D and W Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the next sixteen days for D and W. I gotta be straight with you from the start – it’s a grim run. The numbers aren’t there.

We are talking about a beach and jetty setup that’s pretty sheltered. There is not a single day in this whole window that scores even a whisper of a recommendation. It’s a total blank. For this stretch, it’s just one of those periods where the ocean forgets to send us anything decent. The whole 16-day run from the start of the forecast is essentially a no-go for a proper paddle session. We will see small, weak swell, but it’s all poor quality.

Starting on Sunday the 23rd and Monday the 24th of August, there’s tiny energy, around 1 ft to 2 ft. The wind is onshore and light, but the waves themselves are junk. Combined energy is weak, hitting just 21 early on, and later around 123 and 175, but the ‘poor surf conditions’ tag tells the real story. This pattern just repeats.

As we go into late August, the 30th and 31st, we see a touch more size, 3 ft to 4 ft, but the period drops to 7 seconds. That’s short-period, weak, crumbly stuff. Still onshore or cross-onshore winds. Combined energy climbs to 107 but the wave comment is still poor.

Into the first week of September, it’s more of the same – tiny windswell, 0.9 ft to 3 ft, with period between 6 and 10 seconds. There’s a moment on the morning of the 6th of September where it goes glassy calm, but the swell is a pathetic 0.6 ft with a 3-second period. Combined energy is 2. That’s not surf; that’s a ripple on a pond.

Honestly, for the entire sixteen days, there is nothing worth paddling out for. You’d be better off saving your wax. If the wind picks up on any of these days with that tiny swell, it might get more interesting for a kite session than a surfboard, given this beach and jetty setup. Forecasts can change, but as it stands, this is a long, quiet spell.

Rusty out.

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