Ditch Plains Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s happening at Ditch Plains over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – the next week and a half is looking pretty grim. We’ve got a long stretch of poor surf conditions, with wind and swell all out of sync. The water temperature is sitting at 72°, which is about 1° warmer than average for this time of year, so nothing too unusual there.

The first signs of anything surfable don’t show up until Wednesday, August 26. That morning, we’ve got a 5ft SSE swell, but the wind is cross-onshore from the ENE, so it’s not clean. The combined energy is moderate at 271. By Wednesday afternoon, the wind goes glassy, which is a big positive, and the swell holds at 4ft from the SSE with a period of 7 seconds. It’s still just marginal, but it’s the best looking window in the whole forecast. The swell is small enough for intermediates, and the glassy wind means clean, peelable waves. Just be aware that Ditch Plains is a reef break, so it can handle a bit of swell direction, and the SSE swell is coming from just off the optimum SSE direction. Crowds are possible here, so don’t expect to have it to yourself.

After that, it’s back to poor conditions through the rest of the month and into early September. There’s a brief glimmer on Wednesday, September 2, when the wind turns clean and cross-offshore from the NNW, with a small 2ft S swell. The energy is low at 52-74, but the clean conditions might give you a fun little wave if you’re desperate. Still, nothing to get excited about.

Overall, the only window worth chasing is the afternoon of August 26. Everything else is a write-off – poor surf, messy wind, and tiny swell. This region is known for being consistent, so this blank run is a bit of a bummer, but forecasts can change. Keep an eye on it.

Rusty.

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