Point Dume Little Dume Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board and let’s talk about the next couple of weeks. It’s gonna be a bit of a slow grind for a while, but there’s a real pulse of energy waiting for us at the end of this stretch. This is the Point Dume Little Dume (California) outlook.

Honestly, for the first stretch of this forecast, we’re looking at some seriously weak sauce. For the next week and a half, we’ll be dealing with tiny, knee-high dribblers, and the swell energy is just anemic. You can see it in the combined energy readings, which are mostly in the low hundreds, or even under one hundred at times—that’s just weak, wind-driven stuff. The wind is mostly cross-onshore or just onshore, so even the little bumps we get are gonna be chopped up and messy. The mornings are a bit cleaner with lighter breezes, but the wave heights are just too small to get excited about. Saturday the 14th has a period of 19 seconds, which is that long-period groundswell, but with only 2ft of swell, it’s a tease. It’s not a good look for us right now, and this spot is known for being inconsistent, so this blank run isn't a huge surprise.

We’re gonna have to wait a solid ten to eleven days before it starts to get interesting. The real change comes right around Thursday the 27th. That’s when the energy meter starts to climb into the mid-to-high hundreds, and then jumps to a strong 1645 by the morning of Friday the 28th. That’s the spark we’re waiting for. The swell direction is from the S, which is right in the wheelhouse for Dume, and the period is around 14 seconds, so it’s got some proper juice behind it. The morning of Friday the 28th is the standout. We’re looking at a solid 7ft of south swell with light cross-onshore winds. That’s the day to clear your schedule. It’s going to be big enough to get the heart pumping, but the light winds should keep it clean. This is the one to aim for.

Now, for the beginner surfer, that 7ft swell on the 28th is getting a bit on the big side. That’s not a day to be learning the ropes. That’s for the intermediate crowd who knows their way around. The swell is forecast to drop a bit into Saturday the 29th, settling at 5ft, but the period drops to 11 seconds, so it will lose some of that power and shape.

To sum it up, the first two weeks are a write-off in terms of any real quality. Just keep the board in the car and check the cams. The payoff is the morning of Friday the 28th of August. It's not a sure thing, being this far out, but it's a promising swell with the right direction, and the energy is there. Keep your fingers crossed that the wind plays ball. That’s the one with real potential.

Rusty

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