Surf Climatology
Best Time to Surf L'Hermitage
Réunion Island, France
L'Hermitage is a surf break in Réunion Island, France, and this page shows the time of year when it usually gets the most surf. The figures are three years of offshore wave data, 2022 to 2024, averaged month by month at the nearest offshore point. The peak surf season at L'Hermitage is Jun & Aug, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.
Peak surf season: Jun & Aug.
Based on the 3-year average offshore wave height, 2022–2024.
Best time to visit
3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024
Peak surf season:JunAug
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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 6.3ft average swell at 8.7 s from the S.
Feb: 6.9ft average swell at 8.4 s from the SSE.
Mar: 6.2ft average swell at 9 s from the S.
Apr: 6.4ft average swell at 9.5 s from the S.
May: 7.0ft average swell at 10 s from the S.
Jun: 7.8ft average swell at 10.1 s from the S.
Jul: 7.0ft average swell at 10 s from the S.
Aug: 7.3ft average swell at 10.1 s from the S.
Sep: 6.4ft average swell at 9.8 s from the S.
Oct: 5.9ft average swell at 9.6 s from the S.
Nov: 5.3ft average swell at 9.2 s from the S.
Dec: 5.2ft average swell at 9.6 s from the S.
Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at -21.0°, 55.0°.
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