La Govelle Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are a bit of a dud. There’s not a single day in the 16-day window where I’d tell you to cancel your plans. We’ve got a long stretch of what the charts call “poor surf conditions” – and that’s being kind. The swell is small, the period is short, and the wind is all over the shop.

Right now, into Saturday the 15th, the morning at La Govelle (Réunion) has got a tiny 2ft swell coming from the West with an 8-second period, and the wind is glassy – that’s the only nice thing about it. The combined energy is a weak 35, and the water temp is sitting at 69°, which is pretty much normal for this time of year. But it’s just not enough to push anything rideable. By afternoon the wind swings onshore, and it’s game over.

Sunday the 16th and Monday the 17th are much the same story – knee-high dribble, crossed-up winds. We get a couple of clean windows with light offshore or cross-off breezes, but the swell is pushing at best 2ft and weak energy readings like 20 or 29. It’s flat, flat, flat.

Midweek, from Tuesday the 18th through to Thursday the 20th, it’s even smaller – we’re talking 0.7ft to 1ft waves with periods under 10 seconds. The swell energy dips into the single digits and low double digits. Onshore winds chop everything up.

Now, late on Friday the 21st, we see a bit of a pulse: swell bumps up to 4ft from the West, period hits 10 seconds, and the combined energy jumps to 410 – solid moderate energy for sure. But the wind is a fresh cross-onshore at 22 mph, and the surf is just messy. That one’s for the experts only if they’re desperate, but honestly, it’s not worth a paddle.

The weekend of the 22nd and 23rd teases us. Saturday the 22nd morning is glassy again with 2ft from the West, energy 37. Sunday the 23rd picks up a proper offshore breeze from the ENE, blowing 22 mph, and the swell drops to 1.0ft with a longer 11-second period. It’s clean, but it’s tiny. Combined energy is only 38. It’s a skimboard session, not a surf.

From Monday the 24th right through to the end of the month, it’s all downward: small, short-period windswell maxing out around 2ft with choppy, lumpy conditions. The period is frequently 4 or 5 seconds; the energy readings drop to 5, 11, even 1. Clean windows pop up here and there – like the 27th Thursday morning with an easterly cross-off at 9 mph – but again, the swell is only 0.7ft.

To be clear, there are no standout days. If you absolutely have to get wet, grab a longboard and make the most of the cleaner, smaller mornings like Sunday the 23rd or possibly Saturday the 22nd morning. The water’s warm and the wind is off, but you’re not going to catch anything with a real face.

This is just one of those blank runs. Forecasts can change, and it tends not to stay poor for long, but right now? Leave the boards at home.

Rusty.

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