Les Sablettes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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

The outlook starts off slow, with a bit of a wait before anything worth getting excited about. For the first few days, we've got small, weak swell and mostly poor conditions. Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th are really just for the diehards who need to get wet; the swell is tiny at 3-3ft, and even though the early morning windows are glassy, the whole thing lacks any real punch. There's a long gap of flat or poor conditions until we see a change.

The first real chance of something decent arrives on Monday morning, the 14th of September. The swell from the NW picks up to 3ft, but the key is the period jumps to 12 seconds, and we get a glassy morning. The combined wave energy is moderate at 257, and with that long period and offshore wind, it’ll be clean and have some shape. This is the standout window of the whole outlook. It won’t be big, but the quality for an intermediate surfer will be there at Les Sablettes (reef and point). The water temperature is about 73°, which is completely normal for this time of year.

The following days through the middle of the week get a bit bigger, with the swell building to 5-6ft, and combined energy jumping into the moderate-to-strong range (408 to 664). The problem is the wind – it’s mostly cross-on or onshore, making things choppy. Wednesday the 16th morning might be worth a look for a bigger wave, but the period is short (7s) and the wind is cross, so it won't be as clean as Monday.

Looking further ahead, Friday morning the 18th of September is another highlight possibility. We see the swell settling back to 5ft, but with a nice 11-second period and that glassy morning again. With a combined energy of 496, it'll have some push, and the clean conditions will make it very surfable.

Beyond that, things get patchy again. The second week, from the 19th onwards, is mostly small, with a lot of onshore or cross-onshore winds. There are a couple of mornings with long-period groundswell (13-16 seconds), but the swell height is small (1-3ft) and the wind isn’t perfect. The 22nd of September has 4ft of 13-second swell from the NNW, but cross-onshore wind will spoil it. The 26th looks glassy in the morning with tiny 1ft 16-second swell – a long wait for not much.

In short, the best bet is Monday the 14th morning for clean, quality waves, with Friday the 18th morning as a solid backup. The rest of the outlook is a mix of messy or small conditions, so don't expect a run of great days.

Rusty.

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