Dania South Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you about the outlook for Dania South Beach.

Honestly, this stretch of sand and reef is looking pretty flat for the foreseeable future. We've got a dry spell on our hands that stretches all the way from now into the second week of July. The energy just isn't there. Every entry in the log is a zero out of ten, a signal of "poor surf conditions" from start to finish. The first real sniff of anything comes on Friday the 10th of July, but even then it's a messy combo of small swell and cross-onshore winds. Don't get your hopes up for much until maybe the very end of the run.

Let's call it as it is: the only spot worth talking about is Dania South Beach. It's a beach and reef setup that's "inconsistent" at the best of times, and these aren't the best of times. The water's a touch warmer than normal, coming in at 87°F on that first Monday morning, which is about 2°F above average for the time of year – not a major anomaly, just a little extra warmth.

For the first week, from July 6th through to the 12th, we're looking at tiny swell. On Monday the 6th, we've got a paltry 1 ft of swell from the SSE with a period of just 4 seconds. That's pure wind chop, nothing with any push. The combined energy is weak, sitting around 8 (eight) – that's a two-digit number, meaning very low energy. Winds are light to moderate and mostly cross or cross-onshore, so conditions are choppy and poor. Tuesday is even smaller, 0.7 ft, and the pattern continues: wind-affected, tiny, weak surf. Wednesday and Thursday see a slight bump to 2 ft and 3 ft, but it's still short-period, onshore junk. The energy climbs but stays in the moderate range (low 25-42), but it's still no good for surfing.

Friday the 10th of July sees the swell hit 3 ft from the SE, with energy at 64 (still moderate). But the wind is cross-onshore at 12-16 mph, so it'll be a choppy mess. The 16-day forecast then flatlines back to 0.7 ft and 1.0 ft over the weekend of the 12th. A glimmer of hope comes on Monday the 13th of July with a northwesterly cross-offshore breeze at just 6 mph, producing clean conditions. But the swell is still only 0.7 ft from the east with an 8-second period – not enough to break properly.

The latter half of the period, from the 14th of July onwards, offers brief moments of glassy or offshore wind – like on Tuesday the 14th morning with a westerly offshore at 6 mph, and Thursday the 16th morning with glass. However, the swell remains tiny (0.7 ft to 2 ft) and short-period. The real tease is on the 17th of July: glassy conditions, a southwesterly wind of 0 mph, but only 1 ft of SSE swell. It’ll be completely flat.

The very last entry on the 21st of July finally bumps up to 3 ft from the ESE, with energy at 54, but the wind is onshore and cross-onshore at 12-16 mph, so it'll be blown out. This is a beach and reef setup with poor quality and strong wind – for the bigger days, it might be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

So there you have it. A long, flat run with no real standout. The best you can hope for is a glassy morning on a 1 ft day around the 17th or a clean morning on the 13th with 0.7 ft. That's light-years from surfable. It tends not to stay this poor for long, and forecasts can change, but for now, it's a no-go.

Rusty.

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