Locquirec Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me tell you about the next couple of weeks here at Locquirec. Honestly, it’s a tough stretch to be a surfer around here. We’ve got a real flat spell to work through before anything remotely rideable shows up.

Right now, the surf is basically non-existent and is going to stay that way for a long while. From Wednesday morning onward, we’re looking at nearly two full weeks of tiny, weak, and messy conditions. The water temp is sitting around 63°, which is pretty normal for this time of year, so no surprises there. The first few days, we get a bit of small WNW swell but all the wind slams it onshore or sideshore, making it choppy and completely unrideable with scores reflecting that. Swell heights barely break 3 ft, with periods around 9 to 10 seconds, so it's not holding together either. Energy readings are mostly weak, often under 150, and plenty of days dip below 20. Total flatness.

By Saturday the 12th of July, we drop even further. Swell disappears to nothing – 1 ft and 0.3 ft waves with strong winds keeping everything blown out or messy. Honestly, there are long stretches here where the only thing happening is bad cross-shore wind and the wind state is described as "strong cross-onshore and messy". This is not surf weather.

But hold on. After a long, quiet run, the forecast lifts a bit right near the end. On Thursday the 23rd of July, something changes. We see a jump in swell height to 5 ft from the NW, with a period of 7 seconds. It's a bit short period, so not the cleanest groundswell shape, but it’s the most energy we have seen in the whole outlook. The combined swell energy jumps to 233 – that’s moderate energy, but the biggest reading of the forecast. It also comes with a cleaner wind direction – cross-off from the SSE – so the surface will be clean. This is our one real opportunity. For Thursday morning, the swell direction is NW and the optimum direction here at Locquirec is W, so it’s coming in a little off-angle, but it’s the only window with waves over 3 ft and decent wind. That said, 5 ft is getting a bit big for beginners. It’s a short-period swell, so it won’t have that long, rolling groundswell power, but it will be rideable. Thursday afternoon drops to 4 ft, also clean.

So, the standout here is the morning of Thursday the 23rd. It’s the only day I’d even paddle out. You’ll likely have the place to yourself, because everyone else wrote off the forecast already. Keep an eye on that date.

Stay patient.
Rusty

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