Louisiana Surf

Detailed Louisiana surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Louisiana. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Louisiana. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Louisiana over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Louisiana and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Louisiana Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Louisiana Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Louisiana coastline are also listed below.

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	Thu	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NE	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	4	5	5	6	5	7	6	6	6	9
Energy	19	22	21	38	18	11	33	22	21	26	35	24	52	47	19	9	5	4	7	1	2	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:59PM 0.56			2:48PM 0.51			3:57PM 0.46			6:29PM 0.39		9:04AM 0.38		10:46PM 0.35	8:17AM 0.44			8:14AM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 0.10			1:49AM 0.13			2:17AM 0.17			2:29AM 0.23			2:19AM 0.29		4:00PM 0.29	12:46AM 0.34		5:05PM 0.20			6:07PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	5	2	-	1	3	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	21	22	25	25	23	24	26	26	26	23	25	23	19	22	22	21	23	24	23	26	25
Low °C	21	21	22	22	24	22	23	25	26	25	21	24	18	17	21	21	20	22	22	22	24	24
Chill °C (?)	23	21	22	25	25	23	24	26	26	26	23	25	23	19	22	22	21	23	24	23	26	25
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	4	4	5	6	3	3	9	7	6	6	7	5	6	5	7	6	6	6	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	6	6	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	5	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.5 S	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	1.0 NNE	0.9 NE	0.3 N	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	3	4	6	5	-	5	6	6	6	2	3	4	5	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	3

	Thu	Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 SE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	6
Energy	20	19	20	17	22	22	21	16	19	38	13	23	18	15	11	9	11	33	38	55	22	25
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow
High Tide / height (m)							1:59PM 0.56								2:48PM 0.51
Low Tide / height (m)			1:15AM 0.10								1:49AM 0.13								2:17AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	23	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	24	25	25	24	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	26
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	24	25	25	24	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	3	3
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 E	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	4	-	6	6	6	6	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	3	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 E	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	-	4	6	4	6	5	-	-	2	4	5	5	6	6	6

	Thursday 07				Friday 08
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	22	17	18	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																			1:59PM 0.56
Low Tide / height (m)							1:15AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4

Louisiana Surf Breaks

Chandeleur Islands

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Holly Beach

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The Louisiana coast in general lacks any surf, with a few beaches to choose from that might offer a wave, several factors need to come together to get a rideable wave.

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