Les Dunes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s on offer. I’m not gonna lie, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat for the Dunes. The forecast is basically a long stretch of small, weak, and often messy conditions. There’s a gap of several days here with barely anything worth paddling out for. The first real chance you’ll get is around the morning of the 14th of August, and even then, it’s marginal.

The water is sitting at 69°F which is pretty much normal for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The only spot we’ve got to look at is Les Dunes. It’s a beginner-friendly, fairly consistent break, exposed to the swell, and it likes a WSW swell direction. The crowds are sometimes an issue, so you might have company.

For the first week, from the 9th through to the 13th, it’s a write-off. Tiny waves, mostly under 2ft, with a mix of onshore and cross-shore breezes ruining what little shape there is. The combined energy is weak, mostly in the teens to low eighties, so don’t bother.

The morning of Friday the 14th of August is the first sign of life. We’ve got a 2ft swell from the west at 10 seconds, with a light cross-offshore breeze making it clean. The combined energy is moderate (109). It’s surfable, but it’s very ordinary. For a beginner, this might be the pick of a bad bunch – clean, small, and manageable.

The rest of the 14th and the 15th drop back down to tiny, junky waves. The 16th and 17th stay small and mostly choppy. The 18th of August morning sees a clean 2ft, but it’s short-period and weak. The 20th of August morning has a longer period swell (12 seconds) but only 1ft, so it’s clean but tiny.

The real standout, if you can call it that, is the morning of Saturday the 22nd of August. We get a 2ft swell from the west at 10 seconds, but the wind is fresh offshore from the NE at 19 mph, keeping the surface clean. The combined energy is weak (58), but for a small wave, that offshore wind will make it rideable. It’s the best on offer in the entire 16-day window, but it’s still a small wave day.

Other than that, the 22nd afternoon and 23rd morning also have moderate offshore winds, but the swell is tiny. There’s nothing here that’s going to get your heart racing. The combined energy numbers never get beyond moderate, with the highest being 129 on the 13th, but that was crossed-up and messy. For a beginner, the 14th of August morning is the most practical. For anyone else, it’s a long wait for a very small reward.

Rusty.

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