Duppys Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you – this outlook for the next 16 days is a real test of patience. We’ve got a long, drawn-out gap of nothing much to get excited about, before a flicker of promise right at the very end.

We’re looking at Duppys, a reef break that’s fairly consistent. The water temp is sitting around 83°, which is bang on average for this time of year.

The first week and a half is a tough slog. From Wednesday the 5th of August right through to the middle of the month, the energy is just pathetic. We’re looking at combined swell energy readings barely cracking triple digits most days – like 54 (weak) on that first Wednesday morning, and then it’s mostly a desert of poor surf conditions. The wind is a problem, too. It’s blowing hard from the east and east-northeast, mostly 15 to 19 mph, often cross-offshore. It keeps the surface clean, but the swell is tiny, inconsistent, and the period is short. Most of the time it’s just not worth paddling out. There’s a brief moment on the afternoon of Monday the 10th of August where the swell bumps up to 3ft from the ENE, but the period is only 6 seconds and the energy is only 97 (weak). It’s surfable, but very ordinary. That pretty much sums up the whole first half of the month.

Then we hit a true dead zone. From around the 12th of August onward, the swell drops to nearly nothing – 0.3ft, 0.7ft, 1.0ft – with energy readings in the teens and twenties. It’s a proper blank run, and it’s not unusual for the area when the trade winds are this locked in.

Now, here’s the one glimmer of hope. On Thursday the 20th of August, the afternoon shows a pulse of 3ft from the ENE with a 7-second period, and the combined energy hits 91 (weak). That’s not a standout by any stretch, but it’s the best we’ve got. The wind is a moderate 15 mph cross-offshore from the east, keeping it clean. The swell direction is from the ENE, which isn’t the optimum N direction for Duppys, but it’s the only real window of surfable waves in the entire 16 days. Don’t expect anything special – it’s small and short-period, but it’s something.

Overall, the best on offer is that Thursday afternoon on the 20th of August. It’s not a classic, but it’s the only time the swell size and clean conditions line up enough to bother. For the rest of it, you’re better off finding something else to do.

Rusty.

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