Pointe du Toulinguet Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – this isn’t one of those forecasts that gets the blood pumpin’. Pointe du Toulinguet is a point break that's fairly consistent, but over this entire 16-day run, the surf is just… poor. There’s no sugarcoating it. The combined swell energy kicks off pathetically with a measly 50 (weak) and even when it builds to a moderate 466 (moderate), the wind is always onshore or cross-onshore, messing up the face. For a point break, that’s a real shame because it relies on clean lines.

We start off the first few days, from Tuesday the 21st through to Friday the 25th, with tiny, weak swell. Heights are mostly 0.7 ft to 1 ft (0.2m to 0.4m), with combined energy figures under 100 (weak). The wind is a mix of cross-off and cross, but the swell is just too small to do anything with. It’s a complete write-off.

Then from Saturday the 26th, the swell starts to pick up. We see heights climbing to 4 ft (1.3m), then 5 ft (1.6m), and eventually 6 ft (1.7m) by Monday the 27th. This is when the combined energy jumps into the 400s (moderate), so there’s definitely some power in the water. The swell direction is mostly WNW, which is close to the optimum W direction for this spot. But here’s the killer – the wind is almost always from the NW or NNW, which is a cross-on wind. That means it’s constantly choppy and lumpy, ruining the potential of these bigger waves. It’s a tough pill to swallow because the size is there, but the quality is missing.

The best chance might be a couple of mornings where the wind swings offshore. For instance, Thursday morning the 30th has a clean 2 ft (0.7m) W swell with offshore wind from the east, but it’s small. The real standout, if you want to call it that, is Wednesday morning the 29th. The swell is 3 ft (0.9m) from the NW, combined energy 132 (moderate), and the wind is a light cross-off from the NE. That’s the cleanest the surf will look, but it’s still not a great size. After that, it’s back to onshore junk and dropping swell.

Honestly, for a point break, this whole run is more interesting for the wind than the waves. With the persistent cross-onshore wind and building swell, a kite surfer would have a field day, but for a paddle surfer, you’re looking at a long wait. The periods are mostly short (5-10 seconds), so the waves will be mushy and weak, not the long, clean lines a point like this wants.

So, there’s no true standout here. The best on offer is Thursday morning the 30th, with those clean offshore conditions, but it’s tiny. The second week looks even more lackluster, with small, messy conditions. It’s a grim outlook, but it can’t stay poor forever.

Rusty.

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