Les Roquilles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming down the pipe for Les Roquilles. I’ll be straight with you – this 16-day window is a tough one for surfers. There’s a long stretch of nearly nothing on offer, so patience is the name of the game.

The water’s sitting at 80°F, which is a solid 8°F warmer than usual for this time of year. That’s very unusual, so you’ll be in boardies or a spring suit for sure.

We start off with a real dry spell. From Saturday, 25 July, right through to the beginning of August, the swell is tiny. We’re talking ankle-biters at best, with combined wave energy rarely cracking double digits (peaking at 87 on Sunday morning, 26 July, but that’s a weak, short-period 4ft from the WNW with a nasty 16 mph cross-off wind). The wind is often messy, and the surf quality is consistently rated as poor. You’ll see a few mornings with light offshore winds, but with swell heights under 2ft, there’s simply nothing to ride.

This blank run stretches for over a week. The first sign of something even remotely surfable doesn’t show up until Monday morning, 3 August. The break is called Les Roquilles, and it’s a beginner spot that’s inconsistent, so don’t expect magic. On that Monday morning, we get a tiny pulse of 3ft from the SSW, with a short period of 5 seconds. The wind is light offshore from the NNE (3 mph), so conditions will be clean. The combined energy is a weak 72, and the call is just “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” It’s a one-star kind of day, but it’s the best we’ve got.

After that, it’s back to the doldrums. The rest of the week stays small and weak, with the occasional glassy morning (like Thursday, 6 August) but combined wave energy stuck in the teens and single digits. The swell direction is mostly from the S or SSW, which is cross-shore or onshore for most of the day, and the short period (4-5 seconds) means the waves will be weak and crumbly.

There’s a slight uptick on Friday morning, 7 August, with a 4ft swell from the WNW and a 12 mph cross-off wind, but the period is still a short 4 seconds, and the energy is only 64. It’s clean, but it’s not going to be a day to remember.

To be honest, if you’re looking to paddle, you’ll be waiting a long time. The setup here, with a beach or beach-and-reef bottom, the small swell, and the strong afternoon winds, actually looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The forecasts might change, and it tends not to stay this poor for long, but for now, this is a lean run.

Rusty.

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