Les Roquilles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Well, grab a chair, because I’m going to be straight with you – this is a tough one. We’ve got a 16-day window here, and for a whole lot of it, there’s just nothing doing. The main break on the radar is Les Roquilles, and it’s a frustrating spot to talk about right now because it’s inconsistent and almost always shows poor surf conditions. We’re looking at a long, dry spell before anything even remotely worth paddling out for shows up.

Right now, from the start of the period, we’ve got a trickle of tiny swell, but it’s all poor. Monday morning, August 10th, kicks off with a tiny 2ft southerly swell, period a weak 4 seconds, and the combined energy is a measly (10) – barely a ripple. The water temp is a very unusual 80°F, a whopping 8°F warmer than normal for this time of year. But none of that matters when the waves are that small and the wind is only clean on the morning offshore.

That pattern just repeats. Day after day, morning after morning, you’ve got light offshore winds from the NNE cleaning up a pathetic 0.7ft to 1.0ft swell. The afternoons are all cross-on or onshore and messy. Every single record says “poor surf conditions.” There’s nothing to recommend from August 10th right through most of August.

We finally get a little flicker of life on the morning of Friday, August 21st. The swell jumps to 4ft from the southeast, period still short at 5 seconds, but the combined energy hits (74) – moderate energy finally. But here’s the kicker: the wind is onshore from the SSW, and it’s a risk of thunderstorms. That’s not clean, that’s a mess. The afternoon is better with a light cross-shore, but the swell drops to 3ft. Still, it’s the first time we’ve seen “surfable” conditions mentioned, but they’re ordinary.

The absolute standout, and the only real ray of light in this whole outlook, lands on Tuesday, August 25th. The afternoon session looks like the best on offer across the entire 16 days. The swell holds at 3ft from the south, with a period of 6 seconds and the combined energy jumps up to (62). But the real winner here is the wind: a glassy SSW breeze. That’s as good as it gets for clean conditions. The data says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” but trust me, with that glass, and that much more energy than we’ve seen all fortnight, this is *the* session. Les Roquilles is a beginner spot, and 3ft is fine for that, though it’s a touch small for more experienced surfers. The crowd factor is listed as “often,” so expect a few others to have the same idea, but it’ll be worth it for the cleanest waves we’ve seen.

So, to sum it up: you’ve got a massive, empty gap from the 10th to the 20th. Then a messy, half-decent day on the 21st, followed by more small, poor conditions. The one true standout is the afternoon of Tuesday the 25th at Les Roquilles – glass, clean, and the best swell energy of the whole run. That’s the one to pencil in.

Rusty.

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