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Surf Report for Montauk New York - Sunday - 17 May 2026
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A New York State Air Quality Health Advisory covers Nassau and Suffolk counties through Sunday night — here's who should sit out and when to paddle in safely. Ditch Plains is running waist-to-chest-high with the best windows in the morning on an incoming tide.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
Montauk. There's a swell window this weekend, but there's something else you need to know before you throw the board on the roof.
Here's the honest call. If you're in a sensitive group, children, older adults, anyone with a lung condition, this weekend is genuinely not the one.
Now, the actual waves. The swell itself isn't spectacular, but it's not flat either.
Mid to incoming tide has been the sweet spot at Ditch over the past few days. It fills in the sandbar and keeps the wave from closing out too fast.
The advisory runs through Sunday night. If it doesn't extend into Monday, early next week could clean up nicely in both directions, better air, potentially fresher swell angle.
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