Rade de Croisic Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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

To be straight with you, the whole 16-day window is a bit of a tough one for the Rade de Croisic area. The swell is tiny for most of it, and the wind is often messy. There’s no real standout session that’s going to get your heart racing, but there are a few moments where a longboard or a foiler might catch a few grovelly ones. The water is much warmer than normal for this time of year, sitting at 68°.

The first few days are a write-off. Saturday the 4th has a weak 3ft swell from the west (10 seconds) but onshore wind at 15 mph, making a mess of things. The combined energy is only 130. Sunday the 5th morning is a tease: a tiny 2ft west swell with a light offshore component, but the swell is so small it’s barely surfable. Monday the 6th through to the 10th sees nothing but tiny 0.7ft to 2ft swell with poor wind directions—mostly onshore or cross-on. The combined energy barely cracks 40.

The best of a bad bunch looks like Thursday the 16th and Friday the 17th. On Thursday the 16th, the swell builds to 4ft from the WSW (7 seconds) in the morning, with combined energy jumping to 148. By the afternoon it’s 5ft from the same direction, with very moderate energy of 220. It’s a short period swell, so it’s not going to have much shape, but it’s the biggest we see. The wind is onshore though, so expect bumpy, lumpy faces. Not the best for a clean ride.

Friday the 17th offers the most power. The morning swell is 5ft from the WSW (8 seconds, combined energy 286). The wind is cross-onshore from the NW at 9 mph, so it’s going to be a bit choppy. The afternoon sees the wave energy jump to 431 as the swell holds at 5ft, but the wind ramps up onshore at 15 mph. This is still a short-period swell, so it’s not going to peel nicely. For experienced surfers only, given the size and the chop. The crowd factor is “sometimes” here, so you might have a few others out.

From Saturday the 18th onward, it drops back to tiny, weak swell with only moderate energy. Nothing else worth paddling for.

So, honestly, for a proper paddle session, there’s not much to get excited about. If you’ve got a kite, those bigger days on the 16th and 17th with the onshore wind might be more your speed than a surfboard.

Rusty.

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