Hanna Park/Mayport Poles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get real about Hanna Park/Mayport Poles. I’ve looked it over, and I got to be straight with you – it’s a rough stretch ahead.

The pattern for the next 16 days is pretty flat and disappointing. There’s a long gap off the top with nothing worth paddling out for. The first real chance of any surf doesn’t show up until around September 8th, and even then, it’s tiny. We’re looking at a solid week-plus of waiting.

For the first few days heading into next week, it’s mostly wind-affected junk or barely a ripple. Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th have some knee-high slop, but the wind is on it or cross-on, leaving it choppy and blown out – total closeout material. Not worth the wax.

The first sign of something that might actually break comes Tuesday the 8th. We get a little bump of swell, about 2 ft from ENE, but it’s a short period, windswell kind of deal. The combined wave energy is weak (50). By the afternoon it gets a little bigger to 3 ft with the same short period (90 in the energy reading). Wind is onshore from the ENE, so you’re looking at bumpy, lumpy conditions. Not a standout, but if you’re desperate for a surf it’s the first thing all week.

Then we get into the weekend of the 12th and 13th. Sunday morning the 13th sees a tiny pulse from ESE at 1 ft with a period of 10 seconds – not terrible, energy is weak (31). The wind is a light cross-shore from the north, which might clean it up a little. I wouldn’t call it good, just the least ugly of a bad bunch.

The real kicker is the water temp. The first break we talk about, on Wednesday the 2nd, the water is 81°F with a -2° anomaly. That means it’s a bit colder than normal for this time of year. Not unusually cold, but enough to feel a slight difference from what you’d expect.

Honestly, there’s nothing here that gets me excited. No standouts. No swells above 5 ft, no good wind windows of glassy offshore that line up with size. It’s all tiny, short-period windswell, mostly side-shore or onshore wind, and consistently poor surf conditions. For a beach and pier setup like this, that means flat, messy, or both. The only thing that might work is if you’re into a longboard or a foiling session, and even then it’s grim.

When it’s this weak and full of onshore wind, it looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The setup is better for a kite than a log right now.

Don’t lose hope completely – forecasts can change, and it tends not to stay this dead forever. But for now, you’re better off waiting for the next outlook.

Rusty

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