8th Street Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for 8th Street Jetty over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, straight up, it's a pretty grim stretch ahead. This is one of those times where the ocean just isn't cooperating. We're looking at a solid 16-day run where the surf is nearly non-existent. There are no standout days, no sessions to get amped about – it's just flat, weak, and messy for the vast majority of the forecast. A long, frustrating gap of nothing worthwhile.

Let's run through it day by day.

Starting off the bat on Sunday the 9th, we've got a tiny 2ft south swell, but it's weak with only 32 in combined energy and a short period of 6 seconds. A moderate cross-shore wind has it chopped up and poor. Nothing for anyone.

Monday the 10th is even worse. Swell drops to 0.3ft in the morning, and a gentle cross-onshore breeze makes for a choppy mess. The afternoon is more of the same: 2ft but messy. Honestly, it's a write-off.

Tuesday the 11th sees the swell bottom out at 0.3ft. The morning is clean with a light offshore from the NW, but there's simply no wave energy to work with – combined energy is just 4. Afternoon goes onshore and flat.

From Wednesday the 12th all the way through to Saturday the 16th, it's the same sad story. We're stuck with tiny swell, mostly under 2ft, and combined energy readings that rarely break double digits. Winds flip around but never line up with any worthwhile energy. On the 16th, the swell tries to push up to 4ft, but it's a short-period, windswally south swell with a fresh cross-onshore wind making it lumpy. Kite surfers might find it more interesting than we will.

Sunday the 17th and Monday the 18th bring a very long-period groundswell (18 seconds) from the southeast, but it's only 0.3ft to 1ft. The combined energy stays low, between 13 and 58. That kind of period can make for nice, long lines at a point or reef, but at a beach/jetty setup like this, it's likely to just run straight down the beach. And there's hardly any size to it anyway.

We finally see a slight glimmer on Wednesday the 19th. The swell is still tiny at 2ft, but the period is a solid 12 seconds, the combined energy climbs to 86, and we get a clean, gentle offshore wind from the WNW in the afternoon. The report even says "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions" and scores it a 1 out of 10. It's the best of a very bad bunch, but that's not saying much. For a dedicated surfer, it's the only session worth even glancing at.

The final run from Thursday the 20th through to Monday the 24th is back to the same pattern: tiny swell, weak energy, and a mix of onshore and cross-shore winds. Nothing to get out of bed for.

So that's the picture, crew. A long, dry spell with only one mildly surfable moment on the 19th. When it's this quiet, you just have to wait for the next system to roll through. Forecasts can always change.

Rusty, signing off.

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