Les Laurons Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here. Let’s cut to the chase: the surf forecast for Les Laurons over the next couple weeks is about as exciting as watching paint dry. We are looking at a long, flat, and messy stretch with no good options on the table for the full 16 days. If you’re keen for a wave, you’re gonna have to sit this one out.

The first week is a total write-off. From Wednesday the 9th through the following Tuesday, we’re dealing with tiny, weak, short-period swell—think 1ft to 5ft—and the wind is blowing straight across the break. That means lumpy, cross-chop chaos. The wave energy is weak, with readings like 20, 78, and 102, just nothing pushing through. There’s a slightly bigger bump Thursday morning at 5ft from the NW, but a 25 mph cross-shore wind will shred it. Not worth the paddle.

We get a tiny window Sunday morning the 13th with light offshore wind and a clean 1ft, but that’s barely a wave. Then it just flatlines. From Monday afternoon the 14th through Thursday the 17th, it’s completely dead. Nothing but glassy water for days. A tough stretch of nothing.

The energy starts to whisper back around Friday the 18th, with a bit of SSW swell showing 3ft in the morning. The wind is light offshore, so it could be clean, but it’s still a weak, short-period pulse. The energy reading is 32, which is still pathetic. It’s the best we get for a while, but it’s still not enough to get the heart rate up.

Then, at the very end of the period, things get weird. Around the 23rd and 24th of September, the energy numbers spike hard, hitting 412 and 362. But look at the direction – it’s coming from the SE and ESE. That’s completely wrong for this reef, which wants a WSW swell. So you get a bunch of cross-shore wind and a messy 7ft to 7ft of swell that’s going to be junky and closed out. That’s over 5ft, so it’s for experts only, and even then, the quality will be terrible. With that kind of wind and swell, this looks way more like a kiteboarding day than a surfing day.

So there you have it. No standouts, no days to plan around. When there are none that are even fairly consistent, a blank run like this is just more normal for the area. It’s a bad stretch, but it won’t stay poor forever. Forecasts can change, and you gotta be ready to pounce when it turns.

Rusty.

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