Surf Forecasts:
Jennette's Pier surf forecast from 8 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 9 Sep, 8AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period, ENE swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 12 Sep, 11PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period, ESE swell with 125 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 9 Sep, 8AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ENE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Jennette's Pier this week:
The surf forecast for Jennette's Pier over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 09) at 8AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.4m and 9s period with a secondary swell of 0.4m and 6s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Jennette's Pier in the next 16 days are 0.8m 10s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Sep 12) at 11PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.1m 4s period and expected on Thursday (Sep 10) at 11PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 8AM (Wed 9th Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 8AM (Wed 9th Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) 9s |
| Most Powerful | 11PM (Sat 12th Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Jennette's Pier over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Well, folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with ya – the outlook for the next 16 days is a tough one to write. This stretch is looking bleak for a proper paddle session. There’s a big gap of nothing but poor surf, and I mean a solid week or more, right from the start.
Let’s start with what we’ve got: the only break in the frame is Jennette's Pier (a beach/jetty setup). The water is running at 82°F right now, which is a solid 4°F warmer than average for this time of year – that’s much warmer than normal, almost feels like a bath.
For the first week, from Tuesday 8th September right through to Monday 21st September, it’s just a flat, frustrating mess. The swell is tiny, rarely cracking 3 ft, and what little energy there is gets blown out by rubbish winds. We’ve got a mix of onshore, cross-onshore, and even some cross-off breezes, but the wave heights are too small to do anything with. The combined swell energy is weak, sitting in the double digits (39, 56, 89 etc.) most days. You’ll see a pulse of energy on Wednesday 16th September morning with a faint chance of “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” but honestly, that’s a 2 ft windswell from the ENE. Not worth the drive.
You don’t see any real change until the tail end of the period. On Monday 21st September, the wind ramps up hard from the NE at 28 mph, and the swell finally bumps up to 3 ft to 3 ft. The combined energy climbs into the three-digit zone – 104, then 115 – but the wind is a strong cross-onshore, making it messy. By Wednesday 23rd September, the swell pushes to 4 ft from the NNE with a short period of 6 seconds, and the energy hits 136, but it’s still blowing a gale onshore. That’s a full-on wind chop session. Too blown out for paddle surfing, and with that setup, this is looking more like a day for the kite surfers than us.
There is no standout surf in this entire 16-day run. Not a single morning or afternoon scores above a 0 out of 10, barring that one "ordinary" slot. The consistency is there, but it’s consistently poor. If you’re desperate, the cleanest windows are those cross-off mornings (like Thursday 10th September morning or Friday 18th September morning), but the swell is ankle-to-knee high. Forecasts can change, but right now, this is a blank run.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 27°C on Sun afternoon, min 24°C on Fri afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | S 4 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 10 | ESE 4 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | NNE 5 | NE 5 |
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 kJ | 71 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 32 | 40 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 49 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 68 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 6:03PM1.26m | 6:29AM1.16m | 6:54PM1.27m | 7:19AM1.24m | 7:40PM1.26m | 8:05AM1.29m | 8:24PM1.23m | 8:48AM1.32m | 9:05PM1.19m | 9:29AM1.31m | 9:46PM1.13m | 10:10AM1.28m | 10:25PM1.06m | |||||||
Low Tide | 00:29AM0.06m | 12:41PM0.04m | 1:15AM0.02m | 1:33PM0.01m | 1:57AM-0.01m | 2:22PM0.01m | 2:37AM-0.00m | 3:09PM0.03m | 3:15AM0.02m | 3:54PM0.08m | 3:53AM0.07m | 4:38PM0.14m | 4:30AM0.13m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — |
 | 7:20 | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:14 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:10 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
Feels °C | 23 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | SE 6 | ESE 6 | SE 6 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 10 | NE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 71 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 36 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 27 | 26 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 5 | ENE 9 | NE 8 | ESE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | E 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | E 11 | — | E 9 | E 8 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 5 | S 5 | E 6 | E 15 |
| kJ | 6 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 9 | — | 2 | 1 | 36 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | NE 6 | ESE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | SE 7 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | — | — | E 9 | — | E 8 | E 7 | S 4 | — | S 5 | E 15 |
| kJ | 7 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 5 | — | — | — | S 3 | SW 3 | S 4 | SSW 4 | NW 3 | NNE 4 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | E 4 | ESE 4 | — | SSW 3 | WSW 3 | N 4 | NNE 5 | NE 5 |
| kJ | 5 | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 37 | 20 | 34 | — | 1 | 2 | 21 | 47 | 68 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 434 | 22 | 2011 | 1706 | 434 | 22 | 438 | 221 | 38 | 454 | 637 | 1077 | 1277 | 752 | 79 | 65 | 0 | 80 | 80 | 454 |
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