My Khe / Da Nang Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee or a cold one. Rusty here with the long-range look for Da Nang's main stretch.

First up, I'm not gonna lie to you – this is a rough start. We’re looking at a solid 4-5 days of next to nothing. The first few mornings and afternoons are flat and messy. Think tiny dribbles, onshore breezes, no push at all. Don’t bother paddling out until we get past the weekend. Total combined energy values are right down in the dumps at the teens and 20s (25, 38, 7… you get the picture).

The first real glimmer of hope is on Wednesday, August 5th. The morning is still tiny (1 ft), but that ENE groundswell has a super long period (20 seconds) and the energy jumps to 132. Winds go glassy. The afternoon is better – 2 ft, still glassy, and the combined energy shoots to 216. It’s not exactly pumping but it’s the first real surfable window. The water temperature feels about average for the time of year, nothing weird to report.

Now, Thursday, August 6th kicks things up a notch. The morning has a clean 3 ft swell from the ENE (19s period, 705 energy), with a decent cross-offshore breeze. By the afternoon, the swell builds to 4 ft, energy hits 854, and it still looks clean. This is where it starts to get interesting. The break? My Khe (Vietnam).

But let’s be real: the standout is Friday, August 7th. That is the day you want to circle. The morning has a clean 4 ft of east-northeast groundswell (19s period, 1191 energy) with a cross-offshore breeze. The afternoon is even better – same 4 ft size, but 20-second period and the energy maxes out at 1383. Winds go glassy. The conditions are clean and the wave comment says it’s excellent for experienced surfers. This is the pick of the whole 16-day window. Keep in mind that with a period over 15 seconds, this long-period groundswell can be a bit straight at a beach break like My Khe. But if you snag a corner, it’ll have some serious push.

Through the rest of the second week, it backs way down. Saturday, August 8th is still surfable in the morning (2 ft, 253 energy) but it’s a drop-off. After Saturday, we go into a long stretch of small, weak, and predominantly onshore junky waves from the NW. Lots of days with combined energy below 40. It’s a flat spell waiting to happen. Thursday, August 14th sees a little pulse of ENE energy return (2 ft, 104 energy) and goes glassy in the afternoon, but it’s just ordinary.

So, the plan is simple: wait out the first four days, get a little warm-up on Wednesday, have a decent session Thursday, and absolutely be in the water on Friday, August 7th for the best waves of this forecast period.

Rusty, signing off.

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