Anse Bougainville Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for the next 16 days.

Honestly, I'm looking at the charts and there's nothing to get excited about. The whole window is a bust. Anse Bougainville, a reef break for intermediates, is the only spot on the cards, and it's getting hammered by onshore wind. The wind is coming from the southeast, which is straight onshore here, and it's not letting up. This means the ocean's going to be messy, lumpy, and just not fun. The water is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year at 81°F, but that's the only bright spot.

We start on Wednesday the 22nd of July, and there's a small 3ft swell from the SSW with a long 13-second period, but the onshore wind at 19 mph is just ruining it. The wave energy is moderate at 474, but it's all for nothing. This pattern sticks. Through the rest of July, the swell hangs around 5ft to 7ft from the SSE and SE, but the wind stays on or cross-onshore, gusting 12 to 22 mph. It's all "poor surf conditions" with moderate to fresh breeze. The energy picks up a bit, hitting 842 on the 28th, but with that wind, it's just a washing machine.

August rolls in and things get a bit bigger. On the 1st and 2nd, we see swell up to 8ft from the SE, and the energy jumps into the strong range (1080 to 1274). But it's still onshore. By the 2nd of August, the swell direction swings to the S with a monster 18-second period, but it's only 3ft. The energy is still high at 1144, but that's a long-period groundswell that's going to close out on a beach break like this, and with the wind, it's completely unrideable. The end of the window sees 7ft swell from the SSE with an 11-second period, and energy hitting 1385, but again, the wind kills it.

For a break like this, getting a blank run of this length is pretty normal. The setup looks way more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing right now. There's nothing here worth paddling out for. Wait for a change in the wind.

Rusty.

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