Tronoen Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee and settle in, it’s Rusty here. Gonna be straight with you – the next couple of weeks at Tronoen are a real mixed bag, and honestly, for a lot of it, you’ll be better off doing something else. Let’s walk through it.

The water is sitting at 63°F, which is a full degree Fahrenheit colder than normal for this time of year. So, you’ll want that extra rubber.

We start off with a bit of a whimper. Wednesday the 26th offers a tiny 2 ft from the west, but with a stiff 19 mph south-easterly, it’s just messy. The combined energy is a weak 60, so there’s nothing to get excited about. Thursday the 27th sees a bump to 4 ft, but it’s a short-period, wind-swell combo from the southwest with a cross-on breeze, creating a choppy, poor surface. That feeling hangs around through Friday and Saturday, with the swell jumping up to 8 ft and then 10 ft on Saturday the 29th. The wind is onshore and strong, with the combined energy hitting 682 on Saturday morning and 1068 by the afternoon. That’s a lot of power, but it’s all wind-chop, and at that size, it’s for experts only, and even then, the quality is just not there. Sunday the 30th is still big and blown out, with a risk of thunderstorms.

The start of next week doesn’t offer much relief. Monday the 31st has 8 ft of west swell, but it’s cross-on and choppy. The combined energy is a beastly 1075, but it’s all for show. The first real flicker of hope comes on Saturday, September 5th. The morning looks clean with a light offshore breeze from the east-northeast, pushing into a 4 ft west-northwest swell with a 9-second period. The combined energy is a moderate 202. This is the best window in the whole forecast. The conditions are described as “clean,” and the score is a solid 2. The break is Tronoen, exposed to the west-southwest, and the swell direction is a decent match. The water is still cold, but the wind is kind. This is your standout.

Sunday the 6th morning has a similar 4 ft, but with a cross-off breeze, it’s still rideable, though the energy drops to 252. After that, the swell fades out. By Tuesday the 8th, we’re down to 2 ft with a weak 61 energy and a cross-shore wind. The last gasp is Wednesday the 9th, with a 5 ft west-northwest swell and a cross-off wind, giving a clean surface and a combined energy of 535, but it’s a marginal call. After that, it’s a very small, fading end to the period.

So, to sum it up: the one true standout is the morning of Saturday, September 5th. Get it while you can. The rest of the run is either too small, too windy, or too big and raw. The crowds at Tronoen can be an issue sometimes, but on that Saturday morning, with the offshore wind, it might be worth the gamble.

Rusty.

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