Rade de Croisic Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. The Atlantic’s been flat as a tack for this neck of the woods lately, but hang in there – we’ve got a proper pulse finally showing up around Monday the 27th of July. Before that, it’s a long, dry spell with barely a ripple.

Alright, let’s be real. From now, Monday the 13th of July, right through to Sunday the 26th of July, this place is a write-off for a paddle. We’re looking at nearly two weeks of tiny, weak, onshore junk. Swell heights are hanging between 0.7 ft and 3 ft, mostly from the west or west-southwest with short, weak periods of 4 to 8 seconds – that’s windswell at best. The combined wave energy is barely a whisper, mostly reading single and low double digits, like 20 to 65 on the metre. Winds are mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and when it does go offshore it’s on those tiny, 1 ft to 2 ft days. On Saturday the 25th afternoon, there’s a late spike in the swell to 5 ft with a moderate energy reading of 231, but that’s straight on the wind at 15 mph from the west. It’s a messy, blown-out mess.

Now for the one little standout in this entire 16-day outlook. Rade de Croisic clicks into life on Monday morning, July 27th. We’ll see a clean 5 ft swell rolling in from the west-southwest, with a solid 9-second period. That’s a decent groundswell pulse for this setup, and combined wave energy jumps right up to a moderate 461 – that’s the real deal after all this nothing. The wind’s a light northeast breeze at 6 mph, blowing cross-offshore, so it’ll be clean as a whistle. Water temp is about average for the time of year. This is the pick of the bunch, no doubt, but keep in mind the afternoon on Monday the 27th sees onshore west winds turn it to garbage again. Tuesday the 28th morning still has 5 ft of swell out of the WSW with a cross-offshore northeast breeze at 12 mph, though the period drops to a weak 6 seconds and the energy falls to 138 – still rideable but a step down. The crowds might be there for that Monday morning session.

Any swell over 5 ft is a bit much for beginners, so Monday morning is one for the experienced crew.

So, the long wait is over by the end of July. Get on it that Monday morning, because it won’t last.

Rusty.

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