Seignosse - Les Estagnots Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Well, I’ve gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough run ahead for Seignosse - Les Estagnots. We’re lookin’ at a long stretch of pretty ordinary conditions before a glimmer of hope shows up way down the track.

For the first couple of weeks, it’s mostly small, weak swell and average to poor wind. Swell heights hover around 2 feet to 3 feet , mostly from the NW. The combined wave energy is low to moderate – you’re lookin’ at numbers like 72 to 140, which is weak to modest stuff. The wind’s often onshore or cross-onshore, makin’ it choppy, and there’s a lot of “poor surf conditions” in the forecast. A couple of mornings on Monday 10th and Tuesday 12th of August are glassy, but the swell’s tiny (2 feet) – you’ll get “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – it’s a paddle ’n’ practice session, not a wave worth runnin’ for.

From around Friday 14th August, the swell tries to nudge up to 3 feet on Friday afternoon, but that ENE morning on Sunday 16th gives a bit of a clean look with 2 feet waves and a glassy feel. Monday 17th and Wednesday 19th August have clean, light offshore winds (E and ESE) but the swell’s still puny at 2 feet to 2 feet. Honestly, it’s more about gettin’ wet than gettin’ a wave.

The big story is the standout at the very end. On Saturday 22nd August, we finally see a bump. The morning’s lookin’ real good: 5 feet swell from the WNW, glassy conditions with a light W wind at 5 km/h (3 mph), and the combined energy jumps up to 255 – that’s moderate but on the stronger side. That morning’s got “expect good surf conditions” – easily the best call in the whole 16 days. The swell direction matches the optimum (W), but keep in mind the period is only 7 seconds, so it’s a short-period wind swell, not a classic groundswell. It’ll be a bit bouncy and won’t hold its shape perfect, but for this dry spell, it’s the day to clear your diary. The afternoon also has 5 feet but turns cross-shore and loses that glassy magic.

Water temp’s sittin’ at 75°F with a 4°F anomaly – that’s a touch warmer than normal for the time of year, so you can leave the thick wetsuit at home.

Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th go back to scrappy, onshore, cross-on stuff with swell droppin’ to 3 feet–4 feet but messy wind – not worth paddlin’ out unless you’re desperate.

All up: Saturday 22nd August morning is your window. It’s not long-period or super clean, but it’s head-high, glassy, and the best we’ve got. Everything else is either tiny or chopped up. The rest of the forecast? You might be better off doin' a long walk or fixin' a dinged board.

Rusty.

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