Les Sablettes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. I’ll be straight with you – this outlook for Les Sablettes is a tough one. Over the next 16 days, there’s not a single moment where the conditions line up for a decent paddle. Every single entry in the forecast is marked as “poor surf conditions,” and the scores are all zero. It’s a blank run, plain and simple.

The first real chance of anything happening doesn’t even show up until around Sunday the 12th of July, and even then it’s just a slow increase in swell energy. Before that, we’re looking at a solid week of tiny, weak waves – from Monday the 6th right through Saturday the 11th, the swell heights barely reach 2ft, with periods all over the place and wind mostly onshore or cross-onshore. The combined energy is weak, sitting under 100 (like 25 on Monday morning, up to 64 on Saturday afternoon). That’s just not enough to get excited about.

Even when the swell finally starts to build a bit into the second week, the quality never improves. From Sunday the 14th of July onward, you’ll see swell heights pushing 3ft to 4ft, and the combined energy climbs into moderate territory (around 108 to 208). But the problem is the wind. It’s almost always onshore or cross-onshore from the north or northwest, which keeps the surface messy and choppy. The swell period is mostly short, around 6 to 8 seconds, so there’s no real power or shape to the waves. For a reef-and-point setup like Les Sablettes, you’d want a clean offshore wind and a longer period, but we’re not getting that.

The water temperature is sitting at 76°F on the first day, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – about 4°F above average. That’s a bit of a novelty, but it doesn’t help the surf.

Look, the only real standout here is that on Sunday the 19th and Monday the 20th of July, the swell energy reaches moderate levels (165 to 208) with 4ft to 4ft from the NNW, but again, the wind is cross-onshore. The setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, if you’re into that. For a surfer, there’s nothing to recommend. This is one of those stretches where the forecast can change, and the area tends not to stay poor for long, but right now, I’d leave the boards at home.

Rusty.

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