Ditch Plains Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s look at this stretch. Honestly, it’s a pretty flat and tough period. We’ve got a long dry spell here before anything really worth paddling out for shows up. The forecast is for Ditch Plains, and the water’s sitting at a warm 70°, which is pretty much normal for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The first few days are a write-off. From Wednesday the 9th right through to well into the following week, we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel. Swell heights are tiny, mostly under 3ft, and the wind is a mess – cross-onshore, onshore, or just lumpy. The combined energy is weak, with values like 10 and 37 (very weak) for the first couple of days. There’s a brief moment on Saturday morning the 12th with glassy conditions and a 1ft SE swell, but it’s just too small to do anything with. Then the wind comes up again. This is a proper gap of no real surf.

Things start to look a little less hopeless come Monday the 14th. We get a bit of a clean-up with a light offshore NW wind, but the swell is still pathetic at 1ft. It’s surfable, but just barely. That same pattern of small, clean but weak surf hangs around for a few days. The best of a bad bunch looks like Friday morning the 18th. We’ve got a 4ft S swell, with a period of 7 seconds, and a light cross-offshore wind. The combined energy is up to 130 (moderate), so it’s got a bit more push. Ditch Plains will have some small, clean waves, but it’s still not a standout. The wind is light and clean, so the surface will be nice, but the swell is short-period and not big.

The real standout, if you can call it that, is Thursday morning the 17th. We’ve got a 2ft SSE swell, but the wind is glassy – absolutely no wind, just a slight air. That’s a major positive. The combined energy is only 43 (weak), so the waves will be small, but if you’re on a longboard, the conditions will be absolutely perfect. No crowds to worry about here, as it’s more of a quiet period.

After that, it all goes south again. From Saturday the 19th onwards, the wind turns crappy again, with cross-shore and onshore winds, and the swell stays tiny. By the end of the forecast period, we’re looking at strong winds and messy conditions. The 23rd of September has a 2ft ESE swell but with a strong cross-onshore breeze at 25 mph, making it a mess. This setup is more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

So, to be honest, there’s no real firing session here. The best bet is a longboard session on Thursday the 17th in the glassy morning, or a slightly bigger but still small wave on Friday the 18th. Don’t expect anything special.

Rusty.

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