Rade de Croisic Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' at Rade de Croisic over the next couple of weeks, and I gotta tell you straight up – it is a grim run. We're looking at a long, dry spell with hardly anything worth paddling out for until the very tail end of August.

The water temp is sitting at around 69°, which is a touch warmer than your average for this time of year, so at least you won't be cold while you're sitting there frustrated.

Right now and for the next week and a half, it is pretty much a write-off. The surf is tiny and the wind is all wrong. Sure, you get the occasional small bump of swell, but that's usually wrapped in a nasty onshore or cross-onshore wind. The combined energy barely gets into three digits on a couple of afternoons (a maximum of 133), but the conditions are just messy chop. There's nothing to get excited about here.

We do get a couple of windows that look cleaner in the mornings. For instance, on Saturday the 15th, the NNE breeze gives us a brief clean look with 2ft of swell, but it's only 8 seconds of period. It's surfable, but it's just ordinary. Another clean session shows up on the morning of the 26th with the ENE wind, but the wave height is down to 2ft. It’s just not enough.

Now, for the one true standout – and it's a long way off – we've got the morning of Monday the 24th of August. The swell picks up to 5ft from the west with 9-second period, and the combined energy jumps to 373, which is getting some energy into the water. The kicker, though, is that it's coming in with a cross-onshore from the NW. The file calls it choppy. The afternoon offers similar size (4ft) but the wind swings onshore. So, while that Monday morning is the biggest and most powerful window in the whole 16-day outlook, the wind is a real issue. For an exposed spot like Rade de Croisic, that onshore angle is going to make things a bit of a battle.

Because the surf is so small and the onshores are so persistent for most of the run, it's more of a waiting game. The few clean moments that pop up in the second week (like the 26th, 27th, and 28th) have some clean offshore cross-off winds, but the swell heights are tiny – barely 1ft to 4ft. It’s not going to get your heart racing.

So, the honest truth? There’s no day here I'd be calling in sick for. The only time we get a real bump of energy is on the 24th, but the wind is likely to mess it up. Keep an eye on the long-range models, but for now, maybe find something else to do.

Rusty.

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