Pointe du Toulinguet Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty. Let’s break down what’s happening around Pointe du Toulinguet.

Honestly, the next couple weeks are a tough watch. The whole 16-day window has zero good surf days. Nothing comes close. After the 17th we get a bit of size, but the wind just won’t cooperate. It’s a long, flat, messy stretch, but for this area that kind of dry spell is pretty normal.

Starting Thursday, August 6th. Thursday morning brings a weak 3ft swell from the WNW at a short 6 seconds, and a light cross-onshore breeze. Combined energy is weak at 109. It’s poor – small and choppy. Thursday afternoon gets worse: wind cranks up to a moderate breeze from the NNW at 16 mph, still cross-onshore, and the wave height drops to about 3ft. Same story Friday the 7th: tiny 1ft swell, but we get a clean window Friday morning – light offshore from the NE at 6 mph, period stretching to 9 seconds. Conditions are clean, but there’s almost no wave to ride (combined energy just 27). That pattern holds right through to August 16th: the swell stays between 1ft and 3ft, mostly short or middling period, with very few breaks from cross or cross-onshore wind. There’s a glassy moment Tuesday morning the 11th with a 2ft WNW swell at 8 seconds, but the energy is weak and it’s just not enough to get excited about.

From Monday, August 17th, we get a real jump in size. Monday morning shows 6ft from the W at 7 seconds, combined energy strong at 381 – but it’s only marginal. The wind is light and onshore from the W. That onshore wind ruins it. Monday afternoon jumps to 8ft from the W with a 10-second period, energy way up to 1097, but it’s cross-onshore from the SW at 9 mph. That’s a lot of water, but it’s messy and unsurfable for a decent wave. Tuesday the 18th is similar big energy (821-681) with fresh cross-onshore wind up to 19 mph and an 8-second period – lumpy, bumpy, onshore chop. A beach and point setup like this with that much wind and lumpy conditions would be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The one mildly interesting moment is Thursday, August 20th, when the morning shows a 6ft W swell at 7 seconds, combined energy 388, with a light cross-shore breeze from the SSW at 6 mph. It’s still a marginal call and the period is short, so don’t expect much quality. By afternoon the wind shifts and it’s back to poor.

Bottom line: no standout days. A few clean mornings with barely a ripple, or a pulse of bigger swell with onshore junk. No crowds to worry about, but no surf worth paddling out for either. Sometimes that’s how it goes. Keep an eye on it – forecasts can change.

Rusty

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