Doheney Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s be straight with you about the next couple of weeks at Doheney Beach (Southern California). It’s a pretty bleak outlook, to be honest. The first week is a total loss – we’re talking tiny, weak, and messy surf. The winds are mostly cross or cross-on, which just chops it all up. The swell is puny, under 3 feet, and the periods are all over the place, none of it adding up to anything you’d want to paddle out for.

You’ll see a few mornings that look “marginal,” but the tide and the swell just aren’t working together. It’s the kind of stuff that gets you out of bed, then you get there and it’s just soft and lumpy. The energy is weak, with values mostly in the 200s and 300s, which is just not enough push for this spot to do anything.

The water is crazy warm, like 75°, which is over 7° warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s a real standout, but it doesn't help the surf.

The second week, starting around the 15th, we see a slight bump in energy, with the combined swell energy climbing into the 500s and 600s. The swell stays around 3 feet, but the period is still not great. The best look of the whole run might be Saturday afternoon the 15th, when we get a bit of a cross-offshore breeze making it cleaner, with a 4ft SSW swell at 16 seconds. That’s the one to get excited about, but it’s still small and not a world beater. It’s more of a longboard and funboard kind of day.

After that, it’s back to the same old story – small, weak, and mostly cross-shore winds. By the 19th, the wind turns straight onshore from the south, and that’s that. The surf fades back down to ankle-biters with hardly any energy. The last few days of the window are just about as flat as it gets.

So, if you’re desperate, circle Saturday the 15th. It’s the only real window with a hint of clean conditions and a slightly bigger swell. But don’t get your hopes up too high. This is a long, drawn-out flat spell. The waves are there, but they’re just not worth the effort unless you’re a total grom or a beginner wanting to get wet. For the rest of us, it might be a good time to check the forecast again in a week or so. Things can change.

Rusty

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