Tronoen Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, grab a coffee and pull up a seat. Rusty here, and I’m staring down the barrel of the next couple of weeks at Tronoen. It’s a bit of a mixed bag, and if you’re looking to get wet, you’re gonna have to be patient. There’s a lot of onshore chop and crosswind ahead, but there is one solid little window that’ll make it all worth it.

The water’s sitting right around average for this time of year at 64°, so no surprises there. The issue early on is that while we’ve got some swell on the cards, the wind is just wrecking it. Tuesday the 1st kicks off with a small, weak 4ft pulse from the WNW and a weak energy reading (207), but the afternoon has a cross-onshore wind that turns it into a mess. Wednesday and Thursday are pretty much a write-off – tiny waves, onshore winds, and not much energy in the water (down in the 70’s to 125 range).

The first real standout comes on Saturday the 5th. We’re looking at a solid groundswell from the WNW pushing 5ft with a lovely 11-second period and a healthy 578 energy reading. The real beauty here is the morning: a clean, offshore wind from the east at just 6 mph. That’s going to be glassy, peeling, and clean as a whistle. This is the pick of the crop. Get there early because a break that’s exposed and handles a WNW swell this well will be a joy. The winds will switch onshore by the afternoon, so don’t sleep in.

After that, we hit another rough patch. Sunday the 6th and Monday the 7th have some size but the wind direction is all over the place – cross-off, then cross, then strong cross-on – keeping the surface ugly. The week from the 8th to the 14th is tough going. There’s some real punchy energy in the water on Wednesday the 9th (820 and even 1257 for the afternoon!), but it’s blowing 16 mph cross-onshore, so it’ll be a bumpy, blown-out mess. At that size with that wind, it’s honestly looking more interesting for the kite crew than a paddle surfer.

We get a little glimmer on Friday the 11th morning. A 6ft pulse from the west (8 sec period, energy of 432) and a cross-offshore wind from the NE at 9 mph. It’ll be clean, but the short period means it won’t have the same power as the Saturday 5th session. The morning of Saturday the 12th is similar – 6ft from the WNW with a longer 10-second period, cross-off wind, and 611 energy. That’s another clean option, but the short, punchy nature of the swell might make it a bit sectiony.

Looking way out into the second week, the morning of Wednesday the 16th is a promising long-range call. Clean offshore winds from the east at 16 mph and a 3ft swell from the WSW (energy 274). It’s not huge, but it’ll be clean and rideable.

Overall, don’t waste your energy on most of this run. Zero in on Saturday the 5th. That’s your day. Wind, swell, and energy all line up perfectly for a proper session. The rest? A lot of waiting.

Rusty.

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