Dania South Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright everyone, Rusty here. Let’s break down the local surf forecast for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, we’re looking at a long, flat stretch. There’s no surf worth paddling out for in the entire 16-day window. The first real recommendation doesn’t even show up, and we’re stuck with tiny, weak swells and mostly poor conditions. From August 18th all the way through the end of the month and into early September, it’s the same story: tiny waves and sketchy winds. It’s a big empty gap of nothing.

The only break on the menu is Dania South Beach. It’s a beginner-friendly beach and reef setup, but it’s inconsistent and only really open to east swells. To be blunt, the combined swell energy is pathetic, mostly in the single digits and teens (almost always under 20), so there’s no power behind anything. Through the whole period, the swell barely hits 2ft, with periods that are mostly short to mid-range—nothing close to a proper groundswell. Water temp is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Tuesday morning the 18th is a total washout with a tiny 0.7ft east swell and an 8-second period and combined energy of just 9. The wind is light and cross-off, so the surface is clean, but it’s really just knee-high slosh. Afternoon turns glassy with that same tiny swell, but it’s still not worth it.

Wednesday the 19th is more of the same: about 0.7ft from the east. Morning is clean with a cross-off breeze, but afternoon gets choppy with a strong cross-onshore wind from the southeast. Thursday the 20th offers a slightly bigger 2ft pulse from the SSE, but with a terrible 4-second period and combined energy of only 20. The morning is clean again with light cross-off wind, but that afternoon brings a risk of thunderstorms and a nasty cross-shore chop.

The entire rest of the month just repeats. You get a few mornings that are clean or glassy—like Saturday the 22nd morning or Sunday the 23rd morning with that 2ft, 4-second windswell—but the afternoons are consistently choppy with onshore winds. There’s a slight bump in period on the 26th of August (16 seconds) but it’s still coming from the east with a tiny 0.7ft to 1ft swell, and the combined energy climbs to a still-modest 55. It’s not enough to get excited about. The 27th of August morning is glassy with a 1ft east swell and a 12-second period, but again there’s just no power in it.

We drag this on right through to September 2nd. The Wednesday morning of September 2nd is a total dud: a direct onshore wind from the east-southeast with a tiny 0.3ft, 13-second period wave. Combined energy is just 14.

There are zero standouts here. Not a single session to recommend. The lack of any consistent swell means a blank run like this is just what you get in this area sometimes. It’s a kite surfers’ week, not a paddle surfers’ one. Stay tuned, things can change.

Rusty.

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