Lakouvardos or Lagkouvardos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, mate, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are looking flat and weak for our stretch of coast. We’ve got a long, quiet stretch ahead, so temper those expectations. The only wave on the map is Lakouvardos, and honestly, it’s a beggars-can’t-be-choosers situation.

The water’s sitting at a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, coming in around 81° with the anomaly a bit over a degree, so it’ll feel nice out there even if the surf doesn’t deliver.

The surf window kicks off on Wednesday the 5th. But don’t get too excited—morning sees a tiny 1 ft swell coming from the WNW with a short 3-second period. The combined energy is weak at just 2. There’s a gentle cross-shore breeze, but it’s not doing us any favors. It’s poor surf, plain and simple. The afternoon pushes up to a meager 2 ft but with a cross-onshore wind up to 12 mph, it’ll be choppy and messy. Not worth paddling out for anything but a float.

Thursday the 6th is more of the same—morning 1 ft with a light cross-shore breeze, afternoon 2 ft with the chop again. The period is still a short 3 seconds, so it’s all windslop. We’re looking at poor conditions across the board. Friday the 7th brings a slight bump in period to 5 seconds but the height drops to 1 ft. Still poor. The weekend isn’t any kinder: Saturday the 8th has 1 ft to 2 ft, and Sunday the 9th similar, 2 ft to 2 ft. All poor, all weak.

We do get one clean moment on Monday morning the 10th. The wind goes light and cross-offshore, so it’s clean, but the swell is still only 1 ft with a 5-second period. It’s a lake out there, not a surf. Still glassy but tiny. Tuesday the 11th has a clean 0.7 ft morning but that’s about it. By Wednesday the 12th, we see a glassy 0.7 ft with zero wind—nice to look at, but nothing to ride.

The pattern stays bleak. There’s a stretch from around the 12th to the 15th with only 0.7 ft to 1 ft at best, and periods still short. You’ll get glassy moments—like Wednesday the 12th morning and Saturday the 15th morning—but with no swell behind them, it’s just a mirror. Not surfable.

By the second week, the middle of August, nothing changes. We’re stuck with tiny leftovers. The strongest energy we see in the whole period is a combined 14 on Sunday the 9th, but that’s still weak and the height never gets above 2 ft. Honestly, the whole two weeks is a write-off for paddle surfing. If you’re a kite surfer, the afternoon cross-onshore winds and the small chop might give you something to play with—this is more your scene than ours.

There are no good surf options in this 16-day window. That’s the reality. But look, Lakouvardos is inconsistent at the best of times, so a blank run like this isn't abnormal for the area. The forecast can change, but right now, leave the boards at home and find something else to do.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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