Point Dume Little Dume Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s see what we’ve got here. I’m Rusty, and I’ve been staring at this stretch of coast for a long time. This is Point Dume Little Dume, a point break that’s exposed to the south. It’s an inconsistent little number, and to be honest, the next 16 days are a real mixed bag. We’re going to have to pick our moments.

We’re starting off on Saturday, 11 July, and right away it’s a tease. The morning is a bit meh with a cross-shore breeze and some chop, but the afternoon turns into something special. It goes dead calm, glassy as a mirror, with a 3ft SSW groundswell running at a very long 15 seconds. The combined energy is moderate (273). That afternoon window is your best bet for a clean, if small, session.

Then comes a real dry spell. Sunday the 12th through to Friday the 17th is a write-off. The swell hangs in there but the wind is always from the wrong angle, cross-on or onshore, making it choppy and poor. The swell drops to 1ft by Wednesday and Thursday. There are a few days in a row here where you’d be wasting your time. Saturday the 18th brings a change. The swell jumps up with some serious energy, reaching 864 in the afternoon combined (strong wave energy) from the SSE, but the wind is onshore and the wave comment flags it as marginal. The swell height is 2ft, but the period is a solid 18 seconds. It’s promising but the wind ruins it for a paddle.

Sunday the 19th is the same story: a 3ft to 4ft S swell, moderate combined energy (751), but it’s cross-on and messy. The next few days are a rinse and repeat of small, marginal, or poor conditions with cross-onshore winds. There’s a blip on Friday the 24th with clean morning conditions and a 3ft S swell at 15 seconds with strong energy (450), but the file still says poor surf conditions, so I’d be cautious.

The real standout, and the only one I’d truly recommend, is that first Saturday afternoon, 11 July. It’s the only time the wind goes glassy and the swell is decent (3ft from the SSW at 15 seconds). For a point break like this, that long period groundswell is a good thing because it will wrap in nicely. It won’t be big, but it’ll be clean and you’ll have it to yourself if you paddle out before the crowds catch on. The break is inconsistent, so you’ve got to strike when it’s on.

If you’re a beginner, look elsewhere. The swell on the 18th and 19th gets a bit bigger but it’s not clean. For kites, the bigger, choppier days on the 18th and 19th might look more interesting than a paddle session.

Rusty.

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