Appelviken Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what Appelviken’s got cooking. Straight up, the outlook is a long, drawn-out battle with onshore and cross-onshore winds, and the surf quality is poor throughout. We’re looking at a 16-day window that starts with barely a ripple and mostly stays that way.

We kick off on Monday, September 14th, with next to nothing – a tiny 1.0ft swell from the WSW with a period of only 3 seconds. It's weak, with combined energy sitting at just 3. So, it’s a flat start.

The rest of the first week doesn’t get much better. Tuesday and Wednesday see the swell start to push up a bit – hitting 3ft to 5ft – but the wind is a constant problem, mostly cross-onshore and fresh. The water temp is sitting at 61°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but you’ll barely notice with the chop.

By Thursday, the 17th, we get a bit more size, with 6ft on the cards and combined energy building to 202. However, the wind is up to 25 mph, strong and cross-onshore, making for a messy, lumpy scene. Definitely not a surfer’s session. This pattern of fresh to strong onshore winds and poor surf quality rolls through the rest of the week and into the weekend. Swell sticks around the 3ft to 5ft range, but there’s no getting away from the wind.

Then, we hit a big gap. From Sunday, September 20th, the swell drops right off. Monday the 21st sees a brief spike in energy with 6ft from the WNW and a combined energy of 260, but the wind is still howling, so it’s a messy, blown-out affair. After that, it goes completely flat for a few days. From the 23rd to the 25th, there’s essentially no swell at all, with energy reading 0. The wind finally turns offshore on the morning of the 25th but there’s no swell to clean up.

The best chance for anything decent lands on Saturday, September 26th. We get a glassy morning with a light offshore wind from the NE and a little 3ft swell from the west. It’s a short-period, weak wave, but for the first time, it will actually be clean. Keep your expectations low.

After that, Sunday the 27th is back to onshore wind and choppy conditions. Then, believe it or not, the very end of the window – Monday the 28th and Tuesday the 29th – shows the biggest swell of the whole run. Monday sees 6ft from the WNW, with combined energy climbing to 245. Tuesday the 29th delivers a solid 8ft from the NW, with the energy jumping to a strong 595 on the morning and 728 in the afternoon. The period climbs to 7 seconds, so it’s not long-period groundswell. The problem? It’s still onshore or cross-onshore wind. For any experienced surfer, that 8ft is a big, welcoming wave if the wind ever cooperates, but as it stands, with the wind state, it’s going to be choppy and messy. It’s more promising than anything else in the window, but it’s a long way off and the wind is a massive question mark.

Basically, the entire 16 days is a poor outlook for Appelviken. For the few days with any real size, the wind just ruins it. The flat spells are long. You’d only bother if you’re desperate for a clean knee-high wave on the 26th. For the big 8ft day on the 29th, with cross-onshore wind and a beach and reef setup, it could get interesting for a kite surfer, but for a paddle surfer, it’s a miss.

Rusty.

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