Dunes Hotel (Miami) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it's Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you – the next 16 days out at Dunes Hotel (Miami) are looking pretty grim for any kind of proper surf. The finder's got nothing, absolutely zero recommendations, which tells you all you need to know. We're looking at a long, quiet stretch.

Water temp is sitting at 87° – that's a solid 2° warmer than usual for this time of year, so the water's gonna feel like a warm bath, but that's about the only good news.

Right from the start of the period on Thursday the 30th of July, we're looking at a tiny 0.3ft swell from the north. The combined energy is a measly 4, which is basically nothing. And it's a cross-offshore wind, which is usually good, but there's just no wave to work with. It's a total flat spell.

This pattern just keeps going. Friday the 31st, Saturday the 1st of August, Sunday the 2nd – it's all the same story. We get a little bump on Sunday the 2nd up to 2ft and 2ft, but that's a short-period windswell from the SSE with a period of just 4 seconds. The energy gets up to 22, but with onshore or cross-shore winds, it's just messy, choppy, and completely unsurfable. The reports don't lie – it's poor surf conditions all the way.

Monday the 3rd, Tuesday the 4th, it's the same old song. A little spike here, a little bump there, but nothing ever comes together. The winds are never right and the swell is either too small or too short-period and weak. The energy values are all low, two-digit numbers, which is just a sign of weak, local windswell.

We go through the entire first week and into the second. Wednesday the 5th, Thursday the 6th, Friday the 7th, all the way through to Wednesday the 13th of August – it's a relentless run of "poor surf conditions." The wind is mostly cross-onshore from the SE and ESE, and the swell heights are all wobbling around 1ft to 3ft, with periods of 4 to 5 seconds. The combined energy rarely breaks 20. This setup is honestly more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, with that consistent cross-onshore breeze and weak, choppy waves.

Even the last few days, Thursday the 14th and Friday the 15th of August, the swell is a meager 0.3ft from the NE, with a period of 10 to 11 seconds. The energy is a pathetic 5. It's a ghost town out there.

Look, I know it's a tough one. This area is known for these flat spells, so a blank run like this is pretty normal. The breaks are sheltered and inconsistent, so when the swell is missing, it's missing. Hang in there, check the forecasts again in a few days – things can change, but for now, don't bother waxing up.

Rusty.

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