Anse Bertrand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this outlook for Anse Bertrand is a tough one to write. Plain and simple, there’s nothing on the cards for the next 16 days that’s worth paddling out for. We’re looking at a long stretch of flat, poor conditions from now through to the end of the forecast period on September 25th.

We start with Thursday the 10th and it’s already a no-go. Tiny swell of just 1 ft from the NE, with a fresh 19 mph cross-shore wind from the east. That’s a lumpy, choppy mess with weak combined wave energy (36). The water temp is sitting at a warm 85°F, which is about average for the time of year, but that’s about the only positive. Friday and Saturday don’t offer any relief either – the swell drops to 1 ft and the winds stay relentless and cross-shore.

There’s a brief moment on Sunday the 13th where the wind goes cross-offshore, but the swell is only 0.7 ft. It’s clean, but you’d be floating around waiting for a ripple. The pattern continues right through the week. A tiny pulse of 4 ft shows up on Tuesday the 15th afternoon, but the period is a short, weak 6 seconds, and it's still cross-shore wind. That’s more of a gutless bump than a wave.

The rest of the second week is more of the same. We see some clean conditions from the 17th to the 20th with cross-offshore winds, but the swell stays tiny – between 1 ft and 1 ft. Combined energy never gets above 53. You’d need a stand-up paddle board to have any fun. The very end of the window on the 22nd and 23rd shows a little 2 ft bump from the east, but the period is a woeful 5 seconds. That’s wind chop, not surf.

This is a classic blank run for this area. The wind is relentless, and the swell just isn’t making it in. Hang the wettie up, check the forecast in a few days, and maybe something will change. Until then, it’s a flat spell.

Rusty.

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