Jennette's Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the next two weeks at Jennette’s Pier are looking like a flat spell of leftovers, not a proper surf outlook. We’ve got a long stretch of tiny, weak waves and only a couple of brief windows where the conditions might be worth a paddle.

The whole 16-day window is a grind. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, so no thermal surprises.

We don’t really get going until the morning of Wednesday, September 2nd. That’s the first surfable moment, and it’s not much to write home about. We’ve got a 3 ft swell from the ESE (10 sec period) with a combined energy of 116 (moderate). The wind is WSW at 9 mph, which is cross-offshore and leaving the surface clean. The waves are small and ordinary, but at least it’s ridable. The afternoon turns into a cross-shore chop-fest, so it’s a morning-only window.

The next real standout, and the only one I’d really point to in this whole forecast, is the morning of Tuesday, September 8th. The wind is light NNW at 3 mph, basically glassy. That’s a major positive. The swell is 3 ft from the ENE with a period of 11 seconds, giving us a combined energy of 183 (moderate). The energy is solid for the size, and the glassy conditions will make for clean, peelable lines. It’s a long-period groundswell, which means it will hold its shape nicely at the jetty. This is your best bet. Later that afternoon, the wind swings SE and the quality drops.

After that, there’s a weird one on Wednesday, September 9th. The afternoon session brings a 4 ft NE swell (10 sec) with a combined energy of 374 (strong), but the wind is howling from the SSW at 22 mph. It’s a cross-offshore wind, so the surface will be clean, but that’s a lot of wind for a wave that might be too messy to enjoy. The morning is a total write-off with 25 mph winds and thunderstorms. This setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The rest of the second week (from September 10th onward) is a return to tiny, weak dribble. Swells stay below 2 ft with energy readings under 100. The winds are mostly offshore or cross-offshore, keeping the water clean, but there’s simply no push to the waves. You’ll be sitting on a foam board hoping for a bump.

Bottom line: The first week is a desert. Your one true chance for a decent, clean surf is the morning of September 8th. After that, it’s back to waiting for the next system.

Rusty.

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