again with east winds at 3 mph. A perfect little window for a beginner to get some clean, small waves. The afternoon gets chopped up again.

The rest of that week, from Tuesday the 15th through to Friday the 18th, is not worth paddling out for. Afternoon winds are brutal, mostly cross-onshore or onshore, and the morning conditions range from poor to merely marginal. There's a very small window on Friday morning the 18th with a light cross-shore, but the swell is only 3ft—not worth planning around.

Then there's a gap. From the 19th through to the 24th, it's a wasteland of poor surf quality, choppy winds, and very ordinary conditions. You can forget about it.

Now, for the true standout. Mark your calendar for Friday, September 25th. The morning is forecast to be firing for experienced surfers. We're looking at a 6ft swell from the WNW, with a very long 14-second period. The winds are light, 3 mph from the SE, which keeps it clean. This is a powerful swell, and at over 5ft, it may be too much for beginners, and being over 8ft it's for experts, which it isn't. That 14-second period means it's a deep ocean groundswell, which should wrap in nicely here. It's the best on offer by a long shot, but being 12 days out, keep an eye on it—long-range calls are always less certain. The afternoon gets onshore again, so it's a morning mission.

And there's a decent follow-up on Saturday the 26th, with a still-solid 5ft swell and 12-second period, and light east winds keeping it clean, making for very good surf. Another morning worth getting up for.

The water temperature is about average for this time of year, so no need for a thicker suit just yet.

This isn't a blank run; there are waves, but the windows for good surf are tight and focused on the mornings. Expect crowds at Le Petit Train, especially on those weekend mornings when it's clean. It's inconsistent, so when it lines up, people will be there.

That's the story. Keep it between the buoys.

Rusty.

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