Jennette's Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it for our local stretch.

Right off the bat, I gotta be honest with you – it’s a pretty bleak run ahead. We’ve got a long gap of crummy little waves and even worse wind direction for most of the next two weeks. For the first week or so, it’s mostly small, weak junk with onshore or cross-shore winds making a mess of things. We’re looking at a serious dry spell.

Jennette’s Pier (beach/jetty) is the only game in town, and it’s not a pretty picture. The water is sitting at a notable 82°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.

The best little window we get is actually on Thursday morning, September 3rd. We’ve got a tiny 2 ft swell rolling in from the ESE with a 9-second period. The combined energy is weak, barely registering (54). The wind is a light southwesterly, making it cross-offshore. It’s clean, but honestly? It’s surfable, but very ordinary. You’ll be scratching for a waist-high wave. Not really a standout, just the least bad option early on.

After that, it’s a long haul. Plenty of mornings with offshore wind, like Friday morning (Sept 4th) with a clean 12 mph WSW offshore, but the swell drops to a pathetic 1 ft. It’s clean, but there’s no push. That pattern of small waves and clean but weak conditions persists through the middle of next week.

Things actually build a bit around Monday, September 7th. We see the swell jump to 5 ft from the ENE with a short 6-second period, and the energy jumps into moderate territory (161). But the wind is a fresh 19 mph cross-onshore from the ENE. That’s lumpy, choppy, and just not worth the paddle. That setup looks way more interesting for kite surfing than a proper surf.

The next tiny glimmer is on Sunday, September 13th. The swell pushes up to 5 ft from the ENE, with moderate energy (240). The wind goes light cross-off from the south in the afternoon, cleaning it up. It’s still a short period swell (7 seconds), so it won’t have that grunty, lined-up feel. The file calls it marginal. You might get a few, but it’s not a standout.

Then we trail off again into small stuff. The very last day, Wednesday morning, September 16th, we get a tiny 2 ft swell from the east and glassy conditions with a 3 mph SW breeze. It’s clean but tiny. For the whole rest of the second week, it’s just poor.

Honestly, there isn’t a single true standout in this 16-day window. The best bet for a surf, if you’re desperate, is that Sunday afternoon (Sept 13th) with the 5 ft swell, but keep expectations low. Mostly, it’s a time to wax the boards and wait for a better forecast.

Rusty.

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