Seignosse - Les Estagnots Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and uninspiring for our stretch of coast, so don’t go getting your hopes up for any heroics just yet.

We’re looking at a real quiet spell to kick things off. For the first part of the run, we’ve got tiny, weak surf—think knee-high dribble. The energy is just not there. The combined wave energy is really weak, mostly sitting in the low double digits, like 14 on Wednesday morning. It's going to be a waiting game. The swell that is there is short-period windswell, so it’s going to be all over the place and not holding any shape.

The first real sign of life doesn't show up until Friday, August 21st. Even then, it’s not exactly a gem. We see a little bump in size to 4ft from the NW, with a period of 11 seconds, and the energy jumps up to a moderate 360. That fetch is starting to build some groundswell, which is good, but the wind and conditions are making it marginal. The morning might offer a couple of clean-ish waves with a slight cross-shore air, but it looks like it could be messy. We’re just calling it marginal, not a day to cancel plans for.

Saturday the 22nd gets back to those ordinary, surfable but boring waves – 3ft but with a period that drops back to 9 seconds. Then we get a stretch of about four days where a light offshore wind shows up. Sunday the 23rd through Tuesday the 25th in the mornings will see some clean, glassy surfaces on those small peaks, but the swell is still weak, running at 2ft to 3ft. It’s not going to be the day of your life, but a log might be fun if you’re desperate to get wet. The energy is still moderate at best, around 80-90.

Then we hit another lull. From the 26th through the 28th, the swell just dies again. Heights are dropping below 2ft with energy in the low tens, basically nothing. It’s a proper flat spell and a good time to do some surfboard maintenance.

Now, looking out into the second week, there’s something on the horizon. Saturday the 29th sees a jump in wave energy to a moderate 140 in the morning, even with a short 6-second period. By the afternoon, the energy climbs to 238 as the swell builds to 3ft from the WNW with a period of 10 seconds. The wind is onshore and messy though, so it won't be clean. Then on Sunday the 30th, we finally get some real size. The swell is pushing 4ft from the NW with a 9-second period. The morning has light cross-onshore winds which is a bit of a bummer, but this is the biggest we've seen in a while. It’s still a long way out, so promising but less certain.

If we're calling a standout, it's that Sunday the 30th. It’s going to be the biggest, most powerful swell of the window. But it’s still only a marginal call. The energy is moderate at 253, but the wind is the wildcard. For a beach break like Les-Estagnots, this long-period NW groundswell is going to be breaking a bit straight, and if the wind gets on it, it could be a mess. This is one for the experts anyway. At 4ft it is solid but not huge, but with the potential for onshore winds, it won’t be friendly for beginners.

There’s another pulse of NW energy on Monday morning, the 31st, but the wind is looking gusty and strong onshore. It’s going to be blown out.

Honestly, the setup for Seignosse - Les Estagnots looks way more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer on those days. If you're just looking to surf, this stretch is mostly about finding small, clean windows in the morning with the offshore breezes, and waiting for that bigger, messier swell at the end.

Rusty.

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