Villefranche sur Mer Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. We’re looking at the Villefranche sur Mer region, and I gotta be straight with you – the outlook through the next couple of weeks is a tough one.

Right off the bat, the water is sitting at a warm 84°, which is a solid eleven degrees warmer than what’s normal for this time of year. That’s a massive anomaly, so you’ll be sweating in a spring suit.

We’ve got a long stretch of doldrums ahead. Friday the 24th kicks off with a tiny 2ft swell from the east, but the period is a super short 3 seconds. That’s just wind chop, not real surf. The combined energy is pitiful at (8), and the wind is onshore. It’s a no-go.

Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th see even smaller waves, with nothing breaking 2ft. There’s a glassy moment Saturday morning, but the swell is totally flat at 0.7ft. You’d be bobbing around for nothing.

This pattern of flat, weak, short-period junk continues all the way through the end of July and into the first week of August. We’re talking day after day of combined energy readings in the single digits or zero – that’s (0), (1), (2) – with no real swell to speak of. The wind is mostly light, but the waves just aren’t there. It’s a dead period.

The only faint pulse comes around Monday the 3rd of August, with a morning of 1ft easterly swell and glassy conditions. The energy is still tiny at (4), but it’s the cleanest you’ll see. Then Wednesday the 5th has a glassy dawn with a 1ft SW swell, but again, the period is a paltry 4 seconds. It’s barely rideable.

The standout, if you can call it that, is Thursday morning the 6th of August. We get the largest swell of the entire forecast: a 2ft south-southwest swell with a 5-second period, combined energy of (18), and glassy conditions. That’s the best on offer. It’s still small, but for a break that rarely breaks, this is the cleanest window you’ll find. Keep in mind, this is a reef break that’s inconsistent and only for advanced surfers, so you need to know what you’re doing. Crowds are possible here.

Don’t expect much else. The rest of the second week is a repeat of tiny, weak swells and onshore breezes. We’ve got a 16-day window with virtually no surfable energy. It’s a real bummer, but that’s the Mediterranean for you in the summer.

Rusty.

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