New Jetty/South Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty. Look, I’ve combed through the whole 16-day window for New Jetty/South Jetty, and I gotta be straight with you—there’s not a single day where the stars align for a proper surf. The whole run is a bit of a dud. We’ve got a gap right from the start, with no real recommendations at all. The first few days, from Friday the 4th through to the end of the second week, are all showing poor surf conditions, with only a couple of mornings offering a marginal one-out-of-ten. That’s a long stretch of nothing to get excited about.

Let’s break it down. Friday the 4th, we’ve got a tiny 2-foot SSW swell, but it’s a long-period groundswell at 17 seconds, which is nice for shape, but the wind is messing it up. Morning has a light offshore, but the combined energy is only 289 (weak) and the wave comment says poor. By afternoon, it’s a cross-on 12 mph WSW wind, choppy and no good. Saturday the 5th is similar—2-foot SSW, 16-second period, but cross-on winds all day, energy around 353-367 (weak), and it’s a mess. Sunday the 6th sees a slight bump to 3-foot S swell, 14-second period, and the energy hits 426 (moderate), but morning has a light cross-on wind giving small ripples; the afternoon is offshore but still poor. It’s just not there.

Monday the 7th, the swell picks up to 4-4 feet from the S, but the wind is a cross-on 9-12 mph W, making it choppy with energy up to 524 (moderate). Still, the wave comment is poor. Tuesday the 8th, same story—4-foot SSW, cross-on, energy in the 430s, but it’s all poor. Wednesday the 9th is the first hint of something barely surfable: morning has 3-foot SSW swell, 11-second period, and a light offshore wind from the SW, with energy at 298 (weak). The wave comment says marginal, scoring a 1. It’s clean, but tiny. Afternoon ruins it with a cross-on.

From Thursday the 10th onwards, the swell drops off hard. We’re looking at 0.7 to 2 feet for days, with periods bouncing around from 6 seconds to 20 seconds. The energy falls into the double digits (62-218), which is weak. The winds are mostly light offshore in the mornings, which would be glassy, but there’s no swell to ride. Afternoons get choppy with cross-on winds up to 15 mph. By the 18th and 19th, we see a tiny 1-2-foot W swell, but it’s all poor.

The water temp is about average for the time of year, no real anomaly to speak of. The break is a beginner-friendly, fairly consistent spot that’s fairly exposed to a WSW optimum, but the swell direction is mostly SSW or S, not matching that ideal. Crowds are sometimes an issue, but with no surf, that’s irrelevant. Honestly, for a spot that’s fairly consistent, this blank run is a bit of a bummer, but it happens. Forecasts can change, but for now, there’s nothing to paddle for.

Rusty.

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