Pointe du Toulinguet Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s shaping up for Pointe du Toulinguet over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough stretch. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with hardly anything worth paddling out for.

Right from the get-go, things are flat and messy. Wednesday the 22nd through the weekend is a write-off. We’ve got tiny swell all over the place, mostly under 3 ft, and the winds are a disaster – strong cross and onshore stuff just killing any chance of a wave. The combined swell energy is pitiful, barely cracking 50 (42 to 50). It’s the kind of week you spend cleaning the wax off your board.

We finally see a pulse of energy arrive on Sunday the 26th, with the swell bumping up to 5 ft to 5 ft and the energy climbing into the hundreds (219 to 352). But don’t get excited – the wind is howling from the WNW and straight onshore, making it a total mess. It’s poor surf conditions across the board.

Monday the 27th morning is the closest we get to a maybe. Swell holds at 6 ft from the WNW, period at 9 seconds, and the combined energy hits 421 – moderate to strong energy. The wind is light cross from the NNW. It’s still a marginal call, a bit lumpy, but it’s the only time the score even registers a 1 out of 10. If you’re desperate, that’s your window, but it’s not one I’d be bragging about.

Then, finally, a glimmer. Tuesday the 28th morning. This is the standout. The wind goes offshore from the east at just 3 mph, clean as a whistle. Swell is 4 ft from the NW with a 10-second period, and the combined energy is 220. For the first time, we see “expect good surf conditions” in the notes. Pointe du Toulinguet is a point break, exposed to the west, so a NW swell with offshore easterly wind is pretty much what you want. It’ll be clean, lined-up, and shoulder-high. The only catch – crowds are listed as “sometimes,” so you might have a few locals out, but nothing crazy.

After that morning, it goes downhill again. The wind swings back onshore or cross-shore for the rest of the forecast, and the swell drops off or gets chopped up. We get another pulse around August 2nd with 5 ft swell, but it’s cross-on and messy. Not worth it.

So, here’s the bottom line: don’t bother before Tuesday the 28th. If you can sneak out that morning, you’ll find the cleanest, most fun waves of the whole 16 days. After lunch, it’s back to frustration. The rest of the window is a bust. Sorry, folks – that’s how it goes sometimes.

Rusty.

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