Diamond Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough stretch. There’s a real lack of any decent push from the ocean, and the conditions are mostly working against us.

We’re looking at Diamond Beach as the only option in the whole 16-day window, and to be honest, it’s a real struggle. The water is sitting at 76°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only upside.

The whole run starts with nothing. From Tuesday the 25th of August right through to the end of the month, we’re looking at tiny, weak swells. On Tuesday morning, we’ve got a 1ft SE swell with an 11-second period, but the combined energy is just a feeble 21, and it’s described as poor surf conditions. The wind is a cross-offshore, which is clean, but there’s just no power in the water. This pattern keeps up day after day. We get a bit of a bump on the 27th with a 3ft SSE swell that pushes the combined energy to 200 (moderate), but the wind is a messy cross-onshore at 15 mph, making it choppy and unrideable.

The first day that even registers a score of 1 out of 10 is Friday the 28th of August in the afternoon. We get a bump to 2ft from the south, but with a period of only 6 seconds, it’s just weak, short-period windslop. The wind is glassy, which is a major positive for clean surface, but the wave quality is described as "very ordinary conditions." It’s the best of a bad bunch, but that’s not saying much.

We go through another week of tiny, crummy surf. The end of the first week into September doesn’t offer any real hope. There’s a morning on the 1st of September with a beautiful, clean, gentle offshore wind from the WNW, but the swell is a pathetic 0.7ft from the ESE with a 15-second period. That long period suggests it’s groundswell, but there’s just no height to it. The energy is only 45. On the 2nd of September, we have a glassy morning with a 1ft SE swell and a 12-second period, giving a combined energy of 61, but it’s still just surfable, not good.

The whole run of the forecast is a flat spell. There are no standouts. The swell is too small and the wind is mostly onshore or cross-shore, making a mess of the tiny waves. For a beginner spot, this is just a write-off. For anyone else, it’s a hard pass. This kind of blank run isn’t unusual for a spot like Diamond Beach, which is already inconsistent. It’s a waiting game, but forecasts can change, and it tends not to stay this poor forever.

Rusty

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