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Mervillon → Le Helleux downwind route

Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe · 16.2482, -61.2678

SUP Foiling Community route — reef and launch verifi
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guides & forecasts

conditions & access

Season

Guadeloupe regional wing-wind high season December–April; local school calls May–June shoulder season and July–mid-August a strong secondary season. Route-specific reliability still requires local checking: https://www.wingfoilschoolguadeloupe.com/post/pr%C3%A9voir-votre-s%C3%A9jour-stage-wingfoil-comment-se-d%C3%A9compose-la-saison-en-guadeloupe

Water

Caribbean/Atlantic coast downwind / reef swell

Experience

Community route — reef and launch verification

Hazards

Reef-swell coast route whose midpoint is not an entry. Confirm both beach accesses, reef passages, foil depth, current, landing and rescue with local riders.

“Public leaderboard records twelve uploaded runs on this named Grande-Terre route. Pin is approximate midpoint; exact beach entries and reef passages need local knowledge. Requested-field batch 04 verified 2026-08-01: guide/resource labels and hazards use cited row evidence; exact, nearby and route-endpoint relationships are explicit; unresolved fields remain Unknown.”

— via Downwind leaderboard — uploaded SUP-foil route; Requested-field research, last verified 2026-08-01

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com Rue du General de Gaulle (4.14 mi) Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): Rue du General de Gaulle (4.14 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/593595 wx.ikitesurf.com

Surf forecasts

surfline.com Mervillon → Le Helleux downwind route Nearby coordinate-centered Surfline map (not an exact spot report): https://www.surfline.com/surf-reports-forecasts-cams-map/%4016.24820%2C-61.26780%2 surfline.com

Local guides

race.downwind.app Mervillon → Le Helleux downwind route Exact public Mervillon–Le Helleux SUP-foil course record; twelve uploads and a separate regional wing-season source — https://race.downwind.app/run/me race.downwind.app

Links are community-sourced and open directly on the provider's site. Verify conditions locally before riding.

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