Saint Joseph, France

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Kourou, 16 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CAY (CAY), 58 km.

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About Saint Joseph

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

The spot faces E (76°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (256°). 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 1.1 km out (1 in 115). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually June, July and September, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Kourou, 16 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CAY (CAY), 58 km.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast

Saint Joseph does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Saint Joseph, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	10, too small	1 ft6 smushy	13kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots	29°C
Mon 19Oct	6, too small	2 ft9 smushy	34kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	5, too small	2 ft4 smushy	12kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	4, too small	1 ft9 smushy	22kJ	wind from the east, 14 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	12, too small	2 ft4 smushy	13kJ	wind from the east, 8 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	9, too small	1 ft5 smushy	9kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	7, too small	1 ft6 smushy	10kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	5, too small	1 ft6 smushy	8kJ	wind from the east, 11 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	5, too small	1 ft7 smushy	7kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 9 knots	29°C
Tue 27Oct	6, too small	1 ft6 smushy	12kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots	29°C

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.

Your trip, day by day

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
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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