Dolphinarium Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this stretch of coastline is lookin’ pretty quiet. We’ve got a 16-day window on the table, but honestly, there’s a massive gap at the start where the surf is just not worth paddling out for. The first few days are all showing poor surf conditions, with tiny swell and bumpy winds. The first real chance to get wet doesn’t show up until Sunday the 9th of August.

The Overall Picture

The pattern is one of small, weak swell for the whole 16 days. The combined energy is low, mostly under 100 (57 to 127) over the whole period, which tells you the ocean is just not firing. The waves are going to be small, short period, and lacking any real punch. The water temp is about what you’d expect for this time of year, so no wetsuit surprises.

The Run-Down

The only spot we’ve got to look at is Dolphinarium. It’s a beginner-friendly spot, exposed to the swell, and it’s fairly consistent, but consistency isn’t everything when the swell is this weak.

The first real glimmer of hope comes on Sunday morning, the 9th of August. We’ll see a tiny 3 ft swell from the WNW, with a period of 7 seconds. The wind is glassy, dead calm, which is a huge positive for clean conditions. The wave comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” and that’s about right. The combined energy is a weak 57. It’s not a standout, but it’s the only real option on the table early on. The afternoon on that same day turns choppy again.

After that, the waves drop back into the poor category for a long stretch. The swell stays tiny, under 3 ft, and the wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, creating messy, bumpy conditions. It’s a real bummer.

We get a slight bump in size around Monday the 17th and Tuesday the 18th of August. The swell picks up to 4 ft to 4 ft from the WNW, with a period of 7 seconds. The combined energy finally climbs into the moderate range, hitting 127 and 146. But here’s the kicker: the wind is cross-onshore and choppy on the afternoons, and the mornings have cross-off or clean conditions with a light breeze. The wave comment still says “poor surf conditions” for most of those sessions. The 3 ft on the Wednesday the 19th morning with light cross-off wind and clean conditions might be the most pleasant, but the waves are still weak.

The Honest Truth

Honestly, there’s no standout session in this forecast. The best you can hope for is a glassy morning on the 9th of August, or a clean but small morning on the 19th. The swell is just too weak and short-period to get excited about. For a beginner, the 3 ft clean waves on the 9th are fine, but for anyone else, it’s going to be a frustrating paddle. The crowds at Dolphinarium can be a thing sometimes, but with this lack of swell, it’ll probably be pretty quiet.

Keep the board waxed and the eye on the longer range. It tends not to stay this poor for long, and forecasts can change. But for now, it’s a flat spell.

Rusty.

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