D Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s look at what’s on the table for the D Street sandbar over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a pretty grim outlook. The first wave of any size worth mentioning kicks off on Tuesday, July 28th, with a long-period groundswell from the SSW pushing in at 4 ft. The energy sitting behind it is strong, reading 1151 (combined energy), but it’s a real letdown because the wind is coming from the WSW at 6 mph, putting it cross-onshore. That’s going to mess with the face, leaving us with small wind ripples. This doesn’t look like a good paddle session; honestly, for a beach-and-sandbar setup like this, the conditions are more interesting for a kite surfer than a traditional surfer.

The water temperature is a wild 75°, which is a whopping 8° warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s very unusual—you won’t need a thick wetsuit, that’s for sure.

Through Wednesday the 29th and Thursday the 30th, the swell hangs around the 4 ft to 5 ft range, but the wind stays stubbornly cross-onshore or directly onshore, with speeds around 6 to 9 mph. The period is long (16 to 13 seconds), which means those waves are going to be running straight and fast, but with a messy top. The energy is still moderate to strong (891 to 1108), but the quality is just not there.

By Friday the 31st, we’re down to 5 ft with an onshore breeze, and then it’s a steep drop-off. From Saturday, August 1st, all the way through to Tuesday, August 12th, the swell collapses to a paltry 1 ft to 3 ft with poor conditions. The wind stays onshore or cross-onshore, and the scores are flatlining. It’s a huge gap of nearly two weeks where there’s nothing to get excited about. The only faint glimmer is on the morning of August 12th, where the swell bumps up to 2 ft from the SW with a 17-second period, and the energy climbs to 536, but it’s still cross-onshore and marginal. For a spot that’s only fairly consistent, this kind of blank run is a bit more normal for the area, but it doesn’t mean it’s fun to watch.

The best of a bad bunch is honestly the first pulse on Tuesday, July 28th. Even with the cross-on wind, the 4 ft SSW swell at 17 seconds has enough juice to push through, but don’t expect clean, lined-up walls. If you absolutely need to get wet, that’s your window, but keep your expectations low.

Rusty.

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