Reef
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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
1.2m
SSE(150°)
Score: 10/25
Period
19s
Long period groundswell
Score: 20/25
Wind
25km/h
ESE(104°)
Score: 1/25
Weather
25°C
0.0mm20%
Windswell Component
0.5mESE@3s
Secondary Swell
0.6mSSW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 23 km/h E|PM: 27 km/h ESE
Lighter winds early (23 km/h)
Tide at 6am (1.1m)
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
6:10 am
High tide - 1.05m
12:35 pm
Low tide - 0.06m
7:00 pm
High tide - 1.06m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
10
PoorComponents
Swell Direction4/25
Swell Size10/25
Swell Period20/25
Wind1/25
Raw Score35/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-17
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-5
Adjusted Score10/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score10
🤢 Morning Sickness
Location & Conditions
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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°
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