Anse Gaulette Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. We’ve got a 16-day window for Anse Gaulette, and I’ll be honest with you – it’s looking pretty grim. There’s a big fat gap right out of the gate with no surf worth paddling for. The first real sniff of anything that might be rideable doesn’t show up until Monday the 27th of July, and even then it’s a real low-end, marginal call.

The overall pattern is dominated by strong, persistent cross and cross-onshore winds from the southeast and south-southeast. The wind is fresh to moderate, and it’s just chopping everything up. We’re seeing a steady run of groundswell, with heights bouncing between 4 ft and 7 ft, but the wind is absolutely ruining the surface. The water is a warm 81°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only nice thing to say.

For the first week, from Tuesday the 21st right through to Sunday the 27th, it’s a write-off. The surf is tagged as “poor” with scores of zero. The swell is there, but the wind is a mess. The combined energy runs from moderate to strong – we’re looking at readings like 445, 531, and up to 1099 (very strong) on Saturday morning, but it’s all cross-onshore and lumpy. That 4 ft S swell on Saturday the 25th has a long 12-second period, which would normally be exciting, but with a 16 mph cross-onshore wind, it’s just a bumpy, blown-out mess. Not a single standout in this whole first portion.

Now, Monday the 27th of July gives us a tiny glimmer. The afternoon session shows a marginal forecast with a 5 ft swell from the southeast at 9 seconds, and the wind is just cross-shore at 16 mph. The energy is moderate (648). It’s not good, but it’s the least bad of the bunch. The water is still that warm 81°, so at least you won’t freeze while you’re getting frustrated. Crowds are possible here, as it’s marked as “sometimes” busy. But honestly, I wouldn’t get my hopes up.

After that, it’s back to the same story. From Tuesday the 28th of July right through to the very end of the forecast on Wednesday the 5th of August, it’s all poor. The swell sticks around, even getting up to 7 ft, with combined energy readings hitting 853, 827, and even 1050 on the 2nd of August – that’s very strong energy. But the wind is relentless: fresh cross-onshore from the SE or SSE at 19-22 mph, creating lumpy, choppy, cross-onshore junk. None of it is rideable for a paddle surfer. The swell is too big and messy, the wind is too strong, and the setup is a reef that’s exposed to this constant onshore flow. A break like this, with that much wind and that much swell, honestly looks more interesting for kite surfing than for paddle surfing.

There is no standout in this entire 16-day window. The only break we have is Anse Gaulette, and it’s a bust. It’s a fairly consistent spot, but when the wind is this bad, consistency doesn’t mean a thing. This is one of those stretches where you just have to wait for the forecasts to change. The near-term calls are solid – it’s going to be poor. The long-range stuff is just more of the same miserable pattern.

Rusty, signing off.

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