Anse Gaulette Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the forecast for the next couple of weeks around Anse Gaulette. I’ve got to be straight with you – this one’s a tough read. The whole 16-day window is looking pretty grim, with no real windows of clean, rideable surf. The wind is almost constantly from the SE, blowing cross to cross-onshore, and that’s just making a mess of everything.

The water is sitting at 81°F for the first few days, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, but that’s about the only upside.

We start off on Saturday, August 1st, with a 5ft SE swell, but it’s got a short period and the wind is a stiff cross-on. The conditions are just choppy and poor. That pattern pretty much holds all the way through Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. The swell bumps up a bit, hitting 7ft by Tuesday, but the wind pipes up to 22 mph, making it lumpy and ugly. The combined energy is moderate to strong (1008+), but with that wind, it’s more of a white-knuckle kite session than a surf.

There’s a real rough patch mid-week, especially Thursday the 6th and Saturday the 8th, where the swell climbs to 8ft and the wind is howling. That’s expert-only territory, and even then, the conditions are described as messy and lumpy. The energy is strong (1354-1237), but it’s all for nothing with that wind.

We get a slight reprieve by Sunday the 9th afternoon, where the wind switches to a cross-shore instead of cross-on, and the swell is a solid 8ft with a 10-second period. The combined energy is still strong (1026), and the rating only calls it “marginal”. It’s not good, but it’s the best we’ll see. Monday the 10th through to the end of the forecast on Sunday the 16th is more of the same – fresh cross-onshore winds and lumpy, poor surf.

There is one curiosity: on the afternoon of Sunday the 16th, we see a long-period groundswell from the S at 17 seconds, but the swell height is only 3ft. The energy is still high (1182), but the wind is still cross-on, and the conditions are poor. It’s a tease.

Honestly, there are no standout days here. The whole stretch is a write-off for paddle surfing. If you’ve got a kite, you might find some fun in the stronger winds, but for a surfboard, leave it at home. With the consistency being fairly consistent at the break, it’s a bit of a bummer, but it happens. Forecasts can change, so keep an eye on it, but for now, I wouldn’t be planning a trip.

Rusty.

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