North Jetty at Eureka Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty average for our stretch of coast. We've got one main spot, North Jetty at Eureka, and it's going to take some patience to find a decent wave. The water's sitting at 57°, which is pretty much normal for this time of year, so nothing weird going on there.

The outlook starts on Friday the 4th with a bit of a tease. There's a 6ft NW swell rolling in, with a 10-second period, and the energy is moderate at 709. But the wind is crossing onshore from the WNW, which is going to put a bit of a bump on it. It's a marginal call, not something I'd get too excited about. This is really the only noteworthy surf for the first week or so.

After that, it drops off fast. The weekend is poor, with small, messy waves and questionable conditions. We're looking at a real drought from the 5th through to the morning of the 12th. There’s very little on offer, and most of what shows up is too weak or too chopped up to bother with. It's a proper dry spell.

Things start to look a little more interesting on the 12th, but it's nothing special. We get a bump in size to 5ft from the NW with a period around 11 seconds, and the energy does climb, but the cross-onshore wind just keeps it from cleaning up. It's still marginal. The swell sticks around for a couple of days, but the wind stays messy.

The one real standout in this whole period is looking like Friday the 18th. We're seeing some proper energy building, with values climbing to 814 and then jumping to a strong 1204 by the afternoon. The swell is up to 6ft, and the period stretches out to a decent 11 seconds, all from the NW. It's still not glassy, with a cross-onshore breeze, but this is the best combo of size, period, and energy we get in this whole run. It’s a promising day, but remember, it's over a week out, so we'll need to keep an eye on it. It could be a fun, powerful day at the jetty.

The period between the 13th and the 19th is a mixed bag, with a lot of small, weak, and short-period swell. There is some longer-period SW energy around the 15th and 17th, but it's from a direction that doesn't really do us any favors here and the size is just too small. It's a lot of waiting for not much reward. Then again, it never seems to stay flat around here for too long, so I'd say keep your hopes up that the forecast for the 18th holds.

Signing off for now.

Rusty.

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