8th Street Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a proper surf. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and messy conditions on the cards, so if you’re chasing waves, you might want to find another hobby for a bit.

Right off the bat, the water temp is sitting at 77.0°F, which is a solid 5.8°F warmer than it should be this time of year. That’s a big deal, and it’s going to feel like a bathtub out there.

The whole run starts with a whimper. Wednesday looks poor, with a tiny 1.6ft SSW swell and a cross-shore breeze, and the wave energy is a mere 17. It doesn’t get any better. We’re looking at a solid week or more of nothing but ankle-biters and knee-high slop. There’s a period from the 10th to the 12th with a slightly longer 9-second period swell, but it’s only pushing 0.7ft to 1ft, so it’s not doing anything. That’s some real weak sauce—the combined energy is only around 11 to 15.

There’s a little blip on the 13th with a 3ft SSE swell and a 5-second period, but it comes with a risk of thunderstorms and generally poor, lumpy conditions. Not worth your time.

We’ve got more of the same through the middle of the month; small, short-period swells and onshore breezes. Even when we get a glassy moment on the morning of the 16th, theres only 2.6ft of south swell with a short 5-second period, which is just messy.

Now, there are a few days at the end of the month, from the 20th through the 22nd, where the swell bumps up slightly to 2.6ft, but it’s coming from the NE/ENE and is short-period windswell, which means it’s going to be bumpy and unorganized. The winds stay onshore or cross-onshore, so 8th Street Jetty is going to be a mess. That’s just not gonna be a fun paddle for a wave that barely breaks.

Even the long-range stuff, around the 24th, is just more of the same weak, short-period ESE swell.

The bottom line is that there’s nothing that even comes close to a standout. This is about as bleak as it gets. The forecast energy levels never get above 74, which is just weak, and the constant poor surf conditions make the whole window a write-off. We’ve got nothing but small, weak, and messy surf at 8th Street Jetty, and with so much onshore wind, it might be more interesting for the kite crew than us paddle surfers.

Hang loose, and check back later. Forecasts can change.

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