Anse Bertrand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with the outlook for Anse Bertrand. Let’s be straight with each other – this is a rough 16-day stretch. The data is telling me a clear story: you’re not going to find any decent waves worth paddling for in this whole window. It’s a frustrating blank run, plain and simple.

We start right now with nothing. The first few days are a write-off. Tuesday afternoon (August 25th) only has 0.3ft of weak, short-period NE windswell with a stiff 16 mph cross-breeze messing it up. The combined energy is a pitiful 5 (weak). The next week is more of the same. Every single day through the end of August and into early September is tagged as “poor surf conditions”. We get tiny bits of NE swell, but it never gets above 2ft, and the wind is almost always cross or cross-onshore, creating lumpy, choppy, unappealing conditions. There’s a period around the 27th and 28th where the swell ticks up to 2ft and the combined energy reaches into the low 100s (moderate), but the wind never lets up, so the quality stays poor.

There is a bit of a tease into the first week of September. Around September 1st, the wind actually goes offshore or cross-offshore, and the morning of the 1st is even described as “clean”. But the swell is still just 2ft with a short period of 7 seconds – that’s weak windswell. It’s basically a flat, glassy lake rather than surfable waves. The rest of the period from September 2nd all the way to September 9th just fades away. Swell heights drop to 0.3ft to 1.0ft, and the wind comes back onshore or cross-shore.

There are no standout days here. No “one to watch”. This area is just not getting any love in this forecast. It’s a long, dull run, but sometimes the ocean just takes a nap. Don’t chase it; the forecasts can change, but right now, save the wax.

- Rusty

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