The Surf Window

Grande Riviere

Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago

Beach breakAdvanced

Trinidad's most remote accessible beach sits at the end of a jungle road on the northeast coast, a powerful, shifty beach break shared with massive leatherback sea turtles nesting between March and August in one of the world's most extraordinary natural spectacles.

Typical Conditions

The Surf Window

Swell Window

N
OptimalW (270°)
WindowSSW–NNW (210°–330°)

Wind

W

Offshore

Tide

Mid tide

LowMidHigh

Season

December–April

JFMAMJJASOND

The Wave

Type

Both

Bottom

Sand

Shape

Powerful, raw, exposed to full Atlantic energy, banks shift dramatically

Length

50–100m

Skill Level

  • •Who it's for: Advanced
  • •Why: Remote, powerful, and shifting banks, requires experience to surf safely

Hazards

  • •Powerful rips near the river mouth
  • •Leatherback turtles in the water from March to August, extreme care not to collide
  • •Remote, nearest hospital is in Sangre Grande, 40km south

Local Tips

  • •The turtle watching (March–August) is one of the world's great wildlife experiences, hundreds of 300kg turtles come ashore nightly
  • •The Grande Riviere Nature Tour Guides Association runs excellent evening turtle tours, book ahead

Location

Map showing the location of Grande Riviere in Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago

10.8274, -61.0506