Jennette's Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, listen up. It’s Rusty here, and I’ve been staring at the charts for Jennette’s Pier, and I gotta be straight with you: it’s a rough stretch ahead. The ocean’s looking mostly flat and messy for the next couple of weeks, so temper those expectations.

We start off this Saturday the 5th with tiny, weak surf. We’re looking at a mere 1ft of swell with a short 8-second period and light offshore winds. It’s clean, but there’s just nothing to ride. The water’s at 83°, which is 4° warmer than normal for this time of year – that’s notable, a real bathwater situation, but it doesn’t make up for the lack of waves.

The whole first week is pretty bleak. Sunday the 6th stays small and junky. We see a little bump Monday the 7th, with the swell pushing up to 6ft, but it’s short-period, onshore wind junk, making for lumpy, poor conditions. The energy reading hits 280, so there’s some push there, but it’s all mush and chop. Not worth the paddle. The waves stay small and junky through the rest of the week, with winds mostly cross-shore or onshore, keeping things messy. Even when the wind drops on Thursday the 10th and it goes clean, there’s barely a ripple – 1ft – not enough to get your fins wet.

We hit a real flat spell from the 13th through the 16th. The swell is consistently under 3ft, with light winds and better conditions, but it's dead calm. It's a painful gap of several days with absolutely nothing on offer. You’re better off finding a skatepark.

The only time things start to wake up is around Monday the 17th of September, which is over a week away. We get a push of NE windswell, with the height jumping to 6ft. The energy readings are moderate, hitting 225. But here’s the kicker: the winds are onshore and the period is short and weak at 6 seconds. It’s going to be a wall of whitewater and bump – not the clean, lined-up swell we dream about. The swell direction is NNE to ENE, which is onshore for this beach; it’s not what we want. There’s a slight chance for a glassy moment on the 19th when the wind goes calm, but the swell is already fading again to 1ft.

So, level with you, there’s no standout day. No day where you’d call in sick or race to the beach. The setup on the 17th and 18th is the biggest we see, but it’s poor quality, short-period windswell, and the wind is all over it. With that much swell, 5ft plus, and that onshore wind, this looks more like a kitesurfing day than a surfing day. For us surfers, it’s all about waiting it out and hoping the long-range charts start showing a proper groundswell.

Rusty, out.

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