Le Petit Train Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a bit of a slow burn for the first week. The water is sitting at 75°, which is *much warmer* than we usually see this time of year, a proper anomaly of 5° making it feel like a late summer holdover. The energy is weak for the first few days, with combined swell energy only in the 50 to 80 range, so we’re dealing with small, short-period windswell mostly.

The first real chance to get a wet suit on and actually enjoy it comes on Friday, September 4th morning. It’s only 2 ft from the WNW, but with a period of 8 seconds it’s not packing much punch. The real story there is the wind: a glassy, dead-calm NE breeze at 3 mph. It’s the cleanest the ocean will be for a while. It’s surfable, but don't expect a lot of push.

The wind goes to crap by the afternoon, and that's the theme for most of the first week – cross-onshore or onshore breezes ruining the shape. The best bet for the first week, and the only real standout, is Sunday, September 6th morning. We’ve got a nice 3 ft of WNW swell, but the period jumps to 12 seconds, which is proper groundswell, and the combined energy climbs to 252 (moderate). The real kicker? A clean offshore breeze from the ESE at 6 mph. That’s what we’re looking for. It’s a beginner-friendly break, so 3 ft with clean conditions is a solid little session.

After that, it’s a barren stretch of choppy, poor surf from Monday through to Friday the 11th. The wind is relentless out of the NW, and the swell is small and messy. Not worth the paddle out.

You have to wait until Saturday, September 12th morning for a sniff of something better. The swell is small again at 3 ft from the WNW, but the wind swings to a light E at 6 mph, which is cross-offshore. It’s clean, but again, small. It’s surfable but just ordinary.

Now, Sunday, September 13th morning is the real blue-ribbon session of the entire outlook. This is the one to circle on the calendar. We see 4 ft of groundswell from the WNW, with a period of 13 seconds and a combined energy of 560 (strong). That’s a proper, powerful swell. The wind is a light ENE breeze at 6 mph, making it cross-offshore and clean. The forecast expects very good conditions. It’s still a beginner-friendly wave, so the size is perfect, just enough to get fun. The only downside is that the break is listed as *inconsistent*, so you might have to wait for the sets, but the quality will be worth it.

The last week offers a few more glassy mornings – Monday, September 14th morning and Tuesday, September 15th morning – with tiny 3 ft clean waves. Nice for a longboard or a learner, but nothing to get the heart racing. The 16th of September also has a glassy morning, but the swell is weak and the period is short. It fizzles out from there into the 18th, with no real swell and poor winds.

So, overall, you’ve got two clear windows: Friday the 4th morning for a tiny, clean glass-off, and Sunday the 6th morning for a taste of proper groundswell with offshore winds. But the true standout, the one you should plan for, is Sunday, September 13th morning. That’s the biggest, best-shaped, and cleanest swell of the whole 16 days.

Rusty.

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