Trestrignel Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for Trestrignel over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a pretty grim run. We’re looking at a long, long stretch of poor conditions before anything even gets close to surfable, and even then, it’s nothing to write home about.

We kick off on Saturday the 25th and there’s just nothing doing. The wind is howling onshore from the NW and NNE, and the swell is tiny and weak, with a combined energy of just 32. It’s a total washout. This bleak picture continues day after day. We get a bit of a lift on Sunday the 26th – the swell height bumps up to 1.5m – but the period is short at 7 seconds and the wind is still a messy cross or cross-onshore, so the energy (198) just gets chopped up. The water is running a touch warmer than normal at 66°, which is nice for the body but doesn't help the waves.

Monday the 27th sees a similar story: chest-high swell but onshore wind and sloppy conditions. It’s not until Tuesday the 28th that we see a glimmer of hope. The morning brings a light E cross-offshore breeze at 15 km/h, cleaning things up a bit. The swell is only 3ft from the WNW with a 10-second period, and the combined energy is 129 – it’s small, but for a brief moment, Trestrignel might offer some weak, clean little waves for a beginner on a longboard. This is the only period in the whole forecast that gets a score above zero, but even then, it’s described as “surfable but very ordinary.” That’s your best shot, and it’s not much of a shot.

After that tiny window, it’s right back into the doldrums. From Tuesday afternoon right through to the end of the forecast on Sunday the 9th of August, we’re looking at a massive gap of nearly two weeks with virtually nothing. Swell is tiny – mostly under 3ft – and when it does bump up to 4ft on the morning of Wednesday the 5th of August, the period drops to a weak 6 seconds. The wind is predominantly onshore or cross-onshore, and the combined energy readings are mostly in the pathetic 30-80 range. It’s just flat and messy.

Honestly, this stretch looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer – the wind is consistent and the waves are blown-out slop. The north of France can go quiet like this, but a blank run this long is tough to swallow. Don’t hold your breath; forecasts change, but right now, there’s no real swell on the horizon.

Rusty.

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