Skagsanden (Flakstad) surf forecast

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How it breaks

Skagsanden is Lofoten's beginner beach: three hundred metres of open sand with shifting bars shaped by the stream that crosses the beach, catching north and west winter windswell.

Watch out for

Rip channels form near the stream mouth and move with the bars.

What locals know

Offshore on south and southeast wind; bar quality tracks the stream, the same flow that draws the black-and-white sand patterns photographers come for.

Same Arctic daylight regime as Unstad: polar night roughly 9 December to 4 January, midnight sun late May to mid-July.

Tide: not the limiter

NORDR applies no regional sandbank penalty here. Check the fetch, swell period and wind direction for this break.

Sources

CommunitySurfline - Flakstad Beach spot guide
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Skagsanden (Flakstad) surf forecast

Offshore wind, waves outside the break window

Updated 05:18 UTC

Waves: 2.9SSW
Period: 8 s
Wind: 17S
Water: 10.1

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Thu 15, 07:00

Offshore wind, waves outside the break window

Wave height

2.9SSW

Wind

26S

SSSWSWWWNW

Tide

-0.1

Period

Thu 15 07:00Thu 15 19:00Fri 16 07:00Fri 16 18:00Sat 17 06:00

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5 days of hourly waves, wind and tide. Pro covers seven days in NORDR for iPhone.

Thursday 15 Oct

Hourly wave, period, wind and tide for Thursday 15 Oct
Time	Waves	Period	Wind	Tide
07:00	2.9 m SSW	8 s	26 kt S	-0.1 m
08:00	3.0 m SSW	8 s	26 kt S	-0.3 m
09:00	3.1 m SSW	8 s	25 kt S	-0.5 m
10:00	3.2 m SSW	8 s	24 kt SSW	-0.5 m
11:00	3.3 m SSW	8 s	22 kt SSW	-0.3 m
12:00	3.5 m SSW	8 s	22 kt SSW	-0.0 m
13:00	3.6 m SSW	8 s	20 kt SSW	0.3 m
14:00	3.7 m SSW	8 s	22 kt SSW	0.6 m
15:00	3.8 m SSW	8 s	22 kt SSW	0.8 m
16:00	3.9 m SSW	9 s	21 kt SSW	0.8 m
17:00	4.0 m SSW	9 s	22 kt SSW	0.7 m
18:00	4.2 m SW	9 s	23 kt SSW	0.4 m
19:00	4.4 m SW	10 s	25 kt SSW	0.1 m
20:00	4.6 m SW	10 s	26 kt SSW	-0.1 m
21:00	4.8 m SW	10 s	27 kt SSW	-0.3 m
22:00	5.0 m SW	11 s	24 kt SSW	-0.4 m
23:00	5.3 m SW	11 s	24 kt SSW	-0.3 m

Friday 16 Oct

Hourly wave, period, wind and tide for Friday 16 Oct
Time	Waves	Period	Wind	Tide
00:00	5.2 m SW	11 s	24 kt SSW	-0.1 m
01:00	5.1 m SW	11 s	24 kt SSW	0.2 m
02:00	5.0 m SW	11 s	25 kt SSW	0.5 m
03:00	4.9 m SW	11 s	23 kt SW	0.7 m
04:00	4.8 m SW	11 s	22 kt SW	0.7 m
05:00	4.7 m WSW	11 s	20 kt SW	0.6 m
06:00	4.5 m WSW	11 s	19 kt SW	0.4 m
07:00	4.4 m WSW	11 s	21 kt SW	0.1 m
08:00	4.2 m WSW	11 s	19 kt SW	-0.2 m
09:00	4.0 m WSW	11 s	19 kt SW	-0.4 m
10:00	3.8 m WSW	10 s	18 kt SW	-0.6 m
11:00	3.7 m WSW	10 s	21 kt WSW	-0.5 m
12:00	3.5 m WSW	10 s	20 kt WSW	-0.4 m
13:00	3.4 m WSW	10 s	21 kt W	-0.1 m
14:00	3.2 m WSW	10 s	19 kt W	0.1 m
15:00	3.1 m WSW	10 s	21 kt W	0.3 m
16:00	3.0 m WSW	10 s	20 kt W	0.4 m
17:00	2.9 m WSW	10 s	21 kt W	0.4 m
18:00	2.8 m WSW	10 s	20 kt W	0.2 m
19:00	2.7 m WSW	10 s	20 kt WNW	-0.0 m
20:00	2.5 m WSW	10 s	19 kt WNW	-0.3 m
21:00	2.5 m WSW	10 s	20 kt W	-0.5 m
22:00	2.4 m WSW	10 s	21 kt WNW	-0.7 m
23:00	2.3 m WSW	10 s	20 kt WNW	-0.7 m

Saturday 17 Oct

Hourly wave, period, wind and tide for Saturday 17 Oct
Time	Waves	Period	Wind	Tide
00:00	2.2 m W	10 s	20 kt WNW	-0.6 m
01:00	2.1 m W	10 s	20 kt WNW	-0.4 m
02:00	2.1 m W	10 s	19 kt WNW	-0.2 m
03:00	2.0 m W	9 s	21 kt WNW	0.0 m
04:00	2.0 m W	9 s	18 kt W	0.1 m
05:00	1.9 m WSW	9 s	15 kt W	0.1 m
06:00	2.0 m WSW	9 s	12 kt WNW	0.1 m
07:00	2.0 m WSW	9 s	15 kt NW	-0.1 m
08:00	2.1 m WSW	8 s	20 kt NW	-0.3 m
09:00	2.0 m WSW	8 s	19 kt NW	-0.5 m
10:00	2.0 m WSW	9 s	18 kt NW	-0.7 m
11:00	2.0 m WSW	9 s	16 kt NW	-0.7 m
12:00	1.9 m WSW	9 s	16 kt NW	-0.6 m
13:00	1.8 m WSW	9 s	14 kt WNW	-0.5 m
14:00	1.7 m WSW	9 s	13 kt WNW	-0.2 m
15:00	1.6 m WSW	9 s	13 kt WNW	-0.0 m
16:00	1.6 m WSW	9 s	13 kt WNW	0.1 m
17:00	1.5 m WSW	9 s	12 kt WNW	0.2 m
18:00	1.5 m WSW	9 s	10 kt WNW	0.1 m
19:00	1.4 m WSW	9 s	11 kt WNW	-0.0 m
20:00	1.4 m WSW	8 s	11 kt W	-0.2 m
21:00	1.3 m WSW	8 s	11 kt W	-0.4 m
22:00	1.3 m WSW	8 s	12 kt WSW	-0.6 m
23:00	1.3 m WSW	8 s	10 kt WSW	-0.7 m

Sunday 18 Oct

Hourly wave, period, wind and tide for Sunday 18 Oct
Time	Waves	Period	Wind	Tide
00:00	1.2 m WSW	8 s	12 kt WSW	-0.7 m
01:00	1.2 m WSW	8 s	12 kt SW	-0.6 m
02:00	1.2 m WSW	8 s	10 kt SW	-0.4 m
03:00	1.1 m WSW	8 s	13 kt WSW	-0.3 m
04:00	1.1 m WSW	8 s	16 kt W	-0.1 m
05:00	1.1 m WSW	8 s	17 kt W	-0.0 m
06:00	1.1 m WSW	8 s	14 kt W	-0.0 m
07:00	1.2 m WSW	7 s	18 kt W	-0.1 m
08:00	1.2 m WSW	7 s	17 kt WSW	-0.3 m
09:00	1.3 m WSW	7 s	17 kt WSW	-0.5 m
10:00	1.4 m WSW	7 s	16 kt WSW	-0.6 m
11:00	1.5 m WSW	6 s	18 kt WSW	-0.7 m
12:00	1.6 m WSW	6 s	16 kt WSW	-0.7 m
13:00	1.7 m WSW	6 s	18 kt WSW	-0.7 m
14:00	1.9 m WSW	6 s	17 kt WSW	-0.5 m
15:00	1.9 m WSW	6 s	17 kt WSW	-0.3 m
16:00	2.0 m WSW	6 s	17 kt SW	-0.1 m
17:00	2.0 m WSW	6 s	18 kt SW	0.0 m
18:00	2.1 m SW	6 s	18 kt SW	0.1 m
19:00	2.1 m SW	6 s	19 kt SW	0.1 m
20:00	2.2 m SW	6 s	19 kt SW	-0.0 m
21:00	2.3 m SW	6 s	20 kt SW	-0.2 m
22:00	2.4 m SW	7 s	21 kt SW	-0.3 m
23:00	2.5 m SW	7 s	23 kt SW	-0.5 m

Monday 19 Oct

Hourly wave, period, wind and tide for Monday 19 Oct
Time	Waves	Period	Wind	Tide
00:00	2.6 m SW	7 s	24 kt SW	-0.6 m
01:00	2.8 m SW	7 s	25 kt SSW	-0.6 m
02:00	3.0 m SW	7 s	26 kt SSW	-0.5 m
03:00	3.1 m SW	7 s	27 kt SW	-0.4 m
04:00	3.2 m SW	7 s	29 kt SW	-0.2 m
05:00	3.4 m SW	7 s	29 kt SW	-0.1 m
06:00	3.6 m SW	7 s	28 kt SW	-0.0 m
07:00	3.8 m SW	8 s	27 kt SW	0.0 m
08:00	4.0 m SW	8 s	27 kt SW	0.0 m
09:00	4.2 m SW	8 s	30 kt SW	-0.1 m
10:00	4.4 m SW	8 s	33 kt SW	-0.2 m
11:00	4.5 m SW	8 s	35 kt SW	-0.3 m
12:00	4.6 m SW	8 s	35 kt SW	-0.4 m
13:00	4.8 m SW	8 s	34 kt SW	-0.5 m
14:00	4.9 m SSW	9 s	32 kt WSW	-0.4 m
15:00	4.8 m SW	9 s	32 kt WSW	-0.3 m
16:00	4.7 m SW	9 s	32 kt WSW	-0.1 m
17:00	4.7 m SW	9 s	32 kt WSW	0.0 m
18:00	4.6 m SW	9 s	32 kt WSW	0.1 m
19:00	4.5 m SW	9 s	31 kt WSW	0.2 m
20:00	4.4 m SW	9 s	29 kt W	0.3 m
21:00	4.3 m SW	9 s	27 kt W	0.2 m
22:00	4.1 m SW	9 s	25 kt W	0.0 m
23:00	4.0 m SW	9 s	23 kt W	-0.1 m

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Significant wave height 4.0m

Wave direction: W260°
Water: 10.1 °C

MET NorwayValid 05:00 UTC

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How it breaks

Skagsanden is Lofoten's beginner beach: three hundred metres of open sand with shifting bars shaped by the stream that crosses the beach, catching north and west winter windswell.

Watch out for

Rip channels form near the stream mouth and move with the bars.

What locals know

Offshore on south and southeast wind; bar quality tracks the stream, the same flow that draws the black-and-white sand patterns photographers come for.

Same Arctic daylight regime as Unstad: polar night roughly 9 December to 4 January, midnight sun late May to mid-July.

Tide: not the limiter

NORDR applies no regional sandbank penalty here. Check the fetch, swell period and wind direction for this break.

Sources

CommunitySurfline - Flakstad Beach spot guide
CommunitySurf-Forecast - Unstad area

Skagsanden (Flakstad) surf forecast

Current conditions

How it breaks

Watch out for

What locals know

Tide: not the limiter

Sources

Nearby in Norway

Skagsanden (Flakstad) surf forecast

Current conditions

Current conditions

Hourly forecast

Wave height

Wind

Tide

Period

Hourly forecast

Thursday 15 Oct

Friday 16 Oct

Saturday 17 Oct

Sunday 18 Oct

Monday 19 Oct

Buoys around this break

Unstad

How it breaks

Watch out for

What locals know

Tide: not the limiter

Sources

Nearby in Norway

Buoys around this break

Unstad

Current conditions

Hourly forecast

Wave height

Wind

Tide

Period

Hourly forecast

Thursday 15 Oct

Friday 16 Oct

Saturday 17 Oct

Sunday 18 Oct

Monday 19 Oct