Dania South Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your leash and let’s have a look. To be straight with you, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty bleak for surfing at Dania South Beach. We've got a long stretch of tiny, weak surf and mostly onshore or cross-onshore winds messing things up. It's a classic summer flat spell, and honestly, there's nothing here that's going to get you out of bed early.

We're looking at a real gap in action. From now through the 7th of September, it's a total write-off. Swells are barely pushing 1ft, periods are short and weak, and the wind is mostly blowing from the east and southeast, right into the beach. The combined energy is sitting in the low double digits, sometimes even single digits – that’s just pathetic, like 26, 12, 41 units of energy. It's not surf, it's just ripple.

Water temp is sitting at 87°, which is a touch warmer than normal – that’s about the only thing that's working in our favor.

Now, just when you think it can’t get any worse, we see a little flicker of life. On the 8th of September, there's a tiny bump from the NNE with a short period of 7 seconds and a meager 2ft – 3ft swell. The morning shows some promise with a light SW cross-offshore breeze making it clean. But it's still tiny and the energy is only around 60 to 90. It’s just enough to get a longboard wet, but nothing to write home about. The afternoon turns to crap again with a south cross-shore wind chopping it up.

The real highlight, if you can call it that, comes on the morning of the 9th of September. The NNE swell bumps up slightly to 3ft with a period of 10 seconds, and the wind is light offshore from the WSW. The combined energy jumps up to 139, which is moderate. This is the best the window has to offer. It will be clean, and there will be a few fun, crumbly waves on the inside. But it's still not big – more of a fun, small-wave session for loggers and fish. The afternoon gets ruined by a southerly cross-shore wind again.

After that pulse, the energy drains away. The 10th of September has a smaller morning swell (2ft, 10s) with light offshore wind again, but that’s only worth a mention if you're desperate. The combined energy drops back to 68. Then it's back to flat, gutless dribble for the rest of the run. By the 12th and 13th, it's glassy but flat – all of 0.7ft – and the only thing you’ll be surfing is the air.

The 15th of September sees a tiny uptick in period to 11 seconds, but the swell is still tiny at 0.7ft and the energy is only 22. It’s too weak to do anything with.

So here’s the bottom line: there are no good surf options in this 16-day window. It’s a bust. The only day that even vaguely gets the nod is the morning of the 9th, and even that is a struggle. For this area, a blank run like this happens, so don't fret. Forecasts can change, and it tends not to stay this poor for long. But right now, the beach break at Dania might look more fun for the kitesurfers than for us paddle surfers, especially on those afternoons when the breeze picks up.

Keep the boards in the car, but don't hold your breath.

Rusty.

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