Seignosse - Les Estagnots Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty.

Look, I’ll be straight with you – the next couple of weeks at Seignosse – Les Estagnots aren’t gonna have you calling in sick to work. There’s a long run of nothing worth paddling out for, starting right now and stretching all the way through to the morning of Friday the 11th of July. That’s four days of flat to messy, onshore junk. The first little flicker of hope comes Friday afternoon the 11th—tiny swell, but the wind goes glassy. That’s a window for a log or a funboard if you’re desperate, but don’t expect much.

Saturday the 12th morning brings a little pulse of 2 ft from the WNW with glassy conditions again—clean, small, but the wave energy is weak (85). It’s surfable but very ordinary. Sunday morning the 13th is similar: glassy, clean, but still small and unexciting. After that, the wind swings back onshore and the whole thing falls apart again for several days.

Now, the standout—if you can call it that—is Friday the 18th of July. The morning shows a clean 3 ft swell from the WNW with offshore wind from the east at 6 mph. Wave energy is weak (91), but the wind will groom it. Still, it’s only a 7-second period, so the waves will be a bit crumby and lack punch. Not a ripper, but the cleanest conditions in the whole window.

Then things get a bit more interesting for the experts. By Thursday the 24th of July in the morning, the swell builds to 7 ft from the WNW with a period of 8 seconds. That’s serious size—over 8 ft for the wave height? No, but 7 ft is still solid, and the combined energy is strong (515). This is only for experienced surfers. The wind is onshore from the west at 9 mph, which will mess it up, so don’t expect perfection.

Water temp? No data on that here, so I can’t tell you if it’s warm or cold.

Overall, it’s a lean period. The best bet is Friday the 18th morning for a clean but small session, and maybe the Thursday the 24th morning for big, onshore waves for the bold. The rest is a write-off.

Rusty.

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