D Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’.

Honestly, the outlook for D Street over the next 2 weeks or so is a bit of a tough one. We’ve got a long stretch of days where it’s just not gonna be worth paddling out. The first sniff of anything that might get you thinking comes around Thursday, the 6th of August, but it’s weak. Swell’s a tiny 2ft from the SW, period at 13 seconds, but the wind is a cross-on and the surf quality is just poor. The combined energy is only 139, so we’re talking about barely a ripple. You’d be better off staying in bed.

The pattern doesn’t improve much. From Friday the 7th right through until the middle of the month, we’re dealing with a mixed bag of onshore winds and small swell. The morning of Friday the 7th has a bump of 2ft from the SSW, with a very long period of 19 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy, with the combined energy hitting 500, but it’s all blown out by onshore wind. That long period means it’ll be straight and gutless at a beach break like D Street, even if the wind was fair. It’s a no-go.

There’s a real gap of no good surf here. It’s not until the 13th of August that we see a slight improvement. On the afternoon of Thursday the 13th, the swell nudges up to 3ft from the SW, period 16 seconds, and the combined energy jumps to 511. It’s still marginal with onshore wind, but it’s getting closer. The Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th look like the best of a bad lot. On Friday the 14th, the morning shows 3ft from the SSW with a 18-second period, and the combined energy is a solid 786. The wind is light onshore, so it’s not clean, but it’s the most energy we’ve seen. The Saturday the 15th afternoon pushes the swell to 4ft from the SSW, period 16 seconds, energy at 760. Still onshore, still a bit messy, but it’s the closest we get to fun. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual there.

After that, it all fades off again. The rest of the month shows small, weak swell and onshore wind. The only real standout, if you can call it that, is the window from the 14th to the 15th of August. The swell is 3ft to 4ft, period good enough, but the wind just won’t cooperate. It’s disappointing because the energy is there, but the quality is marginal. For a beginner, the size is fine, but the conditions are not. For a surfer who wants to fight through a bit of chop, it’s the only game in town. The break is a sandbar, exposed to the SW swell, and it’s consistent enough, but crowds are often an issue.

If you’re a kite surfer, the combination of onshore wind and some lingering swell might actually be more interesting than a paddle. For the rest of us, this is a period to clean the wax off your board and wait for a better forecast.

Rusty.

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