Jax Beach Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the next couple of weeks are gonna be a real struggle for anyone looking to get a wave at Jax Beach Pier. The overall pattern is quiet, and the swell just isn’t showing up with any grunt.

Right from Thursday August 27th, we’ve got tiny stuff. Thursday morning sees a meek 1ft ESE swell with a 9-second period, and while the wind is light and cross-off, the wave energy is only 20 – that’s pretty much flat. Thursday afternoon goes to 3ft, but the period drops right off to 4 seconds, which is just wind chop with a cross wind. Not worth paddling out for.

Friday the 28th is more of the same – a small 1ft ESE swell in the morning with offshore wind, but the energy is barely there at 30. The afternoons are all cross-chop and short period junk.

Saturday morning the 29th offers a moment of glassy perfection, but the swell is only 1ft with an 8-second period and energy of 24. You can sit out there on a log, but there’s nothing to ride. Saturday afternoon it gets chopped up again.

Sunday the 30th brings some easterly wind and risk of thunderstorms, and the swell is still pathetic at 2ft (energy 43). It’s cross-onshore and choppy – you’d be better off staying home.

This sad little pattern just keeps rolling through the following week. Mornings of small, weak ESE swell with light cross-onshore wind, and afternoons getting messy. There’s a slight lift on Wednesday September 2nd – the morning swell hits 2ft from the ESE but with a longer 11-second period, and the combined energy jumps to 159 (moderate energy). That’s probably the best looking wave energy in the whole forecast, but the cross-onshore wind still has it looking poor. That’s a frustrating tease.

From there it’s back to tiny, weak surf. A couple of glassy mornings – Saturday September 5th morning (1ft, 26 energy) and Sunday September 6th morning (1ft, 12 energy) – are totally flat and empty.

Even when we get into the second week around September 8th and 9th, the swell is weak and onshore winds dominate, with some risk of storms. The energy bumps up to 102 on September 8th morning with a 3ft onshore ENE swell, but that’s just messy conditions for experts only, if anyone is silly enough.

Look, the water temp is sitting pretty at 83°, which is about average for the time of year, so at least you won’t freeze while you’re sitting there on a flat day. But for the real story – there’s no standout here. There’s nothing that gets my heart pumping. If you’re a kitesurfer, the afternoon cross-chop on some of those days with a bit of breeze might give you something to play with, but for paddle surfing, this is a 16-day dry spell. It’ll change eventually – it always does – but for now, save your energy.

Rusty.

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