Jennette's Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's take a look at what we've got on the table for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough run. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with barely a ripple for most of the 16-day window. The water is sitting at a warm 82°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only thing that’s firing.

The first real chance to even think about paddling out doesn’t show up until Wednesday, July 30th. That’s a solid two weeks of waiting. Before that, it’s a whole lot of nothing. We get some tiny knee-high slop, never more than 3 ft, but it’s constantly blown out by S and cross-onshore winds. The energy is weak, barely registering in the 20s and 30s (combined swell energy), so it’s all just wind chop and closeouts. Honestly, for a beach/jetty setup like Jennette’s Pier, the bigger S swells with strong breeze on the 18th and 21st look more like a kiteboarder’s playground than a surfer’s dream.

Now, let’s talk about that one glimmer of hope. On the morning of Wednesday, July 30th, we finally get a window. The wind is forecast to go glassy, dead calm, from the ESE. That’s a major positive. The swell is tiny, just 1 ft, and it’s coming from the ENE with a period of 10 seconds. That’s a little bit of groundswell, which is better than the short-period junk we’ve been seeing. The water will be clean as a mirror. The energy is still weak (56), and the surf report calls it "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." It gets a 1 out of 10, so don't expect much. But after two weeks of nothing, a glassy, rideable knee-high wave at Jennette’s Pier might just be the only game in town. The rest of that day, the wind swings onshore and ruins it again.

So, there you have it. A long, barren stretch with a single, tiny, glassy morning on the 30th as the only thing worth mentioning. It’s not a classic, but it’s something.

Rusty.

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