Jensen Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here.

Alright, listen, I’ve looked hard at the charts for the next couple of weeks, and I gotta be straight with you – it’s a pretty grim run for our stretch of coast. We’re looking at Jensen Beach (United States) and honestly, the news ain’t great. The water temp is sitting around 86°F, which is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The whole 16-day window is basically a write-off. There’s no standout session, no hidden gem, just a whole lot of flat, weak, and messy conditions. The first few days are a total bust. We’re talking tiny waves in the 0.7ft to 1ft range with periods so short – 4 to 8 seconds – they don’t have any drive. The wind is all over the place, switching from onshore to cross-onshore, and even when it goes glassy, the swell is just too small to do anything with. The wave energy is basically non-existent, with combined energy figures barely cracking double digits (11, 5, 7, 10, 34 – all laughably weak).

We get a little bump mid-week, from Wednesday the 9th through Thursday the 10th, with the swell pushing up to 4ft on Wednesday afternoon. But don’t get excited. That’s a short-period windswell from the NE, and the wind is blowing straight onshore from the ESE at 12 mph, turning it into a messy, choppy, blown-out mess. The wave energy is moderate (216 and 127), but the quality is “poor surf conditions” across the board. It’s a beach and reef setup, and with that wind, it’s looking more like a kite-surfing day than a paddle session.

After that, it’s back to the doldrums. From the 11th right through to the 19th, we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel with 0.7ft to 3ft slop, weak energy (as low as 5, 8, 29), and mostly onshore or cross-onshore winds. There’s a glassy morning on the 12th, but the swell is only 0.7ft – you’d be better off floating on a pool toy.

The only thing that catches my eye, way out at the end of the run, is Sunday the 20th. We’ve got a 3ft swell from the NE with a period of 10 seconds, and the combined energy jumps up to 178 – that’s moderate energy, the best we’ll see. But it’s two weeks away, so treat it as a long-range hope, not a guarantee. The wind is onshore in the morning and cross-onshore in the afternoon, which will chop it up, so it’s not looking like a classic.

Look, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this is one of those stretches where the forecast is just blank. The breaks are “fairly consistent” here, but that doesn’t help when the swell never shows up. It can’t stay this poor forever, but for now, save your wax and wait for a better forecast.

Rusty.

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