This tropical island provides mainly reef breaks with worldwide famous breaks like St Leu. But even beginners can find spots on the rare beach breaks. Water temperatures are 24 to 30. The East coast has heavy rainfall. There's no lagoon. It's a rocky coastline. The West coast is completely different with lower rainfall. This coast has the best spots. You'll find reef spots here because of the lagoon.
November to April: Summer (hot and humid). It's the typhoon season.
May to October: Winter (cool and dry). It's the best time for surf.

Sept 2006:
Since some month a lot of shark attack happend on reunion island. In August there was a fatal shark and some others impressive ones, so be carrefull guys!

Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
Geographic coordinates: 21° 3.6' S, 55° 21.6' E
Coastline km: km
Climate: tropical, but temperature moderates with elevation; cool and dry (May to November), hot and rainy (November to April)
Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous; fertile lowlands along coast
Elevation:
Natural hazards: hurricanes (cyclones), flooding, volcanic activity
Currency: Euro
Population:
Languages: French
Capital: Saint-Denis
Divisions: oversea region of France

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	Seasons
	Jan/Feb	Mar/Apr	May/Jun	Jul/Aug	Sep/Oct	Nov/Dec
Best Surfing Season
Typical Swell Size
Surf Equipment	Boardshorts	Boardshorts	Boardshorts	Shorty	Boardshorts	Boardshorts
Water temp.	28°C 82°F	27°C 81°F	26°C 79°F	24°C 75°F	25°C 77°F	26°C 79°F
Air temp.	27°C 81°F	26°C 79°F	25°C 77°F	25°C 77°F	24°C 75°F	25°C 77°F
Climate

Seasonal swell & wind variations

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