Jennette's Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee and let me walk you through what’s on offer around here for the next couple of weeks. I’m not gonna lie, this stretch looks pretty flat and grim overall, but there’s a few tiny windows if you’re desperate.

Right now, and for most of the next 16 days, the surf is a real struggle. We’re looking at a long gap with nothing worth paddling out for, especially from now all the way through most of July and into the start of August. The swell is tiny and super weak, with combined wave energy barely hitting 98 on that first afternoon of the 25th, then dropping to 64 and lower. The water temp at the start of the run for Jennette’s Pier is around 80°, with the anomaly about 0.7° colder than average, so nothing wild there – just your typical summer water.

From the 25th of July through the 28th, it’s all tiny, short-period wind swell with periods mostly between 4 and 8 seconds, and the winds are all over the place making it choppy. Saturday afternoon the 25th has a northeast swell around 3 ft but with cross-onshore winds, it’s a mess. Sunday the 26th is smaller yet, and the wind is coming from the north and north-northeast, not helping. By Monday the 27th, it’s rain showers and thunderstorms with hopeless little 2 ft waves. Tuesday morning the 28th looks glassy, which is nice, but the swell is just 1 ft – you’ll be bobbing out there with nothing to ride.

We finally get a slight bump on the 29th of July. Wednesday morning, with a northwest wind at 12 mph, it’s cross-offshore and clean. The swell is a bit better, with combined energy at 78 and some 3 ft of swell from the southeast. It’s not great, but it’s the first time it looks clean. Still, the score doesn’t even hit a recommendation – just ordinary conditions. Wednesday afternoon stays clean with a 1 ft swell and light breeze, but again, tiny.

Then the 30th and 31st of July see some rise in combined energy, hitting 112 and then 124, with swell heights just under 3 ft from the north and northeast. Problem is, the wind is cross or cross-on, and the period stays short at 5 to 8 seconds. The 31st has a light breeze and small crossing ripples – still, not really worth getting wet for.

By the 1st of August, it’s onshore winds and tiny again. The 2nd of August has a cleaner look in the morning with a cross-shore breeze and 3 ft from the southeast, combined energy up to 103, but still too small and inconsistent. After that, from the 3rd through the 6th of August, we’re looking at ridiculously weak energy, values dropping to 1 and then 37, with swells barely breaking 2 ft. The 6th morning is glassy again, but it’s only 1 ft – you’ll just be sitting on a flat lake.

Finally, the 7th of August offers something a little different. A clean, cross-offshore wind on Friday morning with a 1.0 ft swell from the east-northeast, but the period jumps to 11 seconds. That’s a longer period groundswell, so it’ll have more shape and energy for its size, but it’s still 1.0 ft – you’d need a longboard and a lot of patience.

The best day in the whole outlook, and I mean the standout, is the 8th of August. Saturday morning offers a gentle offshore wind from the west-southwest at 9 mph, combined energy of 78, and a 2 ft swell from the southeast with a period of 7 seconds. It’s clean, it’s offshore, and the crowds are usually around here sometimes. For this spot, that’s about as good as it gets in this flat run. The next day, the 9th of August, also has a clean offshore morning, but the swell drops to 2 ft and energy falls to 35, so it’s smaller again.

Overall, nothing offers the kind of swell you’d want. The water is about average for summer, and the lack of any proper swell means a lot of flat spells. The best option on the table is August 8th, Saturday morning, at Jennette’s Pier – clean offshore wind, small but rideable waves. That’s where you’ll want to be.

Rusty.

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