Ditch Plains Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into it for Ditch Plains. The next 16 days are a bit of a mixed bag—we’re looking at a lot of onshore and cross-shore wind, with some short, weak swell for most of the run. There’s a window of hope, but you’ll need to be patient.

We start off this Sunday, the 2nd of August, with small, weak S swell around 3 ft and a short period of 7 seconds. The wind is cross-on from the S at 12 mph, making for choppy, poor conditions. The combined energy is low at 82. Not worth a paddle.

Moving into Monday the 3rd, the swell bumps up a bit—6 ft to 8 ft from the S—but the wind is messy. Monday morning has a strong SSE breeze at 25 mph, making it a total mess. The energy spikes to 389, but it’s just a lot of wind chop. The afternoon sees the wind drop to a gentle SW breeze, but it’s still cross-shore. The wave comment is “marginal,” and the energy is 1052, but the period is still short at 8 seconds, so it’s going to be fat and lumpy. Not our day.

Tuesday the 4th is a write-off with onshore E wind, and Wednesday the 5th shows a glimpse of something better. Wednesday morning has a clean 2 ft S swell with a light WSW cross-off breeze at 6 mph. The energy is low at 57, but it’s clean. The wave comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” It’s tiny, but if you’re desperate, it’s the only clean window before the next week.

From Wednesday afternoon through to the end of the first week, the wind goes back to cross-shore or onshore, and the swell stays small, short-period, and weak. The best of the rest is Saturday the 8th morning: a clean 3 ft S swell with a light NW offshore breeze at 3 mph. The energy is only 73, but it will be glassy and clean. It’s a small-wave board morning.

The gap after that is long. From the 8th afternoon through to the 16th, it’s a string of days with poor conditions and very small, weak swell. The energy values are often in the double digits, and the wind is mostly cross or onshore. Not a single standout in that stretch.

The last glimmer comes on Monday the 17th of August. A clean 3 ft S swell with a light WSW cross-off breeze at 9 mph. The energy is 59, and the wave comment is “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” It’s clean but small.

So, the real standout is the morning of Saturday the 8th of August. The light offshore NW wind at Ditch Plains will make it clean, and the swell is 3 ft from the S. It’s not big, but it will be the best shape on offer. The other clean window is Wednesday the 5th morning, but it’s even smaller. Don’t bother with the rest—it’s mostly wind-affected, short-period slop. Water temp is about average for the time of year.

Rusty.

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