Villefranche sur Mer Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright crew, Rusty here. Let’s be real—this is a tough one for the Villefranche-Sur-Mer area. The whole 16-day window is a flat spell, no two ways about it. We’re looking at a long stretch of barely-there surf, and honestly, there isn’t a single standout session worth paddling out for. The forecast is stubbornly calm, with the combined energy of all swells directed here barely ticking over (values like 4, 1, 0, and 7). It’s a real bummer.

We start off with a few fleeting moments on Tuesday morning, July 28th. The air is glassy, wind from the NE at 3 mph, but the swell is a pathetic 0.7 ft from the SSW, period 5 seconds, and the energy is only 4. It’s not surf, it’s a ripple. The afternoon goes cross-on and the story doesn’t improve. The next few days are more of the same—morning glass again on Wednesday, July 29th, but the swell drops to 0.3 ft and energy plummets to 1. Thursday the 30th has zero swell. Friday the 31st is a repeat of tiny, weak waves. The first weekend of August teases a little, with Saturday morning, August 1st, showing 1 ft from the SSW and energy hitting 7, but it’s still graded as poor surf. Sunday morning, August 2nd, is similar with 1 ft and energy at 6, but the wind is glassy for the morning. Still, it’s not enough.

We hit a dead zone mid-week. Monday, August 3rd, has a calm morning with 0.7 ft, but the energy is just 2. Tuesday, August 4th, has zero swell all day. Wednesday, August 5th, is a repeat of 0.7 ft. The second week is a little more active, but don’t get your hopes up. Thursday, August 7th, shows a small bump in the afternoon with a period of 8 seconds and energy hitting 14, but the swell is only 0.7 ft from the WSW and the wind is a cross-on 9 mph, making it choppy. The morning of Sunday, August 9th, is glassy calm with 1 ft and energy at 11, and Monday, August 10th, has the same 1 ft in the morning with energy climbing to 15. The best we see is on Tuesday morning, August 11th, with 3 ft from the SW, period 5 seconds, and energy hitting 44. It’s still poor surf, but that’s the biggest pulse of the whole outlook. The morning is glassy, but the swell is tiny and short-period.

Villefranche sur Mer is a reef break that rarely breaks, so this blank run is more normal for the area. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, nothing to write home about. With such tiny swell and often light winds, the setup looks more interesting for a paddleboard than a surfboard. Keep an eye on the forecasts, though—it tends not to stay this poor forever.

Rusty.

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