Pont Blondin Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a good, hard look at what’s on the menu for Pont Blondin over the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a mixed bag, but there are a couple of windows where it’ll all come together.

Right off the bat, we’ve got a bit of a slow start. The first few days are very ordinary. Friday morning the 11th is rideable with a small 4ft NW swell, but a cross-off wind from the NE at 9 mph won’t do it any favours. The water is sitting at a pretty warm 73°F, which is about average for this time of year. The energy is weak at 183, and the period is short at just 7 seconds. It’s not a write-off, but you wouldn't paddle out for this.

Saturday morning the 12th cleans up a bit with a lighter 3 mph NE cross-off breeze and a 3ft wave, but it’s still small and weak. Then Sunday morning the 13th is a teaser – glassy conditions with a light SSE breeze, and a 3ft wave. It looks nice, but the combined energy is still weak at 133. It'll be clean but small.

Now, hold onto your leggies. Monday morning the 14th is the first real standout. We’ve got glassy conditions, dead calm, and a fresh 3ft NW groundswell with a 12-second period. The energy jumps up to a moderate 266. That’s the kind of paddle-out that makes you forget about the weekend. This is the best session of the first week. The long period means it'll have some decent shape, but it's better on the point here than in the beachy sections.

The rest of that week drops back off. Tuesday the 15th has a glassy morning on a 3ft swell, but energy is dropping. Wednesday and Thursday are a write-off with building onshore winds and messy conditions, despite a bigger pulse of swell on Thursday the 17th hitting 6ft NW with 9 seconds. That’s got strong energy at 587 but the wind is onshore at 3 mph from the WSW, which will blow it out. That’s more of a kite day than a clean paddle session.

Friday morning the 18th is another proper look. Glassy again, with 5ft of NW swell at 11 seconds – that’s a solid groundswell with moderate energy at 408. It’s a good, clean window before the wind shifts. This is the second standout.

After that, things go quiet. The second week is really flat and weak, with tiny 2ft to 2ft swells and mostly poor or onshore winds. The only flicker of hope is Tuesday morning the 22nd of September. That morning is cross-off with a NNE breeze and a tiny 2ft swell from the NNW. The key here is the period: a whopping 15 seconds. That is a very long period groundswell, and the energy is 214. At a beach and point break, that long period might make it break a bit straight on the beach, but the point here could turn that into a clean, lined-up wave. The shape might be there, even if the height is tiny. Crowds are sometimes an issue here, so you might have the place to yourself on a tiny day like this.

For the real standout, you’re looking at Monday morning the 14th of September. Glassy, clean, moderate energy, and a decent long-period groundswell. That’s the one to circle.

Rusty.

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