D Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – right now, we’ve got a quiet spell on the cards. The forecast window kicks off Wednesday morning and runs all the way through to Thursday the 13th of August, but the honest truth is, there’s nothing close to good surf in this entire 16-day stretch. We’re looking at a long gap with no real recommendations, so don’t get your hopes up.

The only spot in the mix is D Street, a sandbar setup that’s fairly consistent but mostly a beginner’s wave. On Wednesday the 29th of July, we see a little pulse of swell coming from the SSW at 4ft to 4ft, with a long period of 16 seconds. That long-period groundswell has some energy behind it (energy values around 1029 to 1093, moderate). But the wind is a letdown – it's onshore or cross-on from the WSW at 6 to 9 mph, so the surface is going to be bumpy and messy. Water temp is running at 76°F with a huge anomaly of plus 8°F, which is really unusual for this time of year, so it’s much warmer than normal. Still, the surf is rated marginal, and at this size, it’s tiny and clean conditions are lacking.

From Thursday the 30th onward, things just fade. Swell drops below 3ft, periods hang around 13 to 15 seconds, but the wind stays onshore or cross-on every day. By Saturday the 1st of August, it’s down to 3ft and the quality is poor. The entire first week and into the second, wave heights hover between 1ft and 3ft, with energy values falling into the weak range (below 300). Wind is mostly from the SW or WSW at 6 to 9 mph, and it’s consistently cross-on or onshore – not a single glassy session in sight.

Around the 7th and 8th of August, there’s a tiny spike in period up to 19 seconds, but with only 2ft to 3ft of swell and cross-on winds, it’s not doing anything worthwhile. The energy stays around 365 to 457 – moderate on paper but too small and messy to ride. The entire run from Wednesday the 29th of July right through to Thursday the 13th of August is a bust: poor surf conditions, onshore winds, and tiny waves.

Bottom line: there’s no standout session here. The surf is just too small, too wind-affected, and too inconsistent to bother paddling out. D Street is strictly for absolute beginners on a longboard, and even then, it’s not clean. If you’re a kiter, this chop might be more your thing, but for regular surfers, I’d say take a break. Forecasts can change, but this is a long stretch of nothing.

Rusty.

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