Ditch Plains Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. Look, I’ve got to be straight with you – the next 16 days at Ditch Plains are a tough watch. It’s a real dry spell for surf. There’s a big gap with nothing worthwhile on the cards for over a week. Honestly, we’re looking past Friday the 18th of July before there’s even a sniff of something rideable.

For the first week, it’s pretty grim. A bit of small swell from the SSW on Friday morning the 17th, only 1 ft, but it’s short period at 5 seconds and the energy is weak (19). The wind is offshore in the morning, but the wave just isn’t there. It’s a non-starter. Saturday the 18th brings a bit more height but the wind swings onshore and it gets messy and choppy. Not worth a paddle.

Finally, on Sunday morning the 19th of July, we get a bit of a window. The swell picks up to 3 ft from the S with a moderate offshore wind from the WNW. The combined energy jumps to a moderate 101, so there’s a bit of push. It’s clean, but the conditions are still just “ordinary.” It’s surfable, but nothing to write home about. That’s the only real highlight for the first week.

Then we hit another lull. The next few days are a procession of small, onshore slop. Monday the 21st is no good, Tuesday the 22nd gets a little bump in swell (4 ft) from the SW, but it’s cross-shore and lumpy. Wednesday the 23rd sees the highest swell of the whole run – 6 ft from the SSE with a 10-second period – but the wind is tearing across it at 19 mph. The energy is strong (499), but the quality is poor. For a beach setup like this, it’s more of a kiting day than a surfing day.

The second week is a long, quiet stretch. There are a few mornings that look glassy, like Friday morning the 25th of July and Monday morning the 28th. Swell is tiny though, barely 2 ft to 3 ft, and the energy is weak to moderate. The waves will be clean but small. The best of a bad bunch might be that Monday morning the 28th of July, with a glassy surface and a bit of 3 ft S swell (151 energy), but it’s ordinary surf.

Further out, there’s a flicker on Thursday the 31st of July with a clean morning, and then into August 1st we see a pulse of 4 ft S swell with 8 seconds and moderate energy (228). But again, onshore wind ruins it.

So look, if you’re desperate for a surf, that Sunday morning the 19th of July is the only one that even comes close to calling it a session. For the rest, keep your board in the car and your eyes on the forecast. It tends not to stay this flat for long around here.

Rusty.

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