Dolphinarium Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Grab your board, but don't get your hopes up too high – it's gonna be a lean run at Dolphinarium over the next 16 days. The water's sitting at around 86° which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that's about the only thing that's pumping.

We start off on Wednesday the 12th with next to nothing, just 1 ft of weak WNW windswell coming in at 6 seconds. The wind is blowing straight onshore from the NW at 12 mph, so it's a write-off. Thursday the 13th isn't any better – a bit of a cross-shore breeze in the morning but the swell is still tiny and weak.

Honestly, the whole first week is basically a bust. The swell hovers around 1 ft to 3 ft, with periods mostly under 8 seconds – that’s just chopped-up, short-period windswell. The best you'll see is Sunday the 16th, where we get a slight bump to 3 ft from the WNW, and the combined swell energy hits a moderate 105. The morning is glassy – dead calm – which would make it clean, but the wave comment says it's only "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions". For a beginner spot, that’s the pick of the whole outlook, but it’s nothing to write home about. By the afternoon, the onshore wind is back.

There’s a string of glassy mornings on the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st, with tiny ankle-high swell (2 ft to 2 ft). The swell direction is all over the place – WNW or NW – but the optimum for this break is NW, so at least the angle is half-decent. Still, with periods of 5 to 7 seconds and energy dropping to weak (17-46), you're looking at dribbly, weak waves.

The second week doesn't offer any salvation. From the 22nd of August right through to the 27th, it's the same story: tiny swell, short period, and mostly onshore or cross-onshore afternoons. The mornings do glass off a few times, but the wave energy is pathetic – down to 11 at one point. The combined swell energy never gets into triple digits after that first Sunday, so even a log feels like overkill.

Bottom line: there's no standout session here. If you're desperate and a beginner, that glassy Sunday the 16th morning might give you a few ankle-biters. Otherwise, leave the board at home and maybe check the kite forecast.

Rusty.

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