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Plage de sable noir au Bassin Pirogue - L'Étang-Salé La Réunion
Reunion Etang Sale. Photo: Clémenceau Lauret, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Reunion Etang Sale

Windsurf spot · France

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 3 kn
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side-on
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
26°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSE 4 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
26°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 4 kn
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
25°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 6 kn
Gusts
17kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
26°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 4 kn
Gusts
15kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 4 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
27°C

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 4 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
27°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 20, poor
  2. Tue 30, poor
  3. Wed 40, poor
  4. Thu 50, poor
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 90, poor
  9. Tue 100, poor
  10. Wed 110, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SWopen to the SW
  • Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NEblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 26 °Cno wetsuit

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Reunion Etang Sale
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 5 knots14knside-on0.9 mwaves27°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 3 knots15knside-on0.8 mwaves26°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots16knsidechop26°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots15knside-onchop25°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 6 knots17knonchop26°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots15knonchop28°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots16knside-onchop27°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots16knonchop27°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south, 6 knots20knside-onchop27°C
Wed 11Nov0, poorwind from the south-west, 5 knots17knonchop27°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Mon 2 NovHigh 05:52 +0.1 mLow 10:46 +0.0 mHigh 16:43 +0.1 mLow 23:35 −0.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 06:48 +0.1 mLow 12:33 −0.1 mHigh 18:21 +0.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 00:42 −0.2 mHigh 07:26 +0.2 mLow 13:21 −0.1 mHigh 19:20 +0.2 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

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Photos of Reunion Etang Sale

Plage de L'Étang Salé
Near Reunion Etang Sale. Photo: Clémenceau Lauret, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Plage l'Etang Salé
Near Reunion Etang Sale. Photo: EmilieRaspail, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Reunion Etang Sale

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SW, so wind from the NE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

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

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 27). The sea is about 24°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 28°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is L'Étang-Salé. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots and 1 dive site.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,720–US$3,320 each

about US$1,720–US$3,320 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to RUN, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$980–US$2,030
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$235
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$282–US$470
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$584
Totalabout US$1,720–US$3,320

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: L'Étang-Salé

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L'Étang-Salé

about 10 min by car · 18 places to stay

See 18 places to stay in L'Étang-Salé · Booking.com

About L'Étang-Salé its beds, food and every spot near it

Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 29h 30m

About 29h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → RUN, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), then 1h 10m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.