Hanna Park/Mayport Poles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Gap at the start, folks. The first couple of days are a total write-off. Tuesday afternoon is flat mush with a 3ft cross-on mess and weak energy (30). Nothing but closeouts and chop. That carries through Wednesday and Thursday – small, weak, and onshore. We’re looking at a solid dead spell until we get a little pulse of energy on Saturday the 8th.

Saturday morning brings a slight lift to 4ft, but it’s still from the ESE, period’s only 8 seconds, and the wind is cross-on. The energy ticks up to moderate (145), but the quality is still poor. That’s the story for the next stretch: waves, but nothing you’d paddle out for. The Sunday and Monday periods stay small and lumpy. By Tuesday the 11th, the wind goes light offshore for a second, but the swell’s dropped back to 2ft with a short 6-second period. It’s clean but gutless.

The middle of the week is more of the same – tiny, short-period slop. Wednesday the 12th has a glassy morning with 0.7ft, just nothing there. The energy stays in the weak zone (under 100) for days. We get one clean moment Thursday afternoon with 4ft, but the period is only 4 seconds – that’s pure wind chop, not surf.

The second week keeps the pattern going. Friday the 14th morning is flat, then the afternoons stay small and cross-on. The one real standout is way out at Hanna Park/Mayport Poles on Monday the 17th morning. The wind goes glassy, WNW at 3 mph, and it’s clean with 2ft of southeast swell at 8 seconds. It’s not big, but the water’s at 84°, which is about normal for the time of year. That’s the pick of the whole run – clean, glassy, and the energy’s still weak (42), so it’s a small-wave day.

Then Wednesday the 19th morning finally sees something a bit better – 3ft east swell at 6 seconds, light offshore wind, and it’s clean. The energy’s getting up there (86), but it’s still a short-period mess. The afternoon sees the energy jump to moderate (152) with 2ft, but the onshore wind kills it.

Honestly, this is a bleak 16 days. There’s nothing over 4ft, the period never gets past 9 seconds, and the wind is mostly cross-on or onshore. For a beach/pier setup like this, it’s going to be a lot of closeouts and whitewater. If you’re desperate, the 17th morning is your window – glassy and clean, but tiny. Beyond that, it’s a waiting game. The energy does start to build by the 19th, so there’s a hint of something on the horizon, but don’t hold your breath. For now, the kites are going to have more fun than the paddle surfers.

Rusty.

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