Damp Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s not sugar-coat it – this 16-day window is dead quiet for Damp. We’re looking at a long stretch with pretty much nothing on offer, so you might want to think about tuning the van or polishing your wax collection. The whole run looks like a bust, but let’s get into the details.

The first sign of life is Wednesday 26 August morning, with a tiny 2 ft easterly swell at 4 seconds. That’s just poor surf – weak energy (7) and onshore wind from the ESE at 9 mph making it messy. No standouts here. Thursday 27 August brings a similar story: morning 3 ft easterly at 4 seconds, building to 4 ft in the afternoon, but still onshore and choppy. The combined energy only reaches 51 – weak as dishwater.

Friday 28 August morning stays poor with 2 ft and cross-onshore wind. Then on Friday afternoon, the wind goes glassy – dead calm at 3 mph from the south – but with a pathetic 1 ft ESE swell at 4 seconds (5 energy), there’s nothing to surf. It’s a tease.

From Saturday 29 August morning all the way through to Tuesday 10 September afternoon, the swell drops to almost zero. Multiple days with nothing but a few 0.3 ft to 1.0 ft leftovers and flat spells. The wind does go offshore or cross‑offshore for much of that time, giving clean conditions, but with no wave energy (energy values of 0 or 1), it’s just a flat, clean lake. The water temp at Damp is 64°F, which is normal for this time of year – no dramas there.

The only tiny burp is Thursday 10 September morning, with a 2 ft southerly at 3 seconds and 5 energy, but it’s blown out by a 25 mph west wind. Afternoon picks up a 1 ft SSE swell, still not rideable.

So for the whole 16 days, there are no recommendations. Damp is an inconsistent sandbar that rarely fires, and this run of poor conditions is pretty normal for the area. Sometimes it just stays flat – forecasts can change, but right now, don’t bother. If there’s any swell hiding out there, it’s not showing up here.

Stay patient,
Rusty

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