Les Sablettes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, checking the surf prospects for Les Sablettes. It’s a reef and point set-up that can fire, but you’re gonna have to pick your moments. The water temp is pretty standard for this time of year, so no worries there.

The next few days are a bit of a write-off. Sunday the 13th is tiny, knee-high stuff with a touch of glass in the morning, but it’s short-period and weak, not worth the paddle. From there, we go into a bit of a poor stretch. The energy is weak and the wind keeps messing it up. Monday the 14th offers a small window in the morning—`0.9m` from the NNW with a 12-second period and glassy conditions. That’s your clean, albeit small, session. The afternoon gets ruined by the onshore.

Then it’s back to the slop. Tuesday, Wednesday, and into Thursday the 17th, the swell starts building but the cross-onshore winds keep it lumpy and ordinary. We’re looking at `1.8m` plus on the 17th, but it’s messy and marginal.

Now, here’s where I get excited. Friday the 18th, first light, is the standout. We’ve got a clean `1.6m` of northwest swell, a 10-second period, and the wind is dead glass. The combined energy is a solid 500, giving it some real push. That morning is going to be clean, lined-up, and firing down the point. You’d be mad to miss it. The afternoon, as always, goes to custard with the onshore, but that morning is the one.

After that, things get big but ugly. The swell energy goes through the roof from the 19th through the 22nd, with readings over 1000, but the winds are all over the shop. It’s powerful, long-period groundswell, but it’s not clean. On Monday the 21st, we’ve got `1.8m` of swell with a 14-second period, but the wind is cross-onshore and it’s lumpy. This is proper expert territory, over `2.5m` at times, and the quality isn’t there. It’s raw and gnarly.

We get another good window on the morning of Thursday the 24th—`1.2m` of NNW swell, 12-second period, and glassy. It’s moderate energy, clean, and fun. A good, solid session.

But the real one to circle on the calendar is the morning of Sunday the 27th. We’re looking at `1.4m` of NNW swell, a long 12-second period, and glassy conditions. The combined energy is a strong 602. That’s a clean, powerful swell with good shape. It’s still a week and a half away, so treat it as promising, but if it holds, that’s the session of the window.

Between these highlights, there are long gaps of small, wind-affected slop. It’s a waiting game, and a frustrating one at that. But the two clean mornings on the 18th and the 27th make it all worthwhile. When the wind goes glassy and the swell lines up, this spot is a gem. Otherwise, it’s just a tease.

It’s been a bit slow, but with a consistent spot like this, it doesn’t stay flat for long. We’ve just got to be ready for those windows.

Rusty.

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