Lavallette Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, looking at the only game in town for the next couple of weeks: Lavallette.

Honestly, it's a pretty flat and quiet run ahead. This stretch of the Jersey coast is going to see mostly tiny, weak energy for the next week and a half. The combined swell energy is super low, mostly in the 20s and 30s (23 to 72), so there's no real push behind anything. The water temp is sitting at 76.5°F, which is a good 3.8°F above the norm for late August, so you won't need a thick wetsuit, but the lack of waves is the real story here.

For the first week, beginning Sunday the 23rd, it's a no-go. We've got afternoon thunderstorms, south winds, and wave heights barely cracking 0.7 ft. It's poor surf conditions across the board. Monday the 24th, Tuesday the 25th, and Wednesday the 26th are all teases—tiny 1 ft swells, but with that period hanging around 10-12 seconds, there's a bit of shape. The glassy conditions on Wednesday morning with the wind WNW at 0 km/h would be a dream, but there's just nothing to ride.

The real action is thin. A couple of afternoons get "surfable waves" but it's ordinary. On Monday the 31st, we get a 1 ft groundswell with a very long 18-second period. The wind goes offshore from the WNW, so it's clean, but the wave height is tiny. Then Tuesday, September 1st, the swell bumps up to 1.3 ft and drops to 17 seconds, but the winds turn onshore and choppy. Not the recipe for a good session.

The one standout to keep an eye on is Friday the 4th of September. The morning session is your best bet. The swell picks up to 2.6 ft from the ESE with a 12-second period, and the wind goes glassy from the NW at just 5 km/h. The combined energy jumps to 246—the most we see in the whole forecast—so there's some actual push. This is your "expect good surf conditions" moment. It's small, but it'll be clean and there will be a few lined-up ones. Because the wind is so light, it'll be uncrowded, but being Lavallette, crowds are still something to keep in mind.

After that, the surf backs off again, dropping to 2.3 ft over the weekend but with messy side-onshore wind from the SSE. By Sunday the 6th and Monday the 7th, we're back to tiny, weak energy and heavy rain. There's a 5-day gap from Sunday the 6th through to the end of the forecast with no recommendations worth chasing.

So, bottom line: if you're desperate for a paddle, set your alarm for the early morning of Friday the 4th. It's the one clean window in a long, quiet stretch.

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