Damneck Naval Base Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s break this down for the Damneck Naval Base area in feet and knots.

Honestly, the next 16 days are a real dry spell. There’s nothing that gets me excited. The first real chance to get wet comes in the second week, but it’s more about getting a paddle than a proper wave.

The water is 76° right now, which is a bit cooler than we’d expect for this time of year – about 2° off the norm. You’ll feel it, but it’s not freezing.

The best we’ve got is Friday, August 7th, through Monday, August 10th. Friday morning (August 7th) has a tiny 2ft swell from the SE with a 9-second period, and the wind is a light cross-off from the SSW. It’s clean, and the combined energy is a weak 87. It’s surfable, but it’s very ordinary. Saturday morning (August 8th) is similar – 3ft from the SE, 7 seconds, and clean with a cross-off breeze. Energy is 70. Still nothing to shout about.

Monday morning (August 10th) offers a bit more hope with 2ft from the SE, 7-second period, and a light cross-off from the WNW. Clean again, energy of 61. Same story – small, clean, but very ordinary.

The standout, if you can call it that, is Friday morning August 7th. The swell is small (2ft, SE), but the wind is light and cross-off, giving you clean faces. The break is fairly consistent, but crowds are possible, so you won’t have it to yourself. The swell direction (SE) matches the optimum direction (ESE) reasonably well, so it’s the best alignment we get. The period is 9 seconds, so it’s a short-period swell, but it’s rideable. For a beginner, this is about as good as it gets in this window, but it’s still not great.

Everything else is a bust. The forecast is full of poor surf conditions, choppy wind, and onshore slop. There’s a gap of several days with no recommendations at all – from the start right through to the end of the first week. The second week is a bit more promising, but it’s still marginal.

The combined energy is mostly weak, rarely hitting triple digits. The biggest pulse we see is Monday morning August 3rd with 173 (moderate energy), but the swell is 4ft from the SSE, the wind is blowing 19 knots from the SSW, and there’s a risk of thunderstorms. That’s not a surfable window.

If you’re desperate, grab a grovel board and hit it on one of those clean mornings in the second week. Otherwise, I’d wait for the forecasts to change. It’s a blank run, and for this area, that’s not unusual.

Rusty.

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