Jennette's Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this is a tough stretch for a wave. The next couple weeks are looking pretty bleak around here, so don’t get your hopes up.

We’re stuck in a pattern of mainly small, weak, wind-affected swell at Jennette’s Pier (beach/jetty). For the first week, from Monday the 13th through the following Monday the 20th, it’s mostly a write-off. We see a pulse of 5 ft on Monday morning from the east, but it’s short-period (7 seconds) junk with a fresh 19 mph onshore wind. That’s not surf, that’s a washing machine – combined energy is a modest 222, but the conditions are just poor. That same east wind hangs around through Tuesday, keeping things choppy and cross-onshore, so even the swell dropping into the 3 ft range isn’t doing us any favours.

The only real glimpse of hope comes midweek. Wednesday morning the 15th sees a light offshore from the west-southwest, but the swell is tiny – just 2 ft at 6 seconds. It’ll be clean, but you’ll be scratching for a ride. The combined energy is a weak 35, so it’s really just a knee-high dribbler. Thursday morning the 16th stays clean with a cross-offshore wind and a 1.0 ft southeast groundswell (8 seconds), but again, it’s barely breaking.

We get a brief window into the following week. On Monday the 20th, the morning shapes up clean with a light cross-offshore wind and a 2 ft south-east swell at 8 seconds. The combined energy bumps up to 58, and while the wave comment says “surfable but ordinary,” it’s the best we’ve seen in over a week. It's an intermediate level break, so it should be rideable, but expect crowds to be around.

After that, it’s back to more of the same – small, messy, or clean but tiny. The only other little glimmer is right at the tail end of the outlook. On Tuesday the 28th of July, we get another pulse of 5 ft swell, this time from the south-east, but it’s a short period 5-second windswell. The wind, though, is a light offshore from the southwest, and it’s clean – combined energy is 140, which is moderate. This could offer some fun, fat waves for those with patience, but don’t expect any power.

Real talk: there’s no standout session in this 16-day run. If I had to pick one, it would be the morning of Monday the 20th for the cleanest conditions and a little bit of push, or the very last day, Tuesday the 28th, for the biggest swell of the period. But neither is worth cancelling work for. It’s a lean few weeks, but that’s how it goes sometimes – forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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