Trestraou Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking straight at Trestraou for the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you – it’s a slow start. We’ve got a long gap of flat, poor conditions before anything worth paddling out for pops up. The word here is patience.

The whole first week and a half is pretty much a write-off. From Thursday the 6th to Sunday the 16th of August, it’s all tiny, weak, and choppy. Swell heights are barely scraping 4 ft at best early on, but the wind is a mess – cross-on or onshore, making it bumpy and unappealing. The combined swell energy is mostly weak, in the double digits and low hundreds, meaning no real power behind it. The period is short too, under 8 seconds often, so it’s just mushy wind swell. You’d be better off doing something else.

There’s a glimmer on Monday the 17th of August. The morning shows a jump to 5 ft from the west with a period of 8 seconds, and the combined energy gets a moderate kick (279). The wind is a light cross-offshore, which is cleaner. It’s still described as "ordinary" conditions, so it’s a “maybe” for the keen and desperate, but at least the face will be a bit smoother.

The real standout, the one to circle on the calendar, is Thursday the 20th of August. The morning at Trestraou is looking like the best of the whole run. You’ve got a solid 7 ft swell from the west, period of 7 seconds, and the combined swell energy is strong (429). But the headline is the wind: a light cross-offshore from the southwest. That means clean, glassy faces. The report even says "expect good surf conditions." This is the one day where it all comes together. The 7 ft size is pushing it for beginners though – more suited to intermediate and above.

After that, Friday the 21st drops back off with messy cross-shore winds and smaller swell. So, to sum it up: don’t bother for the first ten days. The only real shot at a decent session is the morning of Thursday the 20th. Get on it if you can.

Stay salty,
Rusty

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