Spot GuideRéunionNorth CoastSainte-Marie → Barachois SUP foil route

Sainte-Marie → Barachois SUP foil route

North Coast, Réunion · -20.8851, 55.4982

SUP Foiling Community route; local verification
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Marie-Thérèse Lefèvre et Jean Gachassin travail de Philippe Guillot.jpg
Photo taken near this spot by Philippe Guillot · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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guides & forecasts

conditions & access

Water

Ocean downwind / coast

Experience

Community route; local verification

Hazards

Community-uploaded north-coast route. Confirm Sainte-Marie and Barachois entries, airport/port or other restricted zones, vessel traffic, rocks/shorebreak/current, wind continuity, shuttle, tracking and offshore rescue.

“Public leaderboard lists two uploads for St Marie–Barachois. Pin is approximate route midpoint. Requested-field batch 06 verified 2026-08-01: exact, nearby, area-pin and route-endpoint relationships are explicit; unresolved items remain Unknown.”

— via Réunion Downwind leaderboard; Requested-field research, last verified 2026-08-01

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com Reunion Island (0.74 mi) Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): Reunion Island (0.74 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/16706 wx.ikitesurf.com

Surf forecasts

surfline.com Sainte-Marie → Barachois SUP foil route Nearby coordinate-centered Surfline map (not an exact spot report): https://www.surfline.com/surf-reports-forecasts-cams-map/%40-20.88510%2C55.49820%2 surfline.com

Local guides

race.downwind.app Le Port → L'Hermitage SUP foil route Exact source guide/evidence for Le Port → L'Hermitage SUP foil route: https://race.downwind.app/r%C3%A9union race.downwind.app

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nearby spots

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