D Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey, Rusty here. Gotta be honest, the surf forecast for this stretch is looking real bleak for the foreseeable future. We're staring down a long, flat spell with almost nothing to get excited about. Don't get your hopes up for at least a week and a half.

Let’s talk D Street. The water is unusually warm, sitting at 76°F, which is way warmer than average for this time of year. But that's the only highlight. We've got a long-period groundswell coming from the SSW with a period of 19 seconds, and the combined wave energy is moderate at 483. Sounds good, right? Wrong. For a sandbar break like D Street, that super long period just makes the waves close out and run straight. On Friday the 7th, the morning is clear with a light 6 mph onshore wind. The swell is a tiny 2 ft, and the surf is just plain poor.

And that’s the theme for days. Through the weekend and well into the next week, the wind stays onshore or cross-onshore, the swell barely moves from 2 ft to 3 ft, and the wave quality is consistently poor. You'll see the wave energy tick up into the 400s and 500s mid-week, but the wind is always messing it up, and the swell direction just isn't right. D Street likes it from the SW, but we're stuck with this long-period SSW stuff that doesn't set up properly.

We finally get a tiny glimmer of hope around Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th. Swell heights nudge up to 4 ft from the SSW, with a period of 15-16 seconds. The wind is still onshore from the W at 6-12 mph, but the energy jumps to 723 on Saturday afternoon. It's only described as "marginal surf forecast," but it's the most power we've seen all week.

After that, it’s back to the same old story. The last few days, from the 20th to the 22nd, tease us with some decent energy – 684 on the morning of the 22nd, with a clean 3 ft swell and a light 6 mph offshore wind from the WSW. The period drops back to 14 seconds, which is better for a sandbar, and the direction is SSW. This is the best it gets, and even then, it's still just a "marginal" call.

Look, there isn't one day in this whole 16-day window I’d call a real standout. If you absolutely have to get wet, the morning of Saturday the 22nd is your best bet: clean, light offshore wind, some energy in the water. But don't expect much. It's a real blank run. I'd leave the board in the car for now.

Rusty.

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