D Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty. Let’s have a look at what D Street is offering up over the next couple of weeks. Honestly, mate, this is a grim run. The pattern is pretty bleak for paddle surfing, with nothing really clicking. The whole 16-day window is plagued by poor surf conditions and only a few slivers of marginal potential. There’s a decent amount of swell energy showing at times – that combined energy reading hits some solid moderate numbers like 500 and even pushes up to 849 – but it’s almost always accompanied by onshore or cross-onshore wind, which wrecks the quality. For a sandbar setup that’s exposed to the SW, and with the optimum swell coming from SW, the direction is fine, but the wind just won’t play ball.

The water’s a standout in a bad way – 76.5°F is running about 9.0°F warmer than average for this time of year, so you’ll be surfing in a warm bath. That’s very unusual.

Now, let’s walk through it. Right from the get-go on Wednesday the 5th of August, it’s a no-go. Onshore winds from the WSW at 6 mph, swell at 2.0 ft, period at 14 seconds – that’s more of a drawn-out groundswell, but with the wind on it, it’s just messy. The score is a zero. Thursday the 6th is more of the same, cross-onshore adding chop. Friday the 7th shows a spike in energy – 500 – with a 2.3 ft swell from the SSW, 19-second period, but it’s still onshore and the conditions are marginal at best. That’s about as good as it gets, and it’s barely a glimmer.

Saturday the 8th through to the following week keeps churning out similar junk. The mornings on the 14th of August (Friday) and 15th of August (Saturday) actually show the best numbers in the two-week window: onshore wind from the W at 6-9 mph, swell hitting 2.6 ft to 3.9 ft from the SSW, with periods around 16-18 seconds and moderate energy (703 and 770). But the scores are still only marginal – the wind, while onshore, is light enough that it might not destroy it completely, but the wave comment stays poor or marginal.

Beyond that, into the second week, from the 16th of August onward the energy drops off and the winds stay unfriendly. The 20th of August has a cross-onshore with moderate breeze and an 18-second period swell from the S, combined energy of 608, but it’s a write-off for clean surf.

Honestly, the only time you could maybe, *maybe* get a surf in is on the mornings of the 14th and 15th of August, when the swell is 2.6 ft-3.9 ft with a long 18-second period from the SSW, and the wind is light and onshore. It won’t be glassy, but with a long-period groundswell like that, D Street, being a sandbar, might hold a bit of shape despite the onshore push. The crowds here are often, so don’t expect solitude, but given the poor run, it’ll probably be quiet. For a beginner-friendly spot with small swell under 5 ft, it’s not worth the paddle.

This is a rough look, mate. The surf is poor for the entire 16 days, and with few consistent options, a blank run like this isn’t unusual for the area. Keep an eye on the forecasts – they can change, but right now, I’d find something else to do.

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