Diamond Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s see what we got for Diamond Street.

This is a tricky run. The whole 16-day window is a bit of a mixed bag with no real stunners. Most of the time the wind is light, but it's coming from the wrong direction for this break, leaving the waves messy and cross-onshore. The surf is gonna be small to tiny for the majority of the period, with the odd bump in size that gets spoiled by the conditions. We are looking at a lot of days where the quality is just not there.

The water temperature sits at 73°, which is a solid 4° warmer than normal for this time of year—the water’s real warm, you won't be needing the thick rubber.

Alright, let's get into the details. The run starts Tuesday the 25th of August, and honestly, it's not great. Tuesday morning has a 2ft south-west swell with a very long 16-second period, but with a cross-onshore wind, it’s gonna be all chopped up. The combined energy is moderate at 407. Move to Wednesday the 26th, and the swell picks up a bit to 4ft on Wednesday morning from the SSW, period 12-seconds (moderate energy at 718), but again, that cross-onshore wind is gonna make it a grovel.

Things are looking a bit better on Friday the 28th of August. Friday morning we finally get a glassy window with clean conditions. The swell is tiny, 2ft from the SW with a very long 16-second period, and the energy is moderate at 360. It won't be big, but it'll be the most fun you’ll have this week. Friday afternoon the wind swings back around and messes it up.

Through the weekend and into next week, it’s more of the same. Saturday the 29th has a bit more size, 4ft from the SW with a 16-second period and moderate energy around 713-753, but it's cross-onshore again. It stays light the whole weekend, but the direction is just not right for Diamond Street to be clean.

There’s a small bump in size on Thursday the 3rd of September—the afternoon shows a 5ft SW swell with a 15-second period and the combined energy hits a strong 1108. But again, the wind is cross-onshore at 9 mph, so the quality will be lacking. That trend of light breeze and wrong direction continues into the second week, with waves staying small, around 2ft to 3ft, and the wind never really cleaning up. It's a long stretch of poor surf. Friday the 4th of September has a nice 3ft swell at a very long 17-second period, but it's blown out.

The Pick – If you’re gonna paddle out, Friday, August 28th morning is your best bet. It’s glassy, there’s a long-range groundswell rolling in at 2ft from the SW, and the energy is decent. It’s clean, but keep your expectations in check because it’s small.

There’s nothing else that stands out. The whole second week looks bleak with very poor conditions. This is one where you check the buoys and keep your fingers crossed for a change in the wind forecast.

– Rusty

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