Trestraou Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into it.

Alright, it’s not looking great for the next couple of weeks. We’ve got a long stretch of poor surf ahead, so you might want to leave the boards in the garage for a bit. The first real chance of anything rideable doesn’t show up until the second weekend.

The main spot on the radar is Trestraou. It’s a sheltered setup, so it needs a specific angle to work, and we’re just not getting it. The optimum swell direction is from the WNW, which is what we’re seeing for most of the period, but the energy is just too weak and the wind is all wrong.

Tuesday, August 4th through Monday, August 11th – it’s a total write-off. The swell is tiny, barely scraping 2 ft at best, with periods all under 9 seconds. The wind is mostly cross or cross-onshore, making everything a choppy mess. The combined energy is pitiful, sitting in the low two-digit figures most days. You’re looking at 12-19 mph breezes shredding what little bump there is. Not worth getting wet.

Tuesday, August 12th – there’s a brief moment of glassy conditions in the morning, with a 1.0 ft, 10-second swell. But it’s tiny. The combined energy is just 22 (weak), so it’s barely a ripple. For the truly desperate, maybe a longboard session, but honestly, it’s a pass.

Wednesday, August 13th and Thursday, August 14th – the swell picks up a little to 3 ft, but the period stays short at 8-9 seconds, and the wind is back to being cross or cross-onshore. The combined energy is still under 100 (weak). The surf is poor and messy.

Now, Saturday, August 15th is the one bright spot. The morning shows a 5 ft swell from the west, with a 8-second period, and clean cross-offshore winds from the west at 12 mph. The combined energy jumps to 294 (moderate). It’s the biggest and cleanest we’ll see in the whole window. The afternoon sees a 5 ft from the WNW, but the wind swings cross-shore, losing that clean face. The morning is the pick of the batch. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Sunday, August 16th drops back to 4 ft with a 7-second period and cross-offshore winds in the morning. It’s clean, but the energy is only 170 (moderate). The wind is light, so it’ll be workable, but it’s a step down from Saturday.

Monday, August 17th through Wednesday, August 19th – we see a few more clean windows with cross-offshore winds, but the swell is inconsistent. The 18th and 19th have 4 ft swells with moderate energy (151-239), but the periods are short at 6-8 seconds, so the waves will lack push.

Honestly, the only standout is Saturday morning, August 15th at Trestraou. It’s not a classic, but it’s the best we’ve got. The rest of the fortnight is a right-off. For a sheltered spot, we need a lot more consistent, longer-period groundswell to make it work. This stretch of weather is just flat and windy. It’s a tough one.

Rusty.

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