Rade de Croisic Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. The coming weeks are looking pretty flat for the Rade de Croisic area. The surf’s been a ghost town, and it’s going to stay that way for a while. If you’re looking for a proper wave, you might want to sit this one out because the data is showing a whole lot of nothing.

We start off with a real whimper. Saturday the 8th of August, the water’s glassy with a gentle offshore breeze from the ESE at 9 mph, but the swell is a pathetic 0.3 ft out of the west. The combined energy is a measly 3 – that’s barely a ripple. It’s poor surf, no question. The water temp is a touch warmer than normal at 69°, but that’s about the only good news.

The whole first week is a bust. Sunday the 9th, the morning goes glassy with a 0.7 ft swell and a combined energy of 10, but the sets are weak and short. Afternoon winds turn onshore. Monday the 10th, the swell picks up to a whole 1 ft with a period of 7 seconds, but it’s a cross-shore wind, making it messy. The energy is still super low at 18. This pattern of tiny, poorly-winded waves just keeps rolling through the 11th, 12th, and 13th. We get a bit of a bump on Wednesday the 13th morning, with a combined energy hitting 100, but that’s with a 2 ft swell and cross-onshore winds, so it’s choppy and not worth the paddle.

The second week doesn’t bring much relief. There’s a noticeable gap of several days where the surf is just too small to bother with. Then, around Thursday the 20th of August, the swell starts to show a pulse. The morning of the 20th, we see a 4 ft swell from the west, with a period of 8 seconds, and the combined energy jumps to 153. That’s moderate energy, but the wind is onshore from the west at 6 mph, which really hurts the quality. It’s not a clean wave.

The only real standout in this whole 16-day window is the morning of Friday the 21st of August. The wind goes dead flat – glassy conditions – and the swell is 2 ft from the west, with a period of 11 seconds. That’s a long period groundswell, meaning the energy is there (combined energy of 115), and the shape could be better than the short-period stuff. The fact that it’s glassy is a major positive. It’s the only session that even gets a “surfable waves” comment, but it’s still only a 1 out of 10. It’s a fleeting moment of clean, small waves. For a true surfer, it’s a last resort, but it’s the best on offer.

After that, the 22nd and 23rd of August slip back into the tiny, clean but weak stuff. The wind stays offshore or cross-off, but the swell is back down to 1 ft to 1 ft, with combined energy in the teens. It’s a real shame, because the consistency is there, but the size and power just aren’t. For now, we’re in a dry spell. Forecasts can change, but as it stands, it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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