Damp Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here. Let me level with you. I’ve scanned every corner of the 16-day window for Damp, and it’s grim. There are no good surf options on the table. Not one. The forecast is a flat, blown-out mess for the foreseeable future.

The first few days are a total write-off. We’ve got some tiny windswell bumps, but they’re all mixed with onshore junk. Saturday morning sees a 1ft wave with a 3-second period—that’s barely a ripple—and the energy reading is a paltry 2. The water is 65°, which is pretty normal for this time of year, so a wetsuit is still your friend, but you won’t need it for surfing, just for floating around. The wind is cross-offshore, which would be nice if there was anything to surf, but there isn't. The next few days are just flat, with clean glassy conditions and nothing breaking. It’s the kind of weekend that makes you wonder why you bothered waxing up.

We do see a little pulse of energy later in the week, but it’s still junk. On Tuesday the 4th, there’s a slightly better bump with a 2ft wave and a 4-second period. The energy jumps to 9, which is still weak, and the wind is cross-onshore in the morning, making it a bit choppy. The afternoon cleans up but the swell fades. We see this pattern repeat for the next few days—small, short-period slop that never really organizes. A couple of days have that weak energy in single digits, and the wave heights are pathetic, mostly under 1ft. We’re looking at a long stretch of nothing until around the 9th and 10th, where there’s a slightly better pulse of 2ft with a 4-second period, but the winds are howling at 22 mph, which will just tear it apart. For a beach and sandbar setup like Damp, that’s not surf, that’s just wind-chop. If anything, this looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, but even that’s a stretch with these tiny waves.

The long-range stuff into the middle of August is more of the same. There’s a lot of offshore wind, which sounds good, but there’s no swell to groom. We're talking about a two-week dry spell with nothing on the horizon. The energy readings are mostly zero, and the wave heights are flat. It’s a total bust. The only thing that might save us is that the forecast can change, and with winds this active, a rogue groundswell could pop up. But based on what I see now, you’d be better off finding a new hobby for a while. I’ll keep an eye out, but for now, this is a blank run. It happens.

Rusty, signing off.

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