Les Roquilles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you—this stretch ahead is looking pretty grim for a paddle. We’ve got a solid run of days with barely a ripple, and when there is something, it’s small, weak, and messy. The water’s running about 77°, which is a good six and a half degrees warmer than usual for this time of year—that’s a real standout, even if the surf isn’t.

We start off this Saturday morning with almost nothing—just 0.7ft of short-period slop from the SSW, energy reading a paltry 1. That’s not surf, that’s a lake with a pulse. The wind’s light cross-off, so it’s clean, but there’s zero push. Afternoon bumps to 1ft but gets onshore SSW at 10 km/h, so it’s messy. Poor.

Sunday keeps the theme: morning 0.7ft, offshore N wind at 15 km/h—clean but useless. Afternoon drops to 0.7ft with a 20 km/h S onshore. No good. Monday and Tuesday mornings are flat—zero swell, just clean water. The afternoons tease with 0.3ft to 1ft, but again onshore slop. You’re better off finding a pool.

Wednesday the 9th shows a slight pulse—3ft from the W, period still a short 4 seconds, energy up to 28. That’s still weak and crumbly, and the wind’s cross-off in the morning, but it’s the most we’ve seen. Still a poor excuse for a wave. Thursday morning is flat again, then the afternoon brings 3ft W, 4 seconds, clean cross-off. Still tiny.

Friday the 11th is flat all day. Saturday the 12th has the best look of this first week: 3ft WNW in the morning with a fresh 30 km/h cross-off—that’ll be lumpy—but the afternoon glassy with 3ft W, 4 seconds. Clean, but the period is short, so it’ll be soft and crumbly. Not worth the paddle unless you’re desperate.

From the 13th through the 15th, it’s a big fat blank. Flat mornings, onshore afternoons, and then storms rolling in on the 15th with 25 km/h SE cross/onshore winds. That’s just choppy mess. Then the 16th and 17th bring back tiny 1ft to 1ft slop—clean but hopeless.

Finally, around the 18th and 19th, we see something that at least looks like a wave. Friday the 18th morning has 3ft from the ESE with a 15 km/h offshore NE wind—clean and better shaped, energy up to 31. Afternoon pushes to 3ft, but the wind swings cross-onshore, so it gets choppy. Saturday the 19th morning has 3ft ESE, energy 46, but the wind is cross and it’s stormy with thunder risk. Not ideal.

So, to sum it up: there are no standout days here. The best of a bad bunch is Saturday the 12th afternoon—glassy, 3ft, but short-period and weak—and maybe Friday the 18th morning if you can handle a bit of cross-off chop for a slightly bigger wave. Honestly, for the next two weeks, you’re looking at a lot of flat water and onshore junk. If the wind picks up on those bigger days, the beach setup here might be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Keep an eye on it—forecasts change, and it can’t stay this poor forever. But for now, don’t get your hopes up.

Rusty.

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