Dania South Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get real. I’m looking at the charts for Dania South Beach, and buddy, I’ll be straight with you—this is a tough stretch ahead. For the foreseeable future, we’re looking at a long stretch of flat, weak, and messy conditions. The surf energy is just not there, with combined swell energy stuck in the teens and twenties (like 19 to 29) for most of the period—that’s weak, barely any push. The water temp is sitting at a warm 87°F, which is about a degree and a half up from the norm for this time of year, so it’s a touch warmer than average, but that’s not helping the waves.

We start off now, into Sunday the 16th of August, with a tiny 1 ft SSE swell but a short, choppy 4-second period and a cross-on breeze. Monday the 17th is even smaller at 0.7 ft, and it stays that way for days. The winds are mostly cross-shore or cross-onshore, so even when the wind is light, the wave quality is just “poor surf conditions.” The morning of Tuesday the 18th and Wednesday the 19th do see a bit of offshore wind from the WNW, which cleans things up—but with only 0.7 ft of swell, it’s barely a ripple. The period stretches to 8 to 10 seconds on those days, but the energy is still in the single digits, like 8 to 12. There’s just no power.

This is a full 16-day window with no real upgrade. The swell height never tops 2 ft, and the period is often short (4 to 8 seconds), so it’s all weak, short-period windswell at best. The break is a beach and reef setup, fairly exposed to the east, which is the direction the swell tries to come from, but it’s just not happening. The water is warm, but we’re in a dry spell for surf. I’d say for the first week, from now through the 22nd, it’s pretty much a write-off. Then there’s a gap of several days with no real improvement through the end of August.

Honestly, if you’ve got a kite, this might be more interesting than a surfboard for the next couple weeks—especially on the afternoons when the cross-onshore breeze picks up to 12 mph. For paddle surfing, it’s a no-go. The forecast is weak and the confidence is low for any change. We’ll have to wait and see if the forecasts shift, but as it stands, this is a rare blank run for the area.

Rusty.

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