Dickys Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Dickys is most often good on a 4–6 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with strong wind from the S, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 4–6 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | E |
| Best wind | strong wind from the S |
| Best tide | high & outgoing |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-08-06 11:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 7.5 ft |
| Dominant period | 11s |
| Swell direction | SSW (193°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 51214 (3978 km away) |
| Wind | 3 kt from the NNW — NDBC PGBP7 (4561 km away) |
Dickys 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Dickys from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Aug 7 | 3 ft | 7s E | 10 kt SW |
| Sat Aug 8 | 3–4 ft | 8s E | 10 kt S |
| Sun Aug 9 | 4 ft | 9s E | 16 kt NW |
| Mon Aug 10 | 3–5 ft | 9s E | 19 kt W |
| Tue Aug 11 | 3 ft | 9s E | 16 kt W |
| Wed Aug 12 | 3–6 ft | 8s ENE | 27 kt NNW |
| Thu Aug 13 | 4–5 ft | 8s NE | 23 kt WSW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 1770000 (PAGO PAGO Harbor, Tutuila Island), the nearest tide station (3997 km away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 05:20 — Low 0.564 ft
- 2026-06-06 11:37 — High 2.361 ft
- 2026-06-06 17:59 — Low 0.375 ft
- 2026-06-07 00:21 — High 2.14 ft
- 2026-06-07 06:13 — Low 0.543 ft
- 2026-06-07 12:28 — High 2.384 ft
Frequently asked
Is Dickys good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-06 11:00 UTC), Dickys is marginal: the live 6 ft+ medium-period swell from the S is off its ideal E direction and is bigger than usual, and the wind is light from the N.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Dickys come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 51214) and the nearest NOAA tide station (PAGO PAGO Harbor, Tutuila Island). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Dickys?
Dickys is most often good on a 4–6 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the E, with strong wind from the S, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Dickys is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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