L Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s take a look at what’s shaping up. This is Rusty, and I’ve got to be straight with you – this 16-day stretch looks grim, real grim. There are no standout days, no solid groundswells, just a long, drawn-out nothing-burger. If you’re jonesing for a wave, you’ll be fighting tiny, weak leftovers and mainly onshore junk.

The only spot on the radar is L Jetty, a beach and jetty setup. They’re calling it fairly consistent, but don’t let that fool you. It’s exposed, often crowded, and likes an ESE swell – which we barely get. Water temps are sitting at 73°, a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only thing that’s not disappointing.

The whole first week is a write-off. Wednesday the 2nd and Thursday the 3rd offer the biggest surf of the whole run, with a 4ft easterly swell and a 3ft easterly swell, but both are short-period windswell (6 seconds), and moderate onshore winds ruin any chance of quality. Combined swell energy is weak to moderate (134 and then 114), just messy and bumpy. Thursday afternoon sees the wind drop to glass, leaving a 2ft wave that’s rideable but ordinary as all get-out – barely a knee-high ripple. Friday the 4th drops to 1ft, then it’s nothing but tiny lumps under 3ft for the next ten days straight.

There’s a long gap of utterly poor surf from the 4th all the way through to the 14th. Days and days of flat to near-flat conditions with weak energy readings in the teens and tens. A few sessions show clean faces from light offshore or cross-off winds, like Thursday afternoon the 3rd, Monday morning the 7th, or Tuesday the 8th, but the swell is so small (1.0ft to 2ft) it’s barely worth paddling out for. Short-period, low energy – just not doing anything.

The one tiny flicker of hope comes on Monday the 14th morning. We get a small clean 2ft swell from the SSE with a cross-off wind. Combined energy is still low (66), but it’s surfable, and the conditions aren’t junk. It’s far from a standout – more like a consolation.

Beyond that, the second week fades into nothing: tiny 0.7ft waves, long-period ESE swell (14 seconds), but it’s just too small to do anything with. The energy is pitiful (29, 32). A long period like that with almost no height is mostly just a flat ocean with a little pulse.

Honestly, if you’re desperate and just want to get wet with a clean little ankle-snatcher, Thursday afternoon the 3rd and Monday morning the 14th are your best shots. But don’t expect any power, shape, or quality. This place looks more interesting for a paddle board or a swim than a surfboard for the next two weeks.

Rusty.

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