Les Sablettes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer up at Les Sablettes over the next couple of weeks.

First thing to say: it’s a quiet start. There’s nothing worth paddling out for until Wednesday the 19th of August, so you’re looking at a blank run from now until then. From there, the outlook is mostly small and onshore – not exactly lighting things up. The water’s sitting at 73°F, which is about average for this time of year, so the temp feels normal.

Let’s break it down.

Wednesday morning the 19th of August – finally something surfable. Swell is 2 ft from the NNW with a short 8-second period, so not much push. Energy is weak at 64 (a bit underwhelming). But here’s the thing: the wind goes glassy. That early morning window looks clean, absolutely flat-calm, so if you want a little session on the foam board, that’s your shot. The swell is tiny though, so lower your expectations. After lunch the onshore picks up and it’s messy again.

Thursday the 20th is tiny – 1 ft and cross-shore winds all day. Not worth it.

Friday the 21st stays small, and Saturday the 22nd sees a bump with swell hitting 4 ft to 5 ft from the NW, period 8-10 seconds. Energy jumps to 255-341 (moderate). But it’s all onshore wind, so the condition comments are “poor.” Don’t be tempted – it’ll be choppy and blown out.

Sunday through Tuesday the 23rd to 25th is more of the same: cross-onshore breezes and 3 ft – 5 ft swell that just gets shredded by the wind. Tuesday afternoon the 25th brings 25 km/h north winds and 5 ft of messy NNW swell. For a reef and point, that’s really only going to look interesting for kites, not paddle surfing.

Now, the real standout – and I mean the only standout in this whole 16-day window – lands on Thursday morning the 27th of August and again on Friday morning the 28th of August. Both mornings, the wind turns glassy, and the swell sits at a clean 5 ft from the NW with an 8-second period. Energy Thursday morning is 240, Friday morning it climbs to 363 (moderate to moderate-strong). The guidance says the optimum swell direction is NW, and that’s exactly what we’ve got, so this reef and point break should line up nicely. The comment on both says “expect good surf conditions.” That’s your call. If you can score a dawn session on either of those mornings, you’ll get clean, peeling lines with no wind mess. Crowds? Les Sablettes can be “often” busy, so expect company.

From Saturday the 29th onward, it drops back to 4 ft with onshore or cross-onshore winds. Nothing to write home about. The very last window, Tuesday morning the 1st of September, actually has clean cross-offshore winds and a 4 ft NW swell with 9-second period and energy of 235, but the forecast is far out so keep that on the back burner.

So to wrap it up: this is a lean period. The best surf on offer is definitely Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th of August, early mornings only. Glassy. 5 ft NW swell. Moderate energy. Clean. Get out there before the afternoon wind ruins it.

– Rusty

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