Diamond Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you. The outlook for Diamond Beach is a tough one. We're looking at a solid 16-day window, but the honest truth is there's no real standout surf to get excited about. The whole period is a long stretch of poor surf conditions, with just a couple of moments that are "surfable" but nothing to write home about.

The water temp is sitting at a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, about 77°, so that's a nice little bonus if you're getting wet, but the waves just aren't backing it up.

We start on Saturday, the 22nd of August, with tiny waves around 2 ft from the east, but the wind is a cross-on from the ESE at 9 mph, making it choppy and uninviting. The combined energy is weak at 47. Not a good start.

Sunday the 23rd is clean, with a nice cross-off wind from the WSW, but the swell is tiny, just 1-2 ft from the south, with very short periods. It's clean but there's nothing to ride.

Monday the 24th through to Thursday the 27th is more of the same – clean mornings but waves barely breaking 1.0 ft. The energy is pitiful, in the low 20s. There's a brief moment on Wednesday the 26th morning where the wind goes glassy, but with 1.0 ft of swell, it's a flat calm.

The first hint of something surfable doesn't arrive until Friday the 28th of August. The afternoon swell pushes to 2 ft from the SSE, with a period of 7 seconds, and the wind is light and cross-off from the west at 6 mph, making it clean. The energy jumps to 73. It's surfable, but very ordinary. If you're desperate, that's your window.

After that, it's back to tiny, weak, and choppy conditions right through the end of August and into September. The 31st of August sees a 4 ft swell from the east, but it's onshore, choppy, and the energy is still only 87. It's a messy, blown-out mess.

The most interesting pulse comes in the first week of September. On Tuesday the 1st of September, we see a 3 ft swell from the ESE with a very long period of 14 seconds. The combined energy is a strong 483. However, the wind is a fresh cross-on from the south at 19 mph, creating lumpy, poor conditions. This is a lot of energy, but the wind is ruining it. This setup, with that much wind and that kind of swell, is honestly more interesting for kite surfing than for a paddle surfer.

The rest of the week sees a few more pulses of moderate energy, like the 159 on Thursday the 3rd, but the wind is always cross or cross-on, making it choppy.

The final weekend, the 6th of September, sees a 2 ft swell from the SSE with an 11-second period and energy of 125, but again, a fresh cross-on from the ENE at 19 mph destroys any chance of quality.

The honest truth is, there's no standout day here. The conditions are just too small, choppy, or blown-out to recommend a session. It's a long stretch of disappointing surf. The best you can hope for is a quiet, clean morning on the smallest of days, or a very ordinary session on the 28th of August. Forecasts can change, but as it stands, this is a blank run for Diamond Beach.

Rusty.

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