Anse Bougainville Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Honestly, looking at the whole 16-day picture, I’ve got to call it straight: this is a grim run for Anse Bougainville. Every single session gets tagged as “poor surf conditions,” and the scores are all zeros. There is not one stand-out day in the bunch. The bump starts on the 5th of July and just keeps rolling through to the 20th without a single decent window. That’s a solid two-week gap where I wouldn’t bother paddling out.

Anse Bougainville is a reef break, consistent, and works best with a SE swell direction. The problem is the wind. From Sunday the 5th right through, it’s hammering out of the SSE and SE at 12 to 25 mph — mostly onshore or cross-onshore. That’s a total write-off for a clean face. Swell height hangs around 4 ft to 8 ft, with periods mostly 8 to 10 seconds, so there’s some energy (combined swell energy sits in the moderate range, around 500 to 1005), but it’s messy, lumpy, and choppy. For the first few days it’s a fresh breeze and strong breeze pushing it sideways. On the 7th of July it gets “strong cross-onshore and messy” – that’s about as bad as it reads.

Water temperature here is 80° on the 5th, with an anomaly of +0.9°, so that’s pretty average for the time of year – not something to get excited about. The reef setup means it usually needs decent direction, but when the wind’s smashing it like this, it’s just a washing machine. For the few times it’s “on” wind, the swell’s still poor quality and the period’s short or moderate, so no groundswell magic happening. There’s nothing here that’s worth chasing, even for an intermediate crew. Given the persistent onshore wind and consistent swell, this setup actually looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing – you’d get some solid breeze to work with.

In short, leave the boards at home. This area just isn’t offering anything for the next couple of weeks. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a blank run.

Rusty

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