Seignosse - Les Estagnots Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright you landlocked legends, Rusty here. Let’s talk about Seignosse - Les Estagnots for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a bit of a rough patch ahead. The surf is small and the wind is mostly working against us. For the first few days, from Monday the 6th through to Thursday the 10th, it’s pretty grim. We’re looking at tiny waves around 2ft to 2ft, mostly onshore or cross-onshore winds, and the wave energy is weak. It’s mostly a write-off for anything decent.

There are a couple of brief windows where things get slightly interesting. On Friday morning the 10th, the wind goes glassy – dead calm – and the swell ticks up just a touch to 2ft from the WNW. The energy is still low, but those conditions mean the surface will be clean as a whistle. It’s a small, glassy morning wave – not a standout by any stretch, but if you’re desperate for a paddle and a few knee-high rollers, that’s your best early bet. Saturday morning the 11th is similar, with another glassy morning and a small 3ft WNW swell. Those two mornings are the closest we get to anything surfable in the first week.

Then we hit a real dry spell. From Sunday the 12th right through to Monday the 21st, every single session is rated as “poor surf conditions.” There's no recommendation to be found. That’s a solid week and a half of almost nothing worth chasing. The swell stays tiny, often below 2ft, and the wind is mostly onshore from the west or cross-onshore. There’s a pulse on Wednesday the 13th with a 3ft WNW swell, but the period is a short 6 seconds and the wind is onshore – that’s just a messy, weak closeout. Not for paddling.

The only real standout in the whole 16-day window is a very distant, uncertain possibility. On Tuesday the 14th, we see a 2ft swell from the west, but the period jumps to 12 seconds – that’s proper groundswell energy. That long-period groundswell will want a clean face. Unfortunately, the wind is light cross-onshore, so it’s not going to be perfect. And being that far out (over a week away), don’t lock it in.

For the rest of the run – Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st – we get a little bump in size to 3ft and 4ft from the NW, but the wind is onshore or cross-onshore, and the periods are short at 7 to 8 seconds. It’s going to be choppy and junky. Honestly, for most of this period, with such weak, onshore conditions and a beach break setup, this looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Look, it’s a lean outlook for Les Estagnots. The water temp is about average for the time of year. There are no real standouts to get excited about. It’s a long, flat stretch, and it’s not unusual for the area to go quiet like this. Forecasts can change, but for now, keep your board in the bag.

Rusty.

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