Les Sablettes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the next couple of weeks are going to test your patience. We’re looking at a long stretch of mostly poor conditions, with only a couple of brief windows where it might be worth getting wet. Don’t get too fired up; this isn’t one for the highlight reel.

We’re starting off with a bit of a dud. The first recommendation doesn’t come in until Wednesday, August 26th at Les Sablettes. It’s a reef and point setup that’s exposed to the NW, which is what we need to see. The swell is small, around 3ft from the NW with a short period of 7 seconds, and the energy is weak at 81. But the wind is glassy offshore from the NNW at just 3 mph, so it will be clean. Water temp is sitting at 73°F, which is pretty much average for this time of year. It’s surfable, but very ordinary – you’ll get a few lines but nothing with any real push.

Then we hit a rough patch. From Wednesday afternoon right through to Friday, the winds get messy and the surf quality drops off a cliff. Thursday morning is crossed-up, and the swell drops to 2ft with a period of just 6 seconds. By Friday morning, the swell is building to 5ft from the NW, but it’s getting chopped up by a 16 mph cross-onshore breeze. The energy is picking up, but the surf is going to be a mess.

The first real chance, and I mean the only real standout in this whole window, looks like Saturday morning, August 29th. The swell is up to 6ft from the NW with a period stretching to 11 seconds, and the energy reading hits a solid 698. The wind is light and cross-onshore from the NNE at just 3 mph, so there should be some clean lines holding shape on the point. This is the pick of the bunch – a proper groundswell, well over head, and a long-period pulse that will make the point work. The morning is your only window though, because the wind gets up in the afternoon and chops it out.

After that, it’s back to the grind. Sunday and Monday are marginal at best, with onshore breezes messing up the shape. The swell backs off and we’re left with wind-affected, sub-par waves. The next time you might even want to look at the ocean is Tuesday morning, September 1st, when a new NW swell kicks in at 5ft. But the wind is onshore from the NNW, and the energy is moderate at 411, so it’s going to be a bit of a battle.

We go through another week of this – marginal surf, iffy winds, and a lot of "poor surf conditions" in the forecast. There’s a slight tease on the morning of Saturday, September 5th, when it goes glassy again with a small 2ft NW swell, but it’s short period and the energy is weak. It’s just enough to get you wet, but not enough to get you excited.

The last real moment, and it’s a long way off, is the morning of Monday, September 7th. The wind swings to a light cross-offshore from the SW at 6 mph, and the swell is a modest 3ft from the NNW. It’s clean, but the energy is only at 199, so the waves will be small and lose power quickly. It’s not a standout, but it might be the cleanest wave of the second week.

Looking at the whole 16 days, there are long gaps – days and days where there’s just nothing worth paddling out for. Saturday morning is your one real shot. The rest of the time, it’s a waiting game. Keep your board waxed, but don’t hold your breath.

For the more experienced crew, that Saturday swell could be worth the free-dive, but if you’re a beginner, skip it – at 6ft it’s pushing past your comfort zone.

Alright, that’s the story from here. Stay patient and keep an eye on the charts.

Rusty out.

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