Ditch Plains Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty comin' at ya from the sand. Let's be real honest here – we're lookin' at a long stretch ahead, and for the most part, Ditch Plains is gonna be a tough sell. The next week and a half is a bit of a grind with very little to get excited about. We've got a real dry spell from now until the end of the month and into the first days of September. After that, the second week starts to show some signs of life, but it's a long wait.

So, for the immediate future, don't even bother paddling out. From Sunday the 23rd right through to Wednesday morning the 26th, it's pretty much all "poor surf conditions" with tiny, weak, messy energy. You're looking at ankle-snappers at best, with cross-shore or onshore winds chopping up whatever's there. The combined swell energy is pitiful, barely cracking 30-40, and that's not gonna push you anywhere. Just save your wax.

There's a slight glimmer on Wednesday morning the 26th, with a clean, cross-offshore breeze from the west, but the swell is still only 0.5ft and the period is short. The forecast calls it "surfable but very ordinary" and I have to agree – it's not worth a special trip. That kinda flat, weak pattern carries on through the rest of the week and into the weekend.

Now, we finally start to see a pulse building around the end of the first week of September. Monday the 31st of August morning shows a tiny 1ft swell but with a very long period of 18 seconds coming from the southeast. It's clean with a light offshore from the NW. The energy is still low at 78, so it'll be small, but those long-period lines could offer a few fun, clean little nuggets if you're patient and on the right board.

The real standout, the one window that gets my heart beatin' a little faster, is Friday the 4th of September afternoon. That's the one to circle on your calendar. We've got a 4ft southeast swell, a period of 8 seconds, and a solid offshore wind from the WNW. The combined energy jumps to 206, which is moderate, solid energy. The forecast actually says "expect good surf conditions." This is the best we've got in the whole outlook. The offshore breeze will groom the waves into nice, clean little lines. For Ditch Plains, that is a proper session.

However, don't get too greedy. The following morning on Saturday the 5th, the wind swings north and cranks up to 19 mph, cross-offshore, but the swell dips a bit and the quality goes south.

So, the verdict? You are waitin' through a whole lot of nothin' for that one shot on Friday the 4th of September afternoon. The rest is a write-off. For a spot like Ditch Plains, a blank run like this isn't unusual, but that Friday afternoon window is the real deal if the forecast holds.

Rusty.

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