Jennette's Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, let’s get into it. Rusty here, and I’m looking at the next couple of weeks for Jennette’s Pier. I gotta be straight with you – this is one of those stretches where the ocean just isn’t cooperating. We’ve got a long, long gap of flat, junk surf ahead, so don’t be in a rush to grab your board.

The overall pattern is a sad one. We’ve got next to no swell energy for the first week and a half. The water is sitting at about 83°F which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only thing going for us. The first few days, from Tuesday the 11th right through the weekend, are just tiny, weak waves. Even when the wind is light and offshore, like on Tuesday morning with a light westerly breeze, the swell is only 0.7ft with a combined energy of just 9. It’s flat. There’s nothing to ride.

We’ll see a few small pulses, but they’re all labelled as poor surf. A little bump on Wednesday the 13th morning with a 2ft SSE swell, but the period is a woeful 3 seconds and the energy is only 18. That’s just wind chop. Not worth paddling out for. The wind does swing offshore a few times, like on Friday the 14th morning with a NNW breeze, but it’s still only 0.7ft. You’d be spending more time sitting on your board than actually riding.

The weekend of the 16th and 17th isn’t any better. Saturday the 15th has a cross-on breeze and a 2ft NE swell, but it’s short period and choppy. Sunday the 16th morning has a glassy SSW breeze, but again, it’s tiny.

The second week is where we finally see a bit more energy, but it’s still not good. By Monday the 24th, we get a NE swell pushing 4ft to 5ft with combined energy of 144 to 149. That’s moderate energy, but the wind is going to be a problem. It’s a fresh cross-shore and cross-onshore wind, making it lumpy and messy. The period is short, around 5 to 6 seconds, so it’s a windswell, not a clean groundswell. It’s the kind of slop that’s more interesting for kite surfing than for a good paddle session.

Even with that bigger swell, the quality is still poor. The wind is hammering it from the NNE, making it choppy and hard to read. The last couple of days of the forecast, the 25th and 26th, drop back down to tiny, weak waves under a fresh cross-onshore breeze.

Honestly, there isn’t one standout session in this whole 16-day window. The jetty setup at Jennette’s Pier is exposed to the NE, and we’re just not getting the right swell with the right wind. The best you could hope for is a very small, clean session on a morning with offshore wind, but even then, the swell is just too small. It’s a blank run, and for this area, that’s not entirely unusual when the pattern goes quiet.

Keep the wax in the car, and check back with me later. Forecasts change.

Rusty.

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