Blokken Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. I’ve got the charts for you, and I’m not gonna sugarcoat it.

First thing you need to know: this is a tough stretch for Blokken. The whole 16-day window is a bust. There’s no sugarcoating it. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with zero decent surf on offer. The first few days are flat, the middle is flat, and the tail end is flat. It’s a proper blank run, and for this area, that’s honestly not that unusual. The forecasts can change, but right now, there’s nothing to get excited about.

Let’s run through it. We start on Friday the 24th of July. The water is a whopping 69°F, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – over three degrees above average, which is very unusual and a bit of a wildcard. But the waves? Forget it. We’ve got a tiny 2ft of swell from the north, with a weak period of 7 seconds. The wind is a light cross-shore, but the energy is pathetic (22) and the surf is just poor. That’s the story for the entire first week.

Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th are a write-off. Swell drops to 1ft and 2ft, with onshore and cross-onshore winds making it choppy and messy. The energy is barely registering (12 to 75). We’re not even getting a knee-high ripple.

The following week doesn’t get any better. From Monday the 27th through to the end of the month, the swell stays below 2ft, with the occasional 4ft bump on Monday morning that’s ruined by a strong onshore wind. The wind is all over the place – from the west, northwest, and even a brief cross-off from the south-southwest on Tuesday the 28th, but even then, the swell is just 1ft with no power. The energy numbers are a joke, sitting between 6 and 68.

The first week of August is more of the same. Saturday the 1st has a brief moment of light offshore wind from the southeast, but the swell is a measly 0.7ft from the north. It’s glassy, but you can’t surf glass. The next few days are flat and choppy.

Now, here’s where it gets a bit interesting, but not for us. Around Wednesday the 5th and Thursday the 6th of August, the swell actually picks up. We see a 4ft and even a 5ft swell from the west-southwest and west. The energy jumps to 119 and 183 – that’s moderate wave energy (183). But don’t get your hopes up. The wind is howling from the west-southwest at 18 to 25 mph, with rain showers. It’s a strong cross-onshore, creating a messy, lumpy, blown-out mess. The setup at Blokken is a beach, so with that much wind and that size swell, it looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. It’s a no-go for a clean wave.

The last few days on Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th just fade back into flat, windy nothing. The swell is back down to 1ft to 2ft, with strong winds from the west and west-northwest.

So, to sum it up: there is no standout option in this entire 16-day window. Not one. The best you could hope for is a tiny, clean little wave on the 1st of August with the offshore wind, but it’s just too small. The bigger swell later in the window is completely ruined by the wind. There’s nothing to recommend. Put the board away, check the forecast again in a few days, and hope for a change. It can’t stay this bad forever.

Rusty.

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