La Torche Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, lookin’ at the next couple of weeks for La Torche. To be honest, it’s a tough stretch. The first week is a write-off for decent paddle surf—plenty of wind messin’ things up, and the swell’s either too small or mangled. We’re stuck with onshores and cross-onshores from the west and northwest pretty much every day until we hit late in the second week. There’s a real gap of poor conditions from now right through to Sunday the 9th of August, with only a few mornings showin’ clean but tiny waves. The better news is a late-developin’ pulse that looks proper.

Monday the 10th of August morning is the clear standout. We’ve got a solid 7ft northwesterly swell rollin’ in, period around 9 seconds, and the combined energy is pumpin’ at 1147—strong wave energy. The wind is a light northeasterly, cross-offshore, so it’ll be clean, with a glassy feel. This is expert territory, not for the faint-hearted, as it’s over 7ft. La Torche (Pointdela-Torche) is an exposed beach and point setup, so it can handle a good NW groundswell, and with those conditions, the wave quality should be excellent for experienced surfers. The water temp anomaly isn’t given, so we’ll keep it simple—it’s just the middle of summer, so expect mild water.

Before that, there’s not much to shout about. Tuesday the 28th of July morning has a little 4ft swell with a clean cross-off breeze, but it’s only marginal. Friday the 31st of July morning has glassy conditions again with a tiny 3ft swell but very ordinary wave shape. The combined energy is weak (76), so it’s a mess-around session. The real blank patch is from the 26th of July right through to the 9th of August, with only a few mornings barely worth a look. The 10th of August is your one to circle—if you’re experienced, that’s the window. For the rest, the pattern looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddlin’ when the onshore blowin’ hard.

Rusty.

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