La Roche Percee (Bonhomme de Bourail) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for La Roche Percee (Bonhomme de Bourail).

Right now, it’s pretty flat and ordinary. We’ve got a few days of small, average surf to start, but nothing worth paddling out for in a hurry. From Thursday morning the 6th through to about Wednesday the 12th, it’s all poor to very ordinary conditions – tiny swells mostly under 2 ft, with a bit of cross-off or offshore wind here and there, but the energy is weak (mostly under 130). Not much to get excited about. There’s a gap of a few days in there where the best you’ll get is a 2 ft SE swell with offshore wind on Friday morning the 7th, but it’s not going to set the world on fire – surfable but ordinary.

Now, the standout window starts to show on Thursday the 13th of August. That morning brings some real hope – a clean 4 ft SSW swell with a 13-second period, glassy conditions, and solid energy reading 402. The wind is light out of the WNW, almost dead calm, so the waves will be clean and lined up. This is the pick of the whole forecast. The swell direction (SSW) matches up nicely with what this break likes, and the water temp is sitting at 73°, which is about average for the time of year – no major anomaly there. Consistent break, but it does get busy sometimes, so get in early if you can.

After that morning window, Thursday afternoon slips a bit with cross-onshore wind, and Friday the 14th turns messy with stronger SSE winds and choppy conditions. Saturday the 15th sees a bigger jump in size – 6 ft SSW swell with 12-second period and energy over 1008 – but the cross wind from the SE makes it a bit of a warzone. That’s expert territory at that size, and with the chop, it’s not pretty for most of us. Could be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing if you’re into that.

The following week from Monday the 18th onward gets bigger and more active, but the winds stay onshore or cross-shore from the SSE, and the swell is mostly short period (9-10 seconds), so it’s messy and choppy. The energy is high (often over 800), but quality is poor. There’s a glimmer on Friday the 21st morning – a clean 4 ft SE swell with cross-off wind and energy at 451 – but it’s a long way out and less certain. Keep an eye on that one.

Bottom line: Thursday the 13th morning is your best bet. Decent size, clean, glassy, and the right direction. Everything else is either too small, too windy, or too messy.

Rusty.

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