Seignosse - Les Estagnots Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it, my friends.

The next couple of weeks are looking like a bit of a waiting game for us here at Seignosse. We’ve got a long stretch of small, jumbled waves and tricky winds before things finally line up for a proper session down the line. The first real window of opportunity doesn't show its face until the very end of the forecast, and that's a long way off.

We start off this Saturday afternoon, the 22nd, with some weak, messy surf around the 3ft mark with a 9-second period. The wind is cross-offshore but the energy is just not there. The combined swell energy is a weak 155. It’s going to be frustrating. The water is a balmy 76°, which is a solid three degrees warmer than the usual for this time of year, so that’s a pleasant bit of news at least.

The following days run into each other with nothing but poor surf conditions. A bit of a pulse shows up on Wednesday morning the 26th, with a clean 3ft wave and an offshore breeze, but it’s weak and pretty ordinary. Don’t get too excited. This flat spell stretches on with only marginal, surfable waves. You’d be chasing ankle-biters.

Now, hold on to your boards for Friday the 28th. The swell builds in a hurry, hitting 10ft and the energy jumps way up there, but it’s a mess. The wind is howling onshore and it’s going to be a complete washing machine. Same story for the morning of Saturday the 29th. It’s a lot of water moving, but the quality is shot. For a beach break like Les-Estagnots, this is the kind of day that looks more like it’s for kite surfers than paddle surfers.

After that blows through, the surf backs right down again, and we’re back into that poor-to-ordinary zone. There are a few mornings with glassy conditions around the 4ft mark, like on the 30th and 31st of August, but the swell period is short and it’s just not making the most of it. It's all very average.

The first week of September continues in the same vein. There’s a bit of swell on the 4th, around 4ft with a 10-second period, but the wind is straight onshore from the west, ruining any chance of it being clean.

But then we get to Saturday the 5th of September. This is the one. Early morning sees a clean 5ft of west-northwest swell with a solid 12-second period, pushed by a gentle offshore breeze from the ESE. The combined energy is a strong 823, so there’s some real power behind it. By the afternoon, it’s slightly bigger at 5ft+, still with that long 12-second period, and the wind swings lighter and cross-offshore from the northeast. It should be clean, lined-up, and proper. This is the one you want to plan for. It's a long way out, but the potential payoff looks worth it.

Before that, there’s a solid stretch of nothing. The run from the 22nd right through until the 5th is really only punctuated by that one messed-up big swell at the end of August. It's a long wait, but the potential payoff at the end looks worth it. Don't be surprised if the forecasts shift between now and then.

Rusty

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