Fernandina Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty comin' at ya from the beach. Let's get straight into it, 'cause I gotta be honest with you – the next couple of weeks are lookin' pretty flat around here.

We're talkin' about Fernandina Beach Pier, and I'm gonna level with you: the first week and a half is a real struggle. There's barely a pulse in the water. The swell is tiny, the period is short, and most of the time the wind's got some nasty onshore kick to it. The water's sittin' at a warm 82°, which is about 1° cooler than usual for this time of year – nothin' wild, just a touch of that late-summer cool-down.

You're lookin' at a big gap of just about nothin'. From Friday, August 7th all the way through most of the followin' week, it's a whole lot of "poor surf conditions" with combined swell energy mostly in the double digits, like 52 (weak) and 101 (moderate). The swell is comin' from the ESE, but it's got no punch with periods of 6 to 8 seconds. It's a bunch of windswell slop.

Now, there is a glimmer for the mornin' of Sunday, August 9th. We get a window of glassy conditions with a light S wind at 3 mph, and the swell is a tiny 2 ft from the ESE. The report calls it "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." It's a 1 out of 10 kinda day, but if you're absolutely desperate, you could get wet. The combined energy is only 53 (weak), so you're not gonna get any power. Just a little ankle-snapper for the longboard.

After that, it's a flat spell again until we start seein' a few more "surfable waves" pop up in the second week. It's nothin' to write home about. The swell stays small, under 3 ft, and the period is still short. The wind, however, does start to get more favorable. We see a lot more clean mornings with offshore or cross-offshore breezes from the W or WSW.

The pick of the entire 16-day window, and it's a weak one, is Thursday, August 20th. The mornin' session sees a 2 ft swell from the ESE, but the period bumps up to 11 seconds. That's a proper groundswell pulse, and combined energy hits 116 (moderate). The wind is a cross-offshore from the WSW at 9 mph, keepin' it clean. It's still small, but for this stretch, that's the best we've got. The afternoon of the 18th and the 19th are also worth a look if you're keen, with clean conditions and similar small swell.

So, bottom line: the next two weeks are a test of patience. The small pulses we get from the 17th to the 21st of August are the only real chances. Don't expect to get tubed. Bring the log. It's a quiet spell, but it won't stay this way forever.

Rusty.

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