Jennette's Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Grab your board, but don’t get your hopes up too high. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for decent waves around here. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak surf and a lot of cross-shore junk. The water’s running a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, about 81°, which is a bit of a standout compared to the norm, but that’s about the only highlight.

Right now, through the first few days, we’re looking at ankle-biters. Wednesday morning kicks off with a tiny 1ft NE swell, but the cross-on breeze messes it up. That pattern holds through the weekend – small 1ft to 2ft waves with a mix of cross-off and cross winds. There’s a brief window early Friday morning where a gentle offshore WNW breeze cleans things up, but there’s just no push to it. The energy is weak, in the 20s and 30s. Sunday morning has a slight bump to 2ft, but it’s still just ordinary.

We go through a flat, frustrating spell until the 17th. That’s when things finally get some size. A new swell fills in on Thursday the 17th, pushing 5ft from the NNE. But it’s a short-period, windswell-type deal – only 5 to 6 seconds – so it’s going to be lumpy and messy. The energy jumps to moderate, but the wind is cross-onshore, making it pretty poor. Friday the 18th cleans up a bit with a cross-off breeze and the swell holds around 4ft to 5ft from the ENE, but it’s still not great.

The standout, if you can call it that, is Saturday the 19th. The swell drops to 3ft, but the wind turns fresh and cross-shore from the NNE at 22 mph. That’s going to chop it right up. Not good for a paddle. Honestly, with that wind, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than surfing. After that, we fade back into small, weak surf with cross-onshore winds.

There is a glimmer at the very end. On the 24th, we get a morning of glassy conditions with a 3ft E swell and a period of 7 seconds. It’s still only a 1/5 on the quality meter, but it’s clean. It’s the only day in the whole window that looks like the closest thing to a proper surf, and even then, it’s just average. So, don’t plan a trip around it—the long-range stuff is promising but less certain.

Bottom line: it’s a lean stretch. Nothing over 5ft until the 22nd and 23rd when it bumps up to 5ft, but that’s still short-period and cross-onshore. The breaks are consistent, so it won’t stay this bad forever, but for the next week and a half, you’re better off doing a lot of waxing and not much paddling.

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