Trestraou Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty, and I’ve been staring at the charts for Trestraou all morning. Gotta be straight with you – this outlook is a tough one. The whole 16-day window is a bit of a write-off for proper paddle surfing. The data shows a long, quiet stretch with no real quality on offer. The first record kicks off on Saturday morning, August 1st, and from there, it’s a grim run of small, weak, and messy conditions.

The first few days, from Saturday, August 1st, right through the start of the following week, are downright poor. We’re looking at tiny waves, mostly around 1 ft to 2 ft, coming from the west. The swell energy is really low, often sitting in the 40s to 80s (weak), and the winds are either onshore or cross-onshore, which just chops everything up. It’s essentially flat and blown out.

There’s a slight shift around Tuesday, August 4th, when the wind goes cross-offshore from the WSW and WNW, cleaning the surface up a bit. The swell bumps up to 3 ft on Tuesday afternoon, with combined energy hitting 133 (moderate). But it’s still a short-period, windswell-like 8 seconds, and the surf quality is still rated as poor. Wednesday, August 5th, sees a bit more size, with 4 ft on the cards in the afternoon, and the energy reaching 181 (moderate) – but again, that 7-second period means it’s weak and crumbly, not holding any real shape. The wind is howling from the west at 22 mph, making it a clean but mushy mess.

The rest of the first week and into the second week is a rinse and repeat of small, weak surf. The swell rarely gets above 3 ft, and when it does, like on Tuesday, August 11th, afternoon, we see a 4 ft swell from the west with a better 10-second period, and energy jumps to 240 (moderate). But the wind is cross-onshore from the NW, so it’s choppy and messy. The water temperature is sitting about 66°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.

The final few days, from August 13th to the 16th, the wind goes cross-offshore again, cleaning things up, but the swell is tiny – mostly 1.0 ft to 2 ft – with no energy to speak of. There’s a spike on Saturday, August 15th, afternoon with a 4 ft swell from the WNW and 143 energy (moderate), and again on Sunday, August 16th, with 4 ft and 178 energy (moderate). But it’s still short-period, wind-affected swell, and the wind is a strong 19-25 mph. For paddling, it’s just not worth it. If you’ve got a kite, this is when the setup looks more interesting than a paddle board.

Honestly, there’s no standout session here. The best you can hope for is a clean but tiny wave on a Tuesday or Thursday, but it’s not going to be memorable. The forecast is pretty reliable for the first week, and it’s not good. The second week is more of the same, just with more promise of wind but no quality swell. A blank run like this is unusual for Trestraou, but it happens. Forecasts can change, so keep an eye on it, but right now, I’d give it a miss.

Rusty.

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