Dee Dees Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the Dee Dees outlook for the next couple of weeks.

It’s a bit of a mixed bag, but there are some windows of clean surf if you’re patient. The first few days are a bit of a write-off, but we get some good sessions around Tuesday the 11th and again later in the period. The standout for me is Tuesday morning the 11th. We’ve got a solid 5 ft swell from the south, with a period of 8 seconds, and the wind is a light cross-off from the southeast. That’s going to be glassy and clean. The combined swell energy is sitting at 374 (moderate), so there’s some push behind it. That’s the one to get in the water for.

The earlier part of the forecast is a bit of a struggle. Sunday the 9th morning has a bit of 3 ft south swell and light offshore wind, but it’s a short window and the afternoon gets blown out by a strong NNW breeze. Monday the 10th is a total no-go with cross-onshore winds messing up the small 2 ft to 3 ft waves. From Tuesday the 11th afternoon, things clean up again with a 4 ft south swell and light offshore east wind – still a good session.

Wednesday the 12th and Thursday the 13th are small and ordinary, with wave heights dropping to 2 ft or less. There’s a bit of a pulse on Thursday afternoon with 4 ft from the east, but the period is short at 7 seconds, so it’ll be a bit weak.

We get a glassy morning on Friday the 14th, but the swell is tiny at 0.5 ft – not worth paddling out for. The weekend of the 15th and 16th is a write-off. We get a big jump in swell on Sunday the 16th with 12 ft from the south-southwest, but it’s accompanied by a strong cross-onshore wind of 30 km/h, making it a total mess. That’s kite-surfing territory, not a paddle session.

The beginning of the second week, Monday the 17th, sees a solid 8 ft to 8 ft south swell, and the wind is onshore but light. The forecast notes the swell is too big for this break, so that’s one for the experts only, and even then, the conditions are questionable. Tuesday the 18th through Wednesday the 19th is a full-on stormy mess with huge swell (17 ft on Tuesday afternoon) and strong winds, completely unsurfable.

Thursday the 20th shows a drop in size to 6 ft, but winds are cross-shore and the conditions are marginal. The best run of the second week is Friday the 21st. The morning has a clean 3 ft south-southwest swell with a light cross-off breeze, and the afternoon turns glassy with 3 ft south swell. That’s a great little session. Saturday the 22nd morning holds up with a 4 ft swell from the south-southwest and a 12-second period, which is a nice long period groundswell. That’ll produce some good shaped waves at Dee Dees, just be aware the longer period can make it a bit straight at a beach break, but this is a reef, so it’ll handle it. Light offshore winds, clean conditions.

The last few days of the forecast, Sunday the 23rd and Monday the 24th, tail off to small, weak swells with some onshore wind, so nothing to write home about.

Overall, don’t waste your time on the first few days. Mark Tuesday the 11th morning and Friday the 21st as your best bets. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, so no need for a thick suit.

Rusty.

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