Fernandina Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I gotta be straight with you – it’s a quiet stretch for Fernandina Beach Pier. We’re looking at a long, flat run with nothing really worth paddling out for. The first decent look at a wave doesn’t come until Wednesday morning, July 29th, and even then, it’s a tiny 1 ft ripple from the ESE with a 9-second period. The combined energy is a weak 16, so there’s just no push. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no drama there.

That Wednesday morning, the wind is light offshore from the WSW, so the surface will be clean, but you’re basically just doing the walk of shame for a 1 ft wave. It’s a beginner-friendly spot, but this is flat-out poor. The afternoon is a little warmer with some clouds, wind shifts to a cross-offshore from the SW, but the swell drops to 1 ft with a shorter 8-second period.

Thursday the 30th is even smaller – 0.7 ft in the morning with a cross-offshore breeze, then a messy cross-shore wind in the afternoon. Friday the 31st starts with a 0.3 ft glass-off, but the afternoon gets ruined by a 16 mph cross-onshore wind from the SE, bumping the tiny swell to a poor 2 ft.

We roll into August with nothing. Saturday the 1st has 0.7 ft, Sunday the 2nd has 2 ft, but the wind is up. Monday the 3rd, the swell bumps to 3 ft from the SSE, but with a period of only 5 seconds. That’s short-period, weak windswell, and the combined energy is only 58. It’s poor surf conditions. Tuesday the 4th drops back to 1 ft.

There’s a moment on Thursday morning, August 6th, that’s a small tease. We get glassy conditions with a 2 ft swell from the SE, 5-second period. It’s clean, but the energy is only 26, and it’s just not enough to do anything with. The afternoon gets choppy.

The rest of the first week and into the second week stays small. Saturday the 8th has the strongest swell of the whole period at 3 ft from the ESE with an 8-second period, but the wind is onshore from the ENE at 12 mph in the morning, then a nasty 22 mph cross-onshore from the NNE in the afternoon. That’s blown out, and the combined energy is only 67. It’s not for paddle surfing – that setup looks more interesting for kite surfing.

Sunday the 9th gives us a clean 2 ft with a moderate offshore wind from the W, but it’s still just a weak wave. The rest of the days up to August 13th are all that same story: tiny swells, poor energy, and nothing that breaks the 3 ft mark. The combined energy values rarely break into the double digits in a meaningful way, and the highest we see is 67.

Bottom line, there are no standout days here. The entire 16-day window is a bust. For a spot like this, a blank run is pretty normal when the summer windswell just doesn’t line up. It tends not to stay poor for long, but you’ll have to wait for the next forecast to change.

Rusty.

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