Dunes Hotel (Miami) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s see what’s cooking for your local stretch.

Honestly, it’s a pretty bleak run over the next couple of weeks. The only spot getting a mention is Dunes Hotel (Miami) . Straight up, the surf quality just isn’t there. We’re looking at tiny, weak, and messy conditions day after day, with no real window where it all comes together for a proper paddle.

The water temp is sitting about average for the time of year. Nothing to get excited about there.

The whole 16-day window is basically a write-off for decent surf. There’s a long gap with no recommendations at all. The swell is consistently too small—mostly knee-high at best, coming from the SE or E—and the period is generally short, around 3 to 4 seconds, which means no push and crumbly shapes. A few days you’ll see a little pulse of long period swell from the NE, like on the 27th and 28th of August, but it’s barely a ripple at 0.3ft to 1ft, so it’s nothing you can ride. The wave energy is almost always in the weak range, with only a tiny bump on the 6th of September, but the swell’s still under 3ft and messy.

Wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore from the ESE or E, keeping things choppy or bumpy. There are a couple of cleaner windows around the 7th and 8th of September, with light offshores from the WSW or NW – but even then, the swell is tiny (1ft to 2ft), and the break is inconsistent and sheltered. The wave comment stays "poor surf conditions" all the way through. This is a beginner spot, but with waves this small and weak, there’s really nothing for anyone.

Given how inconsistent and sheltered this break is, a flat run like this isn't unusual for the area. Keep an eye on the forecasts, though – it rarely stays this quiet forever.

For what it’s worth, the setup is more interesting for a kite surfer on a few of those days when the wind is up and the sea is choppy, than for a paddle surfer.

Rusty.

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