Le Petit Train Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for Le Petit Train over the next couple of weeks. Straight up, it’s not looking like a classic run for this spot. We've got a long stretch of nothing much to get excited about, so patience is the name of the game.

The first real chance of anything worthwhile doesn't roll in until Thursday morning, the 10th of September. We'll see a small 3ft swell rolling in from the west-northwest, with a period around 10 seconds. The real winner here is the wind – it's forecast to be glassy, absolutely dead calm. That'll make for clean, slick conditions even if the size is small. The combined energy is only moderate at 203, so don't expect any real power, but for a quiet paddle on a longboard, it's the pick of a very poor bunch.

That window is tight though. By Thursday afternoon the wind swings around onshore and pretty much kills it. After that, we have a few mornings with glassy conditions and tiny, weak waves – 2ft to 2ft at best – barely enough to get wet. Honestly, from the 11th to the 13th, the wave energy drops right off, with readings under 100, so it's flat to tiny.

We do see a blip on Monday morning, the 14th of September. The swell ticks up to 3ft from the WNW, period is a nice long 12 seconds, and the wind is a light cross-offshore breeze keeping it clean. Energy is moderate at 259. This is another longboard-sized day, but the quality should be there for a few fun ones. The morning of the 20th of September also looks tidy with some clean conditions and a similar size swell.

But honestly, for a proper wave, there's nothing big on the cards. The water temp is sitting at a balmy 74°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, so you won't need a thick wetsuit.

A lot of these days are blown out by strong afternoon onshores. If you're a beginner, the glassy mornings around the 10th and 14th are your safest bet, with waves under 5ft. The bigger pulses of swell in the second week, like the 5ft on the 17th, are just too windy and messy to be any fun for anyone.

The long-range forecast into the 22nd and 23rd of September shows more wind and swell, but it's all accompanied by near gale-force onshores, so that's a write-off for paddle surfing. Looks more like a kite session if anything.

So, there you have it. A few small, clean windows to get wet, but no standout days of proper surf. Keep an eye on the 10th and the 14th, and be ready to go early.

Rusty.

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