Pointe d'Imessouane Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Pointe d’Imessouane over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a bit of a sad picture to start. The first few days are mostly flat and messy. We’ve got a tiny pulse of swell on Sunday the 5th, with 2ft from the NNW at a short 8 seconds, but the wind is all over the place and conditions are ordinary. That morning session is the best of a bad lot with clean waves, but it’s barely worth a paddle. After that, from Monday the 6th right through to Wednesday the 8th, the swell drops away to almost nothing – we’re talking 0.7ft to 1ft. There’s a long, blank gap there where you’d be wasting your time.

Things start to show a bit of life from Friday the 10th. The swell builds quickly, with a NNW pulse pushing 4ft by the morning and hitting 5ft by the afternoon. The period is a short 6 seconds though, so it’s going to be a bit fat and crumbly. The wind is cross-shore, not ideal, but at least there’s some energy in the water – combined energy is hitting 175 (moderate) by Friday afternoon. Saturday the 11th sees similar, with the swell topping 6ft in the afternoon and energy climbing to 276 (moderate). Still, the wind is cross and the period is short, so expect bumpy, average waves.

Now, the real stand out – and I mean the only one worth getting excited about – is Saturday the 18th in the morning. The swell settles back to a clean 5ft from the NNW, period stretches to 8 seconds, and the wind goes light and cross-off from the NNW. The combined energy is a solid 232 (moderate), and the report says expect good surf conditions. This is the window. It’s a consistent point break that handles a NNW swell well, and with that light offshore wind, it’ll be glassy and peeling. Crowds are rare here, so you might actually get a few waves to yourself. That morning, it’s the best on offer by a long mile.

The rest of the second week is a mix of building swell and onshore winds. The swell hangs around 6ft to 7ft, with moderate energy pushing into the 400s and even 598 (strong) on Thursday the 16th afternoon. But the wind is cross or onshore, making it lumpy and uninviting. The water temp is sitting at 67° – a bit colder than normal for the time of year. The longer-period groundswell never really shows up; it’s mostly short-period windswell, so it won’t have that grunty, lined-up feel you’d hope for. This setup is more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

So, bottom line: the first week is a bust. The second week has decent swell but poor conditions, except for that one golden window on Saturday morning the 18th. That’s your session.

Rusty

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