Blokken Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, and I’ve got to be straight with you – this is a tough one. We’re looking at a solid 16-day window for Blokken, and the truth is, there’s nothing on the cards worth paddling out for. The whole forecast is a string of "poor surf conditions" with a score of zero across the board. From August 17th all the way through to September 1st, every single morning and afternoon session is a miss.

The water is sitting at 72°F which is about 7°F warmer than normal for this time of year – really unusual, feels like a bathtub, but it doesn’t help the waves. The swell is tiny and weak, with combined energy mostly under 100 (often just 10 to 100), and what little bump there is comes from short-period, weak windswells. Periods are mostly 4 to 7 seconds, so no push, no shape.

The wind is constantly messy – cross-on, onshore, choppy, lumpy. Even when we get a rare glassy moment on the morning of August 27th, there’s only 2ft of weak SW swell with a period of 5 seconds. That’s a lake, not a surf.

There’s a spike on August 29th afternoon with 7ft from the WSW at 8 seconds, and the combined energy jumps to 539 – moderate wave energy – but that’s a cross-onshore mess with strong breeze. That size and wind, at a beach break, is more of a kite-surfing setup than anything you’d want to paddle into. For beginners, anything over 5ft is too much, and this comes with horrible wind, so it’s a hard pass.

The rest of the fortnight is flat, or close to it. No standout days, no clean windows, no decent swell direction matching the optimum (NNW). This is just one of those stretches where the ocean shuts down. Blokken is inconsistent at the best of times, and this run proves it. Don’t hold your breath – forecasts can change, but right now, leave the boards in the shed.

Rusty.

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