Jenkinsons (Point Pleasant Beach) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this is a tough one to write. We’ve got a 16-day window for Jenkinsons (Point Pleasant Beach), and I’m looking at a whole lot of nothing for the first stretch. The surf just isn’t showing up. The first actual recommendation doesn’t come until Wednesday morning, July 29th, so that’s a gap of a couple of days right off the bat.

For the first few days, we’re dealing with tiny, weak swell and poor surf conditions. The wind is all over the place, mostly cross or onshore, and the wave energy is pitiful. There’s no point even talking about Monday or Tuesday – it’s flat and messy.

Come Wednesday morning, July 29th, we finally get a little something. The swell is a meager 4 ft from the SSE with a period of 7 seconds, and the combined energy is a weak 139. The water is sitting at 73°, which is about normal for this time of year. The wind is light from the WNW, giving us a clean, cross-off shore breeze. It’s surfable, but barely. The waves are ordinary, and you’ll be scratching for anything decent. This is a beginner-friendly size, but the quality just isn’t there.

Thursday morning, July 30th, is probably the best of a bad bunch. The swell drops to 3 ft from the SSE, period 8 seconds, and energy at 140. The wind goes offshore from the WNW at 6 mph. It’s clean, but it’s still small and weak. This is the only window I’d even consider paddling out, and I’d be doing it with low expectations.

The rest of the forecast is a dead zone. From Friday, July 31st, all the way through to Tuesday, August 11th, it’s a continuous run of poor surf conditions. Swell heights are tiny, mostly under 3 ft, with short periods and weak energy. The wind is either onshore or cross-onshore, or just creating chop. There’s a brief moment on Monday, August 3rd, with a 3 ft, 10-second period swell and clean wind, but the energy is still only 108. It’s ordinary. There’s nothing here that’s a standout. Nothing even comes close. The entire 16-day window is a write-off for any kind of decent surf.

If you’re a beginner, the size is never intimidating, but the conditions are so poor it wouldn’t be fun. The setup is a beach/jetty, so when the wind is onshore and the swell is this weak, it’s just a messy, choppy lake. Honestly, the wind on some days, like Thursday afternoon, August 6th, with a 22 mph cross-shore, makes this look more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. But for a wave? There’s nothing here.

Keep your board in the car, wait for the next system, and hope the forecasts change. Far too often, this area goes blank like this. It’s just how it goes.

Rusty.

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