Dunes Hotel (Miami) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty checking in from the Miami shores.

Look, I gotta be straight with you – the 16-day window ahead of us is a tough one for Dunes Hotel (Miami). The forecast is pretty much a long stretch of flat, weak conditions and onshore breezes. We're looking at a solid run of days with no real surf on offer, especially from now through the first week of September. The water temperature is sitting at about 87°F and that's a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so you'll be sweating in a thin suit if you even bother to paddle out.

The whole period starts off with barely a ripple. On Monday the 31st, we've got a tiny 0.7ft swell from the east, but it's got a short period of 8 seconds and the combined energy is a weak 11. The wind is a light cross-onshore breeze at 10 km/h, so it's just messy. The following days through to the end of the first week stay the same story – tiny swells, 0.3ft to 0.7ft, mostly from the east, with onshore or cross-onshore winds keeping things choppy and uninviting. There's a slight bump on Thursday, September 3rd, with a 3ft swell from the ESE, but the period is a terrible 4 seconds and the energy is only 37. The wind is a moderate 25 km/h cross-onshore, so it's just a choppy mess – more of a kite-surfing kind of day than a paddle-surfing one.

The second week doesn't get much better. There's a bit of a pulse from the NNE around Tuesday, September 8th, with a 3ft swell and an 8-second period, the energy hitting 87. The wind is a light cross-onshore, so it's still not clean. Through the 9th and 10th, we see a few 2ft and 2ft swells with slightly better periods of 9-10 seconds, but the energy is still moderate at best, between 69 and 102. We get a glassy morning on September 10th with a 5 km/h offshore wind, but the swell is only 2ft, so it's tiny and pretty weak. The 11th Friday morning offers a clean cross-offshore wind from the SW, but again, the swell is only 1ft with a 9-second period and energy of 37. The rest of the period just fades back into tiny, onshore-flat conditions.

Honestly, there's nothing here that gets me excited. The only real standout, if you can call it that, is the morning of Thursday, September 10th, when the wind goes glassy at 5 km/h from the SE and the swell is 2ft from the NNE with a 10-second period. The energy is a moderate 69, and the break is a sheltered beginner spot, so it might be worth a longboard, but it's not going to be a memorable session. The crowds are often here, so don't expect solitude.

For the rest of the 16 days, the forecast is a blank run. It's a sheltered spot, so it tends not to hold much swell, and this run is pretty normal for the area. We'll keep an eye on it, but don't hold your breath.

Rusty.

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