Deveraux Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty.

I’m not gonna sugarcoat it: the next couple of weeks are looking flat and pretty forgettable around here. We’ve got a 16-day window and almost nothing on the menu that’s worth paddling out for. It’s one of those stretches where the ocean just goes to sleep. If you were hoping for a surf trip, you might want to hold off, because we’re looking at a serious run of tiny, weak waves.

The only spot on the radar is Deveraux Beach (Marina del Rey) and even that’s a struggle. The first solid block of time is completely void of any real rideable swell. From Thursday the 6th through the following week, wave heights are stuck at pretty much nothing – we’re talking 0.3ft to 0.7ft at best. There’s just no energy in the water. The combined swell energy down there is mostly in the single digits for days on end, which is about as weak as it gets. The swell direction is swinging around from the southeast, but it’s not doing anything for the break.

When we finally see a little bump, it’s around Friday the 14th into Saturday the 15th. Even then, it’s not exactly firing. We get a push of maybe 3ft on the Friday afternoon, but the period is a short 5 seconds, which means it’s going to be a jumbled, messy cross-shore chop. Not worth getting excited over. The energy does pick up to moderate levels (40) at that point, but the quality just isn’t there.

The water is sitting at 66° on the first morning, which is a bit colder than usual for this time of year, so throw a little extra rubber on if you do decide to go for a paddle.

Honestly, the best looking conditions of the whole period are that Saturday morning the 15th, when the wind drops to glassy and it’s dead calm. But the swell is a pathetic 0.3ft with a 9 second period. You’d be floating, not surfing. Then again, later in the second week, around the 19th and 20th, we start to see the wind go light offshore in the mornings, and there’s a slight pulse in the energy (up to 11-13), but the swell height remains tiny at 0.7ft. It’s a promise of something, maybe a signal that things are trying to turn around, but for now, it’s a no-go.

So here it is, plain and simple. There are no good surf options in this 16-day window. If you want to get wet, you’re better off on a bodyboard or just going for a swim. But keep the faith, because the forecast is showing a bit more energy building towards the end of the run, and forecasts can change. A blank run like this usually doesn’t last forever in this area.

Stay tuned, and I’ll let you know when it’s time.

Rusty.

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