Appelviken Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. This stretch is a tough one for the Appelviken area. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with barely a ripple worth getting soggy for, and the first real chance of something surfable doesn’t pop up until a week from now.

The whole outlook starts flat. The first few days – from Thursday the 27th of August right through to the end of the month – are just a write-off. Tiny windswell with periods down around 3 to 5 seconds and combined energy barely hitting 5 (weak). The wind is either cross-on or cross-off, but the swell is too small and weak to even bother with. It’s basically a lake out there.

We roll into the first week of September and it’s more of the same. Monday the 1st and Tuesday the 2nd are still “poor surf conditions” with small, weak swell from the SW. The energy is pathetic, ranging from 16 to 32 (weak). There’s a glimmer of hope on Wednesday the 3rd of September. The morning shows a clean, cross-off breeze from the NNW, and there’s a 4ft swell from the WNW. The period is 5 seconds, so it’s not a groundswell, but with the wind tidying it up, it’s the first decent window. The energy is 75 (moderate). That’s likely the best we’ll see, but honestly, it’s still only a “surfable waves but very ordinary” score. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

After that, it’s a quick fade. Friday the 4th of September has a tiny 1ft swell with glassy conditions (NE 5 mph), but the energy is only 8 (weak). Then Saturday the 5th has a flat morning, and a tiny 1ft swell in the afternoon. Sunday the 6th shows a bit of a pulse – 4ft swell from the S (5 seconds) with a clean easterly wind, energy 87 (moderate). It’s another “surfable but ordinary” morning. But it’s unreliable.

The second week is bleak. From Monday the 7th of September through to the 11th, the swell is either tiny, wind-blown, or simply non-existent. The wind ramps up, with a 31 mph westerly on Thursday the 10th and a 28 mph SW on the 11th. That’s pure wind-chop. The energy readings are in the single digits or low teens. It’s a blank run, and for this area, a long stretch of poor surf is more normal than not.

Honestly, if you’re desperate, the Wednesday the 3rd of September morning is the only one I’d even look at. It’s a beach and reef setup, so the 4ft WNW swell with a clean offshore wind might give you a few crumbly ones. But don’t expect much. The rest of the run is a write-off.

Rusty.

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