Flamand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. I’ve had a look at the outlook for Flamand over the next 16 days, and I’ve got to be straight with you – there’s pretty much nothing worth paddling out for. The whole stretch from Monday 6 July right through to Tuesday 21 July is a write-off for anything decent. That’s a solid 16-day gap with no surf worth mentioning.

Flamand is a beginner break, pretty inconsistent and only breaks sometimes. It’s fairly exposed to the swell, and the optimum direction is out of the north-northeast. What we’re seeing is a constant easterly swell – that’s not the magic angle, and on top of that, the wind is coming from the east and east-northeast most of the time, blowing cross-shore or sometimes just off it, but it’s nearly always a fresh breeze at 15–22 mph. That’s making for lumpy, choppy conditions, and even when it cleans up a bit, the quality is still poor.

The swell height hangs between 4 ft and 7 ft, but the period is short – only 7–8 seconds. That’s windswell, not groundswell, so the waves are weak and disorganised. The combined wave energy ranges from moderate to pretty strong (values like 246 up to 600), but with the direction mismatch and the messy winds, it’s all just a washing machine out there. Water temperature is 83°, which is pretty normal for this time of year – anomaly’s only 1°, so nothing weird going on there.

The only faint glimmer? Saturday 18 July afternoon shows a “marginal” forecast with a score of 1 out of 10 – still not good, but at least the wind turns cross-offshore and it’s a moderate breeze (16 mph). Even then, the swell is 6 ft from the east with a short 7-second period, so don’t expect much more than lumpy, gutless waves. Honestly, if you’re desperate, maybe it’s a day to mess around on a foamie, but I wouldn’t call it a surf. This stretch is a bust – just one of those periods where the island isn’t offering anything.

Stay patient, keep an eye on the charts, but for now, leave the boards in the van.

Rusty

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