Club Med Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, listen up. Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for the Club Med reef.

To be straight with you, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and ordinary. The swell energy is just not there, and the wind is mostly junk. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing happening, then a glimmer of something promising right at the end of the window.

The first real chance of a surfable wave isn't until the morning of Sunday, the 16th of August. So, yeah, we’re talking a solid two-week gap of poor-to-marginal conditions. The water temp is sitting at a warm 83°, which is pretty normal for this time of year, so at least a dip won’t be a shock.

Alright, the standout. That Sunday the 16th of August. The morning session is the one to mark. We’re looking at a 4 ft swell from the SW, and the period is a very long 16 seconds. That’s proper groundswell, with a lot of punch. The combined energy is strong at 682. The wind is light and from the West, which is a cross-shore, but the light breeze (3 mph) means it’ll be glassy and clean. For a reef break like this, that long-period swell is a dream – it’ll wrap in and give you some proper shaped waves. It’s not huge, but for how dead it’s been, this is the session. The afternoon holds similar size at 4 ft, same long period, but the wind picks up a touch and goes cross-off from the NW, which is still decent. The energy bumps up to 825, but the score drops a bit, so morning is your best bet.

Don’t get your hopes up for anything before that. The rest of the 16 days is a write-off. Swell is tiny, wind is onshore or cross-shore with chop. It’s the kind of setup that’s more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, to be honest. The break is exposed and for advanced surfers, so when it’s on, it’s on. But it’s been silent for a long time.

Keep an eye on that Sunday the 16th. It’s a long way out, so the forecast could shift, but it’s the only real glimmer of hope.

Rusty.

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