Dromi (Ashdod) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for your local stretch.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a long, flat stretch ahead. For the next 16 days, we are looking at a proper dry spell. There’s a gap from now until the morning of Monday, September 7th, with absolutely nothing worth paddling out for. That’s nearly a week of staring at a lake.

Monday, September 7th morning finally gives us something to look at, but it’s nothing to write home about. Dromi (Ashdod) will see a tiny 2ft swell out of the WNW with a short period of 7 seconds. The combined wave energy is weak (48). The saving grace is the glassy conditions – that early morning offshore from the SW will have it clean, but it’s small and weak. The water is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, sitting at 85°, which is nice, but the waves are just “surfable but very ordinary.”

The morning of Tuesday, September 8th is a repeat performance – 2ft, glassy, but again, weak energy (36). It’s a fun little board session for a beginner maybe, but not much more.

We get a couple more mornings like this. The morning of Thursday, September 10th sees the swell bump up to 3ft from the WNW, period still short at 8 seconds, and the combined energy finally cracks three digits at 110. It’s still glassy in the morning, so it’ll look cleaner than it has any right to be, but the period is short, so expect lumpy, weak waves.

The standout, if you can call it one, would be the morning of Thursday, September 10th. That’s the biggest we see, and with glassy conditions, it’s the best of a very poor bunch. But don’t get hyped – this is a beginner-friendly 3ft, not a proper swell.

The pattern just keeps repeating: a glassy morning with tiny, weak swell, then the afternoon wind picks up from the NW at 12 mph and ruins it. There’s a slight tease on the morning of Friday, September 18th when the swell hits 3ft again (133 combined energy) and is glassy, but that’s two weeks out, so take it with a grain of salt.

Overall, mate, it’s quiet. If you’re desperate, the glassy mornings from the 7th onwards offer a chance to float around on a longboard, but there’s no power, no push. For the next week, you’re better off doing something else.

Rusty.

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