Jetty Park Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s be straight with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for any sort of proper surf around here. We’ve got a long stretch of small, junky, wind-affected waves that’ll have you checking your board for dings out of boredom rather than pulling it out for a session.

Right off the bat, Tuesday and Wednesday are totally flat. We’re talking ankle-biters at best, with onshore breezes ruffling things up and a real risk of storms in the air. The water’s sitting at a warm 30°, which is a touch toastier than usual for this time of year, but that won’t make up for the lack of any push.

We’re looking at a solid gap with nothing worth paddling out for through the rest of this week and into the weekend. The swell stays tiny, the wind stays messy, and honestly, it’s just one of those stretches where the beach is better for a walk than a surf. The combined energy is weak, mostly in the 20s and 30s – nothing that’s going to light anyone up.

Now, if you’re desperate, there’s a slight whisper of something more around Monday the 28th. A clean cross-offshore wind and a glassy morning, but the swell is still weak and disorganized. Not worth getting excited about yet.

Things get a little more interesting early on Tuesday the 29th of September. We finally see a pulse of swell – around 1.5m – and the wind goes glassy. It’s clean, for sure, but the period is only 6 seconds, which means it’s going to be a bit crumbly and soft. The energy reading jumps to 116, which is still on the weak side of moderate. I’d call it surfable but pretty ordinary – a last-ditch option if you’re absolutely jonesing.

And then the bottom drops out again. By Wednesday the 30th, we see a jump in raw swell height to 2.5m, and the energy reading spikes hard to 1079, which is strong. But don’t get fooled – the period is a pitiful 10 seconds, and the wind is onshore with a light breeze out of the east. That’s a recipe for a lumpy, bumpy, closed-out mess. Conditions are marginal at best. For Jetty Park (a beach/jetty setup), this size with short period is going to be a washing machine. This looks way more interesting for the kite crew than for anyone on a paddleboard.

So, bottom line: there’s no real standout in this entire 16-day window. The most promising blip is that glassy Tuesday morning, but even that’s a stretch. We’ll take what we can get, but forecasts can change, so keep an eye out. It’s not often this flat around here for this long.

Stay salty,
Rusty

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