Anse Gaulette Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with ya – it’s a tough stretch coming up for Anse Gaulette. The whole 16-day window is looking pretty bleak, so don’t get your hopes up.

We start off with nothing on the first day, Thursday July 2nd. The wind is already messing things up with a moderate cross-onshore breeze from the SSE at 16 mph, creating choppy, poor conditions on the 5 ft swell. That pattern just keeps on going. Through Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, we see the same story: cross-onshore or cross-shore winds, mostly from the SE or SSE, with wave heights mostly in the 4 ft to 5 ft range. It’s all poor or marginal, and there’s no clean window to speak of. The combined swell energy on Saturday morning is moderate at best (470), but the cross-shore breeze kills any real quality.

Then from Monday July 6th right through to Wednesday July 15th, things actually get worse. The wind really kicks in, with fresh breezes from the SSE hitting 19-22 mph, again cross-onshore. This is generating lumpy, choppy surf. The wave heights climb too, hitting 8 ft and even 8 ft on some days, with the combined swell energy getting strong, hitting three-digit numbers like 897, 968, and even 1018 (moderate to strong). But none of that matters because the wind just wrecks it. For a beach-and-reef setup like this, with all that wind and messy swell, it looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing honestly. Nothing here is surfable for a surfer.

There is a notable change late in the run, around July 14th, 15th, and 16th. A very long period swell shows up from the S and SSW, with periods of 17 and 18 seconds. The swell drops to around 3 ft to 4 ft, but the combined energy is still strong (1179, 1120, 1095). The catch? Still cross-onshore winds, 16 to 19 mph, so even that long-period groundswell is going to be a choppy, blown-out mess. It’s a real pity because a long-period swell like that would normally be beautiful on a reef setup like Anse Gaulette, if the wind would just cooperate. It doesn’t.

So, bottom line: there are zero standout sessions in this forecast. Every single entry is either “poor surf conditions” or “marginal.” This is just one of those blank runs where the wind and swell never line up. Forecasts can change, but as it stands, don't bother paddling out.

Rusty.

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