Belle Ile - Les Donnants Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let's have a look at what Belle Ile has on offer. To be straight with you, this run is a tough one. Looking at the whole 16-day window, from today up to the 7th of September, there's almost nothing that's going to get the heart pumping.

The spot here is Les Donnants, a river mouth that's consistent, but we're in for a long, rough stretch. For the first week and a half, the wind and the wave size just aren't playing nice. We start on Sunday the 23rd with a brutal 25 mph easterly offshore. It's clean, but with waves barely 1ft and a weak energy reading (25), you'd be fighting a losing battle to get on one. That holds through Monday and Tuesday with tiny, weak swell and poor conditions.

Wednesday the 26th shows a glimmer of hope with a cleaner morning, but again, it's just 1ft. Not worth the rubber.

Then things get ugly. From Thursday the 27th of August, a big, messy swell rolls in. Thursday morning sees 8ft of windblown slop from the WSW with a 28 mph cross-onshore, energy up at a moderate 888. It only gets worse. Friday the 28th pumps up to 12ft (energy hitting 2085), but with a near-gale onshore wind, it's a complete washing machine—strictly for experts with a death wish and a lot of paddle fitness. That heavy, blown-out surf lingers into the weekend.

After that stormy peak, the swell drops back down. But the conditions are still average. Wind stays onshore or cross-onshore for days. The energy stays low, under 265, with wave heights shrinking below 3ft by the start of September.

The only true standout is the very end of the run, on Monday the 7th of September. The cross-offshore from the SSE at 12 mph will groom that 3ft WNW swell beautifully. It's a long-period groundswell at 12 seconds, which means proper energy and shape, and the combined energy is a moderate 299. This is perfect for a river mouth like Les Donnants. Could be a glassy, clean session with some long lines, but it's a long way off, so keep your fingers crossed.

In short, there's a whole lot of nothing and a week of dangerous, blown-out slop, followed by a promising, but distant, clean day. You'd be better off waxing up the kite for Thursday and Friday if you've got one—that's serious wind and swell there, but a nightmare for a paddleboard. For the rest, wait for that Monday the 7th.

Rusty.

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