Blokken Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough stretch ahead for Blokken. We’re looking at a real dry spell. The first day with any real surf to talk about doesn’t show up until Tuesday the 8th of September, and even then, it’s a bit of a mess. The conditions are just not playing ball for most of the outlook, with poor surf quality stamped across the board.

We’ve got a gap of several days with no real recommendations from now. The first bit of action is on Tuesday morning, September 8th, but the wind is a fresh cross-onshore breeze at 19 mph, making for lumpy conditions. The swell is coming from the WSW at 4 ft, with a short, weak period of just 5 seconds. The combined energy is only 52, so there’s no power behind it. It’s just not worth paddling out for.

Tuesday afternoon sees a bump up to 6 ft from the WSW, but with a strong cross-shore wind at 25 mph and messy cross-chop, it’s a write-off. The energy climbs to 223, which is moderate, but it’s all over the place. This is more of a kite surfer’s session than a paddle surfer’s.

Wednesday the 9th brings the biggest swell of the period, hitting 7 ft from the WNW on the morning, with 433 combined energy – that’s moderate-to-strong. But again, it’s blown out by a strong cross-onshore wind at 28 mph and messy conditions. Too big and wild for beginners, and not clean enough for the rest of us. By the afternoon, the wind swings onshore, but the surf is still 7 ft from the NW. It’s a no-go.

From there, it’s a slow decline. We see some smaller pulses on the 10th and 11th, but the wind never really cooperates. There’s a brief moment on Saturday morning, September 12th, with a clean, cross-off breeze from the SSW at 12 mph, but the swell is tiny – only 1 ft from the NNW with a 6-second period. You’d be floating around waiting for nothing.

The rest of the second week is pretty bleak. Sunday the 13th has a bit of waist-high junk from the NNW, but the wind is onshore or cross-shore, and the period is short. By Monday the 14th, we’re down to 1 ft, and it just fades from there. The middle of the month, around the 15th and 16th, sees the swell drop to a pathetic 0.3 ft or 0.7 ft, with a near gale wind on the 16th. Don’t bother.

Even the final few days, from the 18th to the 21st, are hopeless. There’s a tiny bump of 0.7 ft on the 21st with a clean cross-off wind, but the energy is only 11. The water temp is about average for the time of year.

There are no standouts here. Nothing is good enough to recommend. The forecast can change, but for now, the boards stay in the shed. This kind of blank run is pretty normal for this area when the wind doesn’t play nice.

Rusty.

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