Anse Bertrand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. To be honest, Anse Bertrand has got next to nothing on offer for the next couple of weeks. It’s a real flat spell we’re looking at, you’d be mad to paddle out for more than a knee-high wobble. The whole 16-day window is pretty much a write-off for decent surf, with no standout sessions at all.

The first record kicks off on Sunday morning, August 2nd, but don’t get excited. The swell’s a total no-show with zero energy. There’s a risk of thunderstorms too, so you’re better off staying home. We roll into Monday the 3rd and still nothing doing – a tiny 0.3 ft of north swell with weak energy, cross-off wind but the wave comment says it all: poor surf conditions. Tuesday the 4th starts the same, and by the afternoon we get a bump to 2 ft from the northeast but with a period of just 6 seconds – that’s weak, short-period windswell, and the cross wind chops it up. No fun.

Wednesday the 5th and Thursday the 6th stay small and clean, but we’re talking 0.3 ft to 2 ft, energy barely scratching the surface – that’s not surf, that’s a lake. Friday the 7th sees a spike to 4 ft from the east with moderate energy, but the period is only 6 seconds – short period slop. The wind is cross, so expect bumpy, lumpy walls with no shape. Not worth the drive.

From Saturday the 8th right through to Monday the 17th of August, we’re stuck in a rut of 0.3 ft to 1 ft swell from the north or northeast, with energy weak to moderate. The highest energy reading is still tied to short-period junk. The winds are fresh easterlies (15–22 mph) and cross or cross-shore the whole stretch, so it’s going to be messy anyway. There’s no point in highlighting any break here – the whole period is a bust.

Anse Bertrand is an exposed beginner spot, but with the swell direction coming from the north, northeast, or east when there’s any, it doesn’t match the optimum north direction. The crowds are listed as “sometimes,” but with no waves, no one’s out anyway. The water temperature is typical for the time of year, nothing weird there.

Bottom line: there’s no good surf in the 16-day window. It’s just one of those blank runs for this area – common for this exposed north-facing coast when the trade winds blow straight across. Keep the board in the shed and check back later, forecasts can shift.

Rusty.

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