Reef
left
Level 7/10
Dumbea Left
Noumea Outer Reef, New Caledonia
🪸Sharp reef🦈Sharks🌀Strong rips
Dumbea Left is the flagship wave of the Noumea area, breaking on the outer barrier reef 30 minutes by boat from the capital. A long, refined left-hander with barrel sections and rippable walls over coral reef. SSW groundswells light it up from May through October.
3-Day Forecast
Today's Conditions
Swell
2.2m
SSW(195°)
Score: 21/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 23/25
Wind
32km/h
SE(129°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
26°C
0.0mm50%
Windswell Component
1.3mSE@4s
Secondary Swell
1.4mS
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
6:40 am
High tide - 1.10m
12:51 pm
Low tide - 0.24m
6:30 pm
High tide - 0.92m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
31
PoorComponents
Swell Direction21/25
Swell Size21/25
Swell Period23/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score65/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-21
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score31/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score31
🤢 Morning Sickness
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Spot Details
Swell Requirements
- Optimal direction
- SSW (200°)
- Direction range
- 170° - 240°
- Size range
- 0.8m - 3m
- Ideal size
- 2.5m
- Height multiplier
- 0.97×
- Ideal period
- 14s+
Wind Requirements
- Optimal direction
- NE (45°)
- Offshore range
- 10° - 80°
- Best window
- morning
Tide Requirements
- Optimal tide
- mid
- Optimal range
- 0.4m - 1.5m
Water temp
24°C
Wetsuit
Boardshorts / Rashguard
Difficulty
7/10
Crowd level
3/10
Access: 30 min boat from Noumea to outer barrier reef.
Best Season
Peak: May-Oct
Secondary: Mar, Apr, Nov
Austral winter for SSW groundswells. Some summer cyclone swells.
Getting There
Airport
NOUDrive time
15 minBoat required
$80
Data quality
unverified