Les Dunes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, giving you the straight talk on the sand.

Let’s be honest, the next 16 days at Les Dunes are a bit of a drought. We’re looking at a long stretch of ankle-biters and messy conditions. It’s a full week of barely anything before we see a little pulse. The first real chance to get wet is Thursday morning, the 13th of August. After that, there’s another gap of nothing much until the 18th of August. It’s a quiet spell.

The one true standout, the only date I’d circle, is the morning of Wednesday, the 12th of August. The water is sitting around 69°F, which is pretty normal for this time of year. At Les Dunes, we’ve got a tiny 1ft swell from the west, but the wind is glassy, dead calm. That’s a magical, rare moment of perfection. The clean, flat surface will make the most of that little push. The swell period is a long 11 seconds, so it’ll have some push, but at that size it’s just a nice, clean, easy paddle for the beginners.

Then, on Thursday the 13th of August, the energy picks up. The morning shows a 3ft groundswell from the west, with a period of 9 seconds and a combined energy of 167 (moderate). The wind is light and cross-shore, making it a bit bumpy but surfable. The afternoon is similar in size, but the wind turns onshore, so it’s not as clean.

Your next real shot is the morning of Tuesday the 18th of August. We get a 3ft swell from the west-northwest, with a period of 8 seconds and a combined energy of 112 (moderate). The wind is a clean cross-offshore from the north-northwest, so it’ll be holding the waves up. It’s a bit more raw, but the conditions will be clean and fun for a longboard or a fish.

The days in between are a tough mix of onshore wind, chop, and tiny waves. The afternoons of the 14th and 17th of August have a little more size (3ft), but with fresh onshore wind, it’ll be a messy, lumpy session. The 14th has a combined energy of 194 (moderate), but the quality is just not there.

For the second week, it’s quieter again. The mornings of the 20th and 21st of August have a clean look with cross-offshore winds, but the swell is back down to 1ft to 2ft – just not enough to get the heart pumping.

The bottom line: if you can, the glassy morning of the 12th is the true, hidden gem. The 13th and 18th mornings offer the most size and reasonable conditions. Don’t get suckered by the bigger numbers later on; the wind is going to wreck it. This is a patience game, plain and simple.

Rusty.

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