Ditch Plains Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me tell you how it’s looking. Honestly, it’s a bit of a quiet spell for Ditch Plains over the next couple of weeks. There’s not a whole lot to get excited about, and a lot of the days are just going to be small and a bit messy. The water temp is sitting around 73°F, which is pretty average for this time of year, nothing wild there.

We start off on Sunday the 16th with basically nothing – tiny 0.7ft swell from the south, period of 6 seconds, and hardly any energy (8). It’s glassy in the morning, but there’s no wave to ride. The afternoon gets chopped up by a strong cross-onshore wind. Monday and Tuesday don’t bring much hope either, with weak, short-period swell and bumpy conditions. Tuesday morning the 18th actually cleans right up with glassy conditions and a little 3ft SSE swell, but the energy is still low (100), and it’s just not doing anything special.

The rest of that first week and into the second is a real struggle. We see a lot of days with swell hanging around 1ft to 2ft, and winds are often cross-shore or onshore, keeping things bumpy. There are a few windows of cleaner conditions – like Thursday the 20th with a light NW offshore wind, but the swell is only 1ft with a long 9-second period from the SE, and the energy is pitiful (39). The same goes for Monday the 24th with a moderate NW offshore wind but only 1ft of swell. That’s barely a ripple.

Now, there are a couple of days late in the run that stand out, but only for the energy, not for clean surf. On Wednesday the 26th, we see a shift with a longer period swell (15 seconds) from the SE, and the energy jumps to 126, but it’s messy with a cross-shore wind. The afternoon cleans up with a cross-offshore wind and 2ft swell, but again, it’s not much wave height. Thursday the 27th has some moderate energy (211) but it’s still cross-shore and choppy. The real eye-catcher is Friday the 28th – a strong NW offshore wind blowing at 25 mph, but the swell is only 2ft from the SE with a 10-second period. The energy is moderate (113), and the wind is so strong it’d be hard to paddle into anything. That setup might actually be more interesting for the kite crew than for us paddle surfers.

All in all, there’s no standout day here. The best you could hope for is a quick session on the 18th morning or the 26th afternoon if you’re desperate, but it’s a real grind. For an exposed reef like Ditch Plains, which can be inconsistent, this kind of flat, weak run isn’t too surprising. It’s not going to stay poor forever, but right now, I’d leave the board on the car roof.

Rusty.

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