La Pointe, Madagascar

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Ambodifototra, is 68 km away. Nearest airport: SMS (SMS), 56 km.

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About La Pointe

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces E (81°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (261°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.9 km out (1 in 294). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 24°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Ambodifototra, is 68 km away. Nearest airport: SMS (SMS), 56 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 26°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Ambodifototra, is 68 km away. Nearest airport: SMS (SMS), 56 km.
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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at La Pointe, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	41, fair	4 ft6 smushy	106kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots	25°C
Mon 19Oct	41, fair	3 ft7 smushy	78kJ	wind from the south-east, 2 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	49, good	3 ft7 smushy	82kJ	wind from the east, 1 knot	25°C
Wed 21Oct	36, fair	3 ft7 smushy	73kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	27, too small	3 ft7 smushy	57kJ	wind from the north-east, 8 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	21, too small	2 ft6 smushy	43kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 7 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	18, too small	2 ft6 smushy	28kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 8 knots	25°C
Sun 25Oct	15, too small	2 ft6 smushy	21kJ	wind from the south, 8 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	10, too small	2 ft7 smushy	21kJ	wind from the south, 12 knots	25°C
Tue 27Oct	26, too small	2 ft6 smushy	32kJ	wind from the north, 4 knots	26°C
Wed 28Oct	0, poor	–	–	–	–

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

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6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf La Pointe
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 1 kn (1 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf La Pointe
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 30 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 27 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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