21st Street (Miami) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you—this isn't the week to be dreaming of pumping barrels. The next sixteen days are looking pretty grim for any proper surf. We’ve got a long stretch of small, choppy, and wind-blown conditions that will have you checking your gear for dust more than waxing up. Honestly, it’s a real dry spell.

The whole window is basically a write-off for anything worth paddling out for. We’re looking at a long run of poor surf quality. The swell energy is weak, barely registering above the low end of the scale, with values mostly in the low teens and sometimes even lower. The wind is the main story, and it's not a good one. It's persistently cross-onshore, making everything on the small side a messy, bumpy affair. There’s no stand-out day, no hidden gem, just a flat, choppy hump we gotta get over.

Starting with the first real chance of anything, which is around Friday, August 7th at 21st Street (Miami). It's inconsistent, and honestly, it’s not great. The swell is a weak 2ft from the East with a period of 8 seconds, but the wind is already messing it up. The energy is weak at 131, and the forecast is calling it poor. It stays like this for days. Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th are more of the same—small, short-period slop with a moderate cross-onshore breeze chopping it up. The energy drops right off, hitting numbers as low as 22.

As we tick through the following week, the story doesn't change. The mornings offer a touch more size, but it’s still tiny, and the wind keeps ruining any chance of clean waves. The swell period stays short, mostly between 4 and 6 seconds, which means junky, disorganized waves with no push. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so at least you won't be freezing while you watch it dribble. The energy levels stay weak in the 7 to 61 range.

We get a tiny blip of hope around Saturday, August 15th, with a slightly bigger 3ft swell from the southeast, but it’s still a poor quality. The wind is still cross-onshore, so it's going to be lumpy and hard to enjoy even at that size. Then it’s back to the same old story. By the time we roll into the second week, the situation becomes even less interesting. The swell stays small and weak, and the period is just as short.

The only slightly interesting moment, and I mean *slightly*, is the early morning of Thursday, August 20th. There's a predicted glassy period with barely a breath of wind. But, of course, the swell has backed right off to a pathetic 2ft. So you might have a clean surface, but there’s nothing to ride. It's like a beautiful, empty parking lot with no car to drive. Then the wind picks up again in the afternoon, just to rub it in.

To be honest, with the conditions this poor and the wind constantly messing things up, this stretch of beach looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. There's plenty of wind for that, but for us surfers, we're just looking at a long, flat, blown-out run. We gotta be patient, watch the charts, and hope the models change. It tends not to stay this poor for long around here, so keep the faith.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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