D Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Looking at the local surf picture for us over the next couple of weeks. Let’s be straight with each other, it’s a pretty tough stretch ahead. The only name on the board is D Street, a sandbar setup that doesn’t see much quality action. We’ve got a good run of days with absolutely nothing worth paddling out for, so keep your expectations low.

Alright, let’s look at what we’ve got. Through Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th, we see a bit of very long-period groundswell from the southwest rolling in, around 2 ft to 3 ft with a period of 16 to 17 seconds. The wave energy is moderate, reading around 425 to 643 (moderate wave energy). But the problem is the wind. It’s blowing onshore or cross-onshore, and the reports are calling it marginal surf or questionable tide conditions. It’s just not clean enough to get excited about.

We hit a flat and poor spell from Friday the 11th all the way through to Tuesday the 22nd. That’s a massive gap. The forecasts are filled with “poor surf conditions” and scores of zero. The wind is mostly cross-shore or cross-onshore, and the swell period drops right off to a weak 8 seconds on the 13th and 14th. At 4 ft with that short period, it’ll be a lumpy, weak mess at a beach break like this. Honestly, for a few of those days with stronger onshore flow and that small, weak surf, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Now, there is a tiny glimmer right at the end of the forecast. On Wednesday the 23rd of September, we finally get a window. The afternoon shows a glassy offshore condition with a 3 ft SW swell, period of 15 seconds. The report says “expect good surf conditions.” This is the best on offer in the entire 16 days. The wave energy is still moderate at 371 (moderate wave energy). For a brief moment, D Street might clean up into something rideable, but it’s a long-range standout, promising but less certain. Don’t get your hopes up too high.

Rusty.

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