Dee Dees Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. The next 16 days are a bit of a mixed bag, to be honest. We’ve got some serious size coming through, but the winds are going to be the main player in this game. Don’t get too excited about the early days, there’s a bit of a flat spell to start.

We kick things off on Monday the 7th with a bit of a dud. There’s some swell around, but it’s pretty average and the wind is cross-off. Tuesday the 8th is even smaller, with just a tiny bit of swell, and while the surf is clean, it’s not going to be doing much. The swell is short-period, only 8-10 seconds, so it lacks that punch and shape. Honestly, Monday through Wednesday is pretty much a write-off, a three-day gap where you’re better off tuning up the board or checking the tides elsewhere.

Now, things get interesting on Friday the 11th. We see a solid SSW swell start to fill in. The morning has a 7ft swell, but it’s too big for this spot, and the period is a short 8 seconds, which is going to make it soft and messy. The energy is strong though. There’s a huge jump in energy on Saturday the 12th, with a 13ft SSW swell pouring in. The energy is massive, so there’s plenty of grunt behind it. But again, for Dee Dees, this is just too much. It’s only for the experts, and even then, with a cross-onshore wind, it’s going to be a washing machine. That runs through Sunday the 13th, with similar massive size (12ft) and energy readings. Too big, too rough.

The real standout, the one you’ve been waiting for, is on Tuesday the 15th. The swell has dropped to a much more manageable 4ft from the SSW, with a longer period of 11 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy. The winds have finally swung around to a light cross-offshore, and the forecast says it's going to be clean. The energy has dropped, but because the swell is smaller, the wave quality is going to be infinitely better. This is the call of the week. Dee Dees will be breaking properly, offering up those nice, rippable waves. There might be a few others out, but it’ll be worth it.

After that, the winds get messy again. The late period from the 16th onward is just a jumble of short-period, wind-blown surf. There’s a touch of rideable swell on the 18th with a SSW swell at 3ft and a 10-second period, but the cross-onshore wind spoils it. The last week is pretty poor, with strong cross-shore winds and very little swell. If you want good surf, you’ll be doing it between the 14th and 16th, and the 15th is your best bet. It’s one of those windows where the ocean finally calms down enough to let the swell breathe.

Rusty

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