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 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
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	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE
Period(s)	7	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	5
Energy	73	46	195	173	58	38	87	52	8	4	2	2	4	16	16	21	17	18	14	17	11	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:07PM 0.56			5:47PM 0.49				7:49PM 0.42	10:14AM 0.35		10:24PM 0.37	9:00AM 0.40			8:47AM 0.47			9:01AM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)		2:55AM 0.06			3:39AM 0.13				4:06AM 0.21			4:05AM 0.28	3:46PM 0.31	2:59AM 0.34		5:13PM 0.24			6:17PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	23	23	22	23	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	23	23	24	24	23	25
Low °C	22	22	22	23	22	22	23	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	22	23	23	22	24
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	23	23	22	23	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	23	23	24	24	23	25
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	7:27	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 E	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	-	-	4	5	4	4	4	4	-	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 S	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	6	7	7	-	-	7	6	-	-	3	3	3	4	-	5	4	5	5	4	-	5

	Thursday 23			Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
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	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s)	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	73	60	56	46	47	74	195	77	173	65	52	58	39	44	38	47	87	78	40	52	18	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	2:52PM 0.63									4:07PM 0.56								5:47PM 0.49
Low Tide / height (m)					2:55AM 0.06								3:39AM 0.13									4:06AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	0.9 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	6	-	6	6	7	7	6	-	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.7 SE	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	-	7	7	7	-	6	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	-	-

	Thursday 23	Friday 24
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
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	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
Energy	77	75	73	68	64	60	58	56	56	54	54	46	46	46	47	49	62	74	68	191	195	195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	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
High Tide / height (m)		2:52PM 0.63
Low Tide / height (m)														2:55AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

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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