Seignosse - Les Estagnots Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s break down the surf for Seignosse - Les Estagnots.

First off, I gotta be honest—this forecast is a tough one. The first week and a half is pretty much dead. The water is sitting at 75°F, which is about 7°F warmer than usual for this time of year, so it feels like a warm bath, but the waves just aren’t there.

We’ve got a long stretch of nothing really worth paddling for. From Tuesday 14th July all the way through to the morning of Sunday 26th July, the swell is tiny, the period is short, or the wind is a mess. You’ll see a few glassy mornings on the 16th, 18th, and 19th with waves around 1ft to 2ft of weak NW windswell, but that’s barely enough for a log, not a proper surf. The wave energy is low, mostly between 12 and 43 (weak). There’s a little pulse on the 23rd morning with 4ft WNW swell at 8 seconds and moderate energy (170), but the wind is onshore and the surf is poor, so give it a miss.

The real highlight comes in the second week, and it’s worth keeping an eye on. On Monday 27th July, the morning is your best bet. We’ve got a clean 6ft swell from the WNW with a solid 11-second period, and the wave energy jumps to 681 (strong energy). The wind is glassy—dead calm—so it’s going to be clean and well-shaped. That size is for experts only, so don’t take it lightly. The swell direction is WNW, which works well with the optimum W direction for this exposed beach break. It’s a long-range call, so it’s promising but not certain yet.

If you miss that, the morning of Wednesday 29th July also looks decent. Another 6ft WNW swell, period 9 seconds, with 498 wave energy (moderate to strong). The wind is glassy from the E, so conditions should be clean again. Again, this is a week and a half away, so treat it as a hopeful target.

Other than those two mornings, the rest of the 16 days is flat or choppy. The 26th afternoon has a 4ft NW swell with a very long 13-second period, but the wind is cross-onshore and choppy—that’s more for kite surfers than clean wave riding.

So, bottom line: don’t bother with the first week. Mark your calendar for the 27th and 29th of July mornings. If you can wait it out, it could be a good one.

Rusty.

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