Jensen Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me get straight into it. The outlook for Jensen Beach is a tough one to write. Honestly, for the next week and a half, it’s pretty much flat and grim. There are waves on the cards, but they’re tiny and the conditions are all over the place.

The first sniff of anything ridable comes in on Tuesday the 8th of September, but it’s only a 1ft NE windswell with a weak combined energy of only 54. It’s got a long period of 11 seconds, which would be great elsewhere, but the wind is onshore and there’s a risk of thunderstorms. The water’s warm, sitting at 86°F with a slight anomaly of 2°F above normal, so that’s about average for this time of year. Don’t bother paddling out.

Moving through Wednesday the 9th, the swell bumps up a touch to 3ft from the NNE on the morning, but it’s a short period of 8 seconds with poor cross-onshore wind. The energy climbs to a moderate 157, but the chop is just too ugly. Thursday is much the same story – 3ft, short period, light cross-onshore wind. It’s frustrating because there’s some energy there, but the quality is trash.

Honestly, from the 8th all the way through to the 22nd of September, every single entry is marked as “poor surf conditions.” It’s a brutal stretch. The swell stays tiny – mostly under 2ft – and the wind is either onshore or cross-onshore, keeping everything messy. There’s a brief flicker of hope on the morning of the 22nd of September when the wind swings to a cross-offshore NNW breeze at 19 mph, cleaning things up. The swell is still tiny at 2ft from the ESE with a 5-second period, but at least it’ll be clean.

The best of a bad run looks like the morning of Wednesday the 23rd of September. We get a proper offshore wind from the WNW at 16 mph, and the swell picks up to 3ft from the east, with a 5-second period. The combined energy is still weak at 47, but the offshore flow will make it look better than it is. For a Jensen Beach local, that’s the standout, but it’s a small, weak, short-period windswell. It’ll be clean, no doubt, but don’t expect any power.

If you’re a beginner, the size never really gets over 5ft, so you’re safe on that front. But honestly, for paddle surfing, this whole window is a write-off. The setup is a beach and reef break, and with the amount of onshore wind and tiny swell, it looks more interesting for kite surfing than anything else, especially on the 21st when that strong north wind hits 25 mph.

Hang in there. It tends not to stay this poor for long around here, so keep an eye on the forecasts.

Rusty

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