Anse Gaulette Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right now, there's nothing worth paddling out for at Anse Gaulette, and it stays that way through the whole 16‑day window. This reef break is usually fairly consistent, but the wind is just not playing ball – it's cross or cross‑onshore every single session, with a fresh breeze kicking up lumpy, choppy mess. The swell is there, with combined energy values ranging from 474 to 1438 (moderate to strong), but the quality is trashed. Water temp is 81°, a touch warmer than usual for this time of year.

Let's run through the period. From Wednesday 22 July morning through the rest of the week, you've got 3ft to 6ft of swell, mostly from the SSE or SE, but with 19 mph cross‑onshore winds – not clean. Thursday and Friday are the same story: cross‑onshore, lumpy, poor. Saturday brings rain showers and still cross‑onshore. Into Sunday and Monday, risk of thunderstorms, still cross‑onshore. The wind doesn't let up all week. By Tuesday 28 July, swell picks up to 7ft, but the wind is still cross‑shore, so it's lumpy. The second week – from 29 July onward – continues the pattern: cross‑onshore, fresh breeze, poor surf conditions. Even into early August, the swell gets bigger (8ft on 1 August, combined energy 1080–1119), but the wind stays cross‑onshore, so it's still unsurfable. The long‑period groundswell that appears on 2–3 August (18–19 sec) is a tease, but the wind is cross‑onshore, so no good. The reef is exposed to S swell, and the optimum direction is S, but the wind direction never matches the conditions needed for clean waves.

Honestly, this is a flat run of bad luck. The break itself is normally fairly consistent, so it won't stay poor forever – but for this whole 16‑day window, I'd save your energy. If you're into kite surfing, the strong winds and lumpy chop might be interesting, but for paddle surfing, there's nothing here. Hang tight, Rusty.

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