D Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with the imperial take. Gotta be straight with you – the outlook for D Street over the next 16 days is a bit of a bust. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing to get excited about, so if you’re hanging for a paddle, you might be waiting a while.

Let’s look at the whole picture. The surf kicks off on Thursday the 30th of July with a fairly clean, light westerly breeze, but the swell is pretty weak. We’re talking about a 4ft south swell with a long, 13-second period. The combined energy is moderate at 801, but it’s just not delivering. The water is a super warm 76°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only highlight. The waves are small and the conditions are marginal, so it’s a pass for me.

Friday the 31st is more of the same – a little 4ft groundswell from the SSW with a 14-second period, but the energy is dropping (657). The wind stays light and offshore, but the waves are just too small and the quality is poor. By the afternoon, it’s barely 3ft and the energy is down to 447. This is a long period swell, which would normally be great for a point or reef, but D Street is a sandbar, and these long-period swells often close out or break too straight here.

The rest of the first week into the second is a real desert. From Saturday the 1st of August through to Wednesday the 5th, we’re looking at tiny swell from 1ft to 3ft, with onshore or cross-onshore winds making it choppy and ugly. The energy drops right off, with values mostly in the 100-200 range, which is weak. It’s a long, blank run of poor surf.

There’s a slight pulse in the second week, around Thursday the 7th of August, when a 2ft swell with a very long 19-second period shows up, pushing the energy up to 444. But it’s still cross-onshore, which ruins it. The pattern repeats through the weekend and into the next week. By Monday the 10th of August, we’re back to weak, messy surf. The 20-second period swell on the 10th afternoon is a tease – it’s just not working with the wind.

The best of a bad bunch is probably Wednesday the 12th of August. The morning is clean with offshore wind, and we get a 2ft, 18-second period swell. The energy is 405, which is moderate, but it’s still small. The afternoon sees a bit more size at 3ft and energy at 500, but the wind is still offshore. It’s better than the rest, but it's not a standout. The water is still warm, but that’s not enough to get me in the water.

For the entire 16-day window, there’s just no good, rideable surf at D Street. If you’re desperate, wait for a glassy morning mid-week, but don’t expect much. This kind of blank run is more normal for the area, so don’t be too surprised. The setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing right now, honestly.

Rusty.

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