Rade de Croisic Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright mate, let's talk real. The surf's been tough lately, and honestly, the next while isn't looking too flash. We've got a proper quiet spell on the horizon before anything worth celebrating.

Right now, it's all messy. Monday morning at Rade de Croisic sees some push with 6ft of WSW swell, but a solid 25 km/h W wind will have it chopped out. The period's okay at 10 seconds, but the energy reads moderate, around 574. It's just not surfable. The afternoon gets worse—energy jumps to strong at 1118, the swell swings west, and the onshore wind sticks around.

Tuesday and Wednesday drop off to nothing. We're talking knee-high slop under 3ft with weak energy, mostly in the low double digits. A touch of clean air on Tuesday morning with a light cross-off, but there's just no swell behind it. The whole stretch goes flat and stays that way until the 5th.

Here's the one glimmer. Saturday the 5th of September. The morning is looking alright. A clean N cross-off breeze at 10 km/h and a long-period W swell pushing 3ft. That's 14 seconds, so there's some proper groundswell energy. The energy reading jumps to 316, and for a moment, it feels like we might get a surf. But this spot is a bit fair-weather, pretty consistent though. For a couple of hours, it could be clean and lined-up. The issue is it's gone by the afternoon as the wind swings back onshore.

After that, it's back to the doldrums for a long stretch. Some tiny, weak swells with cross-off breezes, but the wave heights just don't have any push. You're looking at 1ft to 2ft, that's not surf, that's just a ripple. This proper dry spell runs from the 6th right through the 14th of September. Really, nothing worth paddling out for. It's a blank run, which is a bit unusual, but it happens.

The only other thing that catches my eye is a pulse around the 15th of September. That's more than a week away, so it's a promise, not a guarantee. A new W groundswell pushes in at 4ft with a 13-second period. The energy is strong, hitting 791 on Tuesday morning. The wind is a light WNW at 10 km/h. It's onshore, but it's light, so it might be a bit lumpy but there's finally some push. It could be the best of a bad bunch, but the afternoon sees it jump to 5ft with a fresh onshore breeze at 25 km/h, which will blow it out. For the experienced crew, that afternoon on the higher tide could be something, but for anyone else, it's a miss.

So, the short of it: the run from now till the 5th is mostly a washout. The standout, if you can call it that, is the Saturday morning session on the 5th. The one to watch is the 15th, but keep your expectations in check.

Water temp is sitting around 66°, which is pretty normal for this time of year, no weird anomalies.

Keep it real, and check back in later.

Rusty.

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