North Jetty at Eureka Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the next few days at North Jetty at Eureka are gonna be a tough watch. The forecast is pretty grim right through the first week of July, with onshore and cross-onshore winds messing up a lot of the swell. The water’s sitting at 53°F , which is a bit colder than usual for this time of year – a solid 3°F anomaly, so you’ll be wanting a thick wetsuit.

For this Thursday afternoon (2 July), we’ve got 7ft of NNW swell at a short 8 seconds. The wind is coming from the north at 9 mph, making it a cross-on breeze, and the combined energy is just 713 – moderate at best. It’s messy with marginal conditions. Friday (3 July) into the weekend stays poor, with similar northwest winds and choppy, onshore conditions. The swell hangs around 5ft to 7ft, but these short-period waves (7 to 8 seconds) and cross-onshore winds make for sloppy surf. No real standout here.

There’s a noticeable gap of a few days where the surf quality is poor to marginal – from Friday through to the end of the first week – with no solid recommendation to get out there.

By Sunday morning (5 July), we see a pulse of 8ft NNW swell at 8 seconds, with light NW wind at 6 mph blowing straight onshore. The combined energy climbs to 868, but again, the wind direction and short period make it difficult. It’s a marginal call at best.

Keep an eye on the second week. Monday (6 July) morning offers 8ft NW swell at 8 seconds with the wind swinging to NW at 6 mph onshore, but the energy is strong at 801 – still not clean.

Now, the real glimmer in this outlook – and I mean the only one – is Friday morning, 17 July. We’ve got a solid 8ft of NW swell at 9 seconds, blowing straight onshore with a light NW wind at 6 mph. The combined energy rips up to 1723 – that’s strong to very strong wave energy. It’s a bit big, into the expert range, and with that northwest swell and onshore wind, the jetty setup might be a bit raw but it’s the best we’ve got in the whole 16-day window. Given the long period (over 11 seconds), this swell will have more shape at a jetty like this, but it’s likely messy with the onshore flow. It’s a promising but uncertain long-range call – keep your fingers crossed.

The rest of the second week stays marginal or poor. If you’re a kite surfer, those beach/jetty conditions with onshore winds and 2ft to 3ft swell might look more interesting than for a paddle surfer. Bottom line: the forecast doesn’t give us much, but that 17 July morning has some real power behind it.

Stay patient, Rusty.

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