New Jetty/South Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards.

Well, it's a pretty quiet picture for the next 16 days, and there's nothing really doing at all for quite a stretch. You're looking at a gap of no decent surf from now until about the 7th of September. That's a solid week of small, messy, or just plain poor conditions to get through before anything worth paddling for shows up.

The only spot on the radar is New Jetty/South Jetty. It's a beginner-friendly wave, fairly exposed, and it's been waiting for the right swell. Through the first part of September the waves are tiny, mostly 1ft to 2ft, with short, weak energy coming from the SSW and SW. The wind is often onshore or cross-onshore from the SW or WSW, leaving things choppy. That's not surf, that's a washing machine with a weak pulse. The combined energy sits in the low to moderate range (around 100 to 160), so it's pretty limp stuff.

The best day on offer is shaping up to be Monday the 7th of September. The swell will push up to around 3ft from the south, but the real story is the wind. In the morning we'll see a light offshore breeze from the NE, with clean conditions. Afternoon turns near-offshore from the NNE, still clean. The wave period on the morning of the 7th is 13 seconds, so that's a long period groundswell which will wrap in and give the jetty some real shape. The combined energy climbs to 387 – solid moderate energy – which is far better than anything else in the outlook. It won't be big, but for a beginner spot with a good swell direction (SSW/S) and offshores, that's as good as it gets here. Crows can be around sometimes, so you might not have it to yourself, but with those winds, it'll be worth sharing. The water is way warmer than normal for this time of year – running at 72°, a massive 8° above average for late August. That's very unusual, so you don't need a thick wetsuit on that Monday morning.

After that, it's back to small and weak again. Tuesday the 8th sees a gusty cross-offshore from the ESE that kills the wave quality, and from there the swell just fades into the second week. The rest of the window through to the 15th is all 1ft to 2ft slop with onshore wind and combined energy dropping below 100 by mid-September. Not worth the paddle.

So, if you want any surf, circle Monday the 7th of September at New Jetty/South Jetty. The rest of the fortnight is a write-off. Keep an eye on the forecast though – this long run of flatness can't last forever.

Stay stoked,
Rusty.

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