Corona Del Mar Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get stuck into the waves for our local zone.

To be straight with you, the next 16 days are looking pretty lackluster for Corona Del Mar Jetty. The swell is small and there’s a persistent onshore or cross-onshore wind that’s making it tough to get anything clean. The water is sitting at 71°—that’s a mega 5° warmer than usual for this time of year, so it feels like a bath out there.

The first real sniff of anything rideable comes on Wednesday afternoon, the 22nd of July. The swell is a tiny 3 ft from the SSW, with a period of 14 seconds on a 575 (moderate energy) combo. But the wind is a cross-shore from the west at 9 mph, which is keeping things choppy and messy. It’s a poor surf situation, so don’t get your hopes up.

Thursday the 23rd is much the same: small swell, cross-shore breezes, and questionable conditions. The morning offers a slight chance with the same 3 ft from the S, but it’s a marginal call. Friday the 24th sees a jump in period to 24 seconds—that’s proper long-period groundswell—but it’s straight onshore from the south at 9 mph, and the wave height is only 2 ft. For a jetty break, that long period might make it shut down and break too straight. Not the one.

The weekend doesn’t bring much relief. Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th are still plagued by onshore winds and small, junky 2 ft to 3 ft waves. The best of a bad bunch might be Monday morning, the 27th of July. The swell picks up a touch to 4 ft from the SW, with a period of 18 seconds and a combined energy of 775 (moderate). The wind is light onshore from the SSW at 6 mph. It’s a marginal call, but it’s the best we’ve seen so far. Still, expect to be scratching around.

Tuesday the 28th nudges up to 4 ft from the SSW at 17 seconds, with 822 energy. The wind is still onshore, though. This pattern basically holds through the end of the month and into the start of August—small, onshore, and marginal. The energy drops significantly after the first week, with combined energy falling into the 100-200 range by the 4th of August, and the swell drops to 1 ft or less.

There are no standouts in this window. The most consistent period is the first week, but none of it is good. We’ve got a long stretch of surf that’s too small and too wind-affected. For a spot like this, it’s a pretty normal quiet spell—forecasts can change, but right now, don’t bother to wax the board.

Rusty.

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