Blokken Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the outlook for Blokken over the next 16 days is a tough one to write. There’s a whole lot of nothing on the table, and I mean that honestly. The forecast shows zero decent surf windows, with every single session rated as poor surf conditions right through. From Thursday 23 July all the way to Friday 7 August, there’s nothing worth paddling out for. That’s a long, dry spell.

The first few days are a write-off. Thursday 23 July brings a 4ft swell from the NNW with a short period of 7 seconds, but the wind is howling onshore from the NW at 15 mph, making a mess of things. The combined swell energy is a weak 140 anyway, and the water temp is sitting at 70° – that’s over 7° warmer than usual for this time of year, which is very unusual. But that’s no comfort when the surf is junk.

Friday 24 July drops off to tiny 2ft and 2ft waves, with light cross-onshore breezes. Saturday 25 July is even smaller, just 1.0ft, and Sunday 26 July bounces back to 3ft but with a 4-second period and rain. The wind is all over the place. By Monday 27 July and Tuesday 28 July, we get clean conditions with light offshore or cross-offshore winds, but the swell is pathetic – 2ft and 2ft – with combined energy in the 20s and 30s. Not enough to push a leaf.

The rest of the first week and into the second week stays flat or tiny. Thursday 30 July and Friday 31 July have swell height as low as 0.3ft, with energy down to 1 or 2. Saturday 1 August is windy and messy. There’s a slight bump on Sunday 2 August with a 4ft WSW swell, but the period is a weak 5 seconds and the wind is a moderate to fresh cross-shore, making it lumpy. The combined energy hits 75, but it’s not enough to save the day.

Even into the first week of August, it’s more of the same. Monday 3 August finally sees some clean offshore wind from the SSE and SE, but the swell is only 1ft. Tuesday 4 August is choppy, Wednesday 5 August is clean but tiny. There’s a small 3ft NNE swell on Thursday 6 August with a 6-second period and clean conditions in the morning, but the energy is only 66. Friday 7 August has a 4ft N swell with a 6-second period and clean cross-offshore wind, but again, the energy is 98 – still weak – and the forecast still says poor surf.

Honestly, there’s no standout. No session worth highlighting. The setup is so poor for this whole 16-day window that you’d have better luck taking up kite surfing here if the wind picks up, because the paddle surfing just isn’t happening. Even the consistent spots would struggle. This is one of those blank runs that’s normal for the area when the stars don’t align. Forecasts can change, but right now, I’d hang up the board for a while.

Rusty.

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