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Level 7/10
Saint-Leu
West Coast, Réunion
🦈Sharks🪸Sharp reef🦔Urchins
Saint-Leu (note: possible duplicate of St Leu id 138) is Réunion's infamous wave—a world-class left reef break that hosted WSL events until the island's catastrophic shark attacks led to heavy restrictions starting in 2011. The wave itself is perfection: long, hollow, and mechanical. But surfing here is now essentially forbidden outside shark nets due to multiple fatal attacks. A tragic reminder that even the world's best waves can become inaccessible. Check current regulations.
3-Day Forecast
Today's Conditions
Swell
1.9m
SSE(147°)
Score: 13/25
Period
15s
Long period groundswell
Score: 25/25
Wind
16km/h
SE(128°)
Score: 7/25
Weather
28°C
0.0mm23%
Windswell Component
0.4mSE@2s
Secondary Swell
0.4mWSW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
5:18 am
Low tide - 0.66m
11:06 am
High tide - 0.99m
5:38 pm
Low tide - 0.51m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
31
PoorComponents
Swell Direction0/25
Swell Size13/25
Swell Period25/25
Wind7/25
Raw Score45/100
Adjustments
Wind History-4
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score31/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score31
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Spot Details
Swell Requirements
- Optimal direction
- SSW (210°)
- Direction range
- 180° - 240°
- Size range
- 1m - 3.5m
- Ideal size
- 2.9m
- Height multiplier
- 0.97×
- Ideal period
- 14s+
Wind Requirements
- Optimal direction
- E (90°)
- Offshore range
- 45° - 135°
- Best window
- morning
Tide Requirements
- Optimal tide
- mid
- Optimal range
- 0.3m - 1.2m
Water temp
25°C
Wetsuit
Boardshorts / Rashguard
Difficulty
7/10
Crowd level
2/10
Access: Check shark alerts and local regulations before surfing.
Best Season
Peak: Apr-Sep
Secondary: Mar, Oct
April-September SW groundswell season.
Getting There
Airport
RUNDrive time
45 minData quality
verified