Jenkinsons (Point Pleasant Beach) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming our way for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a pretty bleak run ahead for the Jersey shore. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and messy surf with barely a pulse. The water temp at Jenkinsons is sitting at 74°, which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year, nothing wild there.

The outlook starts on Wednesday afternoon, the 29th of July. We’ve got ankle to knee-high 3 ft swell coming from the SSE, but with a short period of 7 seconds, the energy is weak (85). A moderate cross-offshore wind will keep the surface clean, but the waves are just too small and weak to get excited about. Conditions are poor. That theme continues right through Thursday the 30th.

Friday morning the 31st of July is the first real tease. Swell drops to 2 ft from the SSE, still short period at 8 seconds, and energy is low (60). BUT, we get glassy conditions with a light NE breeze. The report says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – that’s about the best it gets, and even then, it’s barely a 1 out of 10. For a surfer? It’s a paddle, but don’t expect much.

From Saturday the 1st of August all the way through to Tuesday the 11th of August, it’s a brutal run. We see nearly flat days with swell dropping to 0.7 ft and 0.3 ft, energy levels in the single digits, and constant onshore or cross-shore winds. On Sunday the 2nd of August, we get a brief bump to 4 ft from the S, but with only a 5-second period and a cross-shore wind, that’s a washing machine – more for the kite crew than paddlers.

We finally see a glimmer late in the run. On Thursday morning the 13th of August, a 3 ft swell from the E with a 6-second period (energy 83) and a clean, cross-offshore WNW breeze. It’s still just “surfable but very ordinary,” but it’s the best we’ve seen in weeks. Then Thursday afternoon the 13th of August, we get an offshore W wind at 12 mph and 3 ft from the E, clean and rideable. That afternoon window is the standout, but only because everything else is so poor.

There is no real standout session here. The whole 16-day window is filled with gaps of flat, low-energy, or blown-out conditions. If you’ve got a log and need a splash, Friday morning the 31st of July or Thursday the 13th of August might give you a few limp shoulders. Don’t hold your breath.

Rusty

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