North Jetty at Eureka Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's see what we've got cookin' for our local stretch.

The 16-day window opens up with some small, messy leftovers that aren't really worth paddling out for. Honestly, the first few days are pretty forgettable. Wednesday the 5th and Thursday the 6th are a write-off, with weak, short-period swell and that cross-onshore wind messing things up. There's a gap of a couple of days with nothing to recommend.

The first real blip of interest shows up around Saturday the 8th of August at North Jetty at Eureka. The swell is building, with waves coming in around 6 ft from the NNW, but the wind is on it or cross-on for most of the day. The energy is starting to pick up though, hitting moderate levels (582). It's still a bit of a dice roll, and not a stand-out session. The water temp is sitting at 55°, which is a bit colder than we're used to for this time of year.

Things get more serious on Sunday the 9th. We see a solid NNW swell pushing up to 10 ft by the afternoon, with a moderate combined swell energy reading (1200). But again, the wind is cross-onshore, making things choppy. This is some serious size, over 8 ft, so it's definitely a session for experienced surfers only. The short period of 8-9 seconds is going to make these waves a bit unruly and sectiony.

The big stuff hangs around right through to the following week, with 10 ft to even 12 ft (on the 12th) NNW swells with strong wave energy (over 1000 every day, hitting 2328 on the 12th). But the whole time, the wind is either cross-on or onshore, blowing from the NNW or N at 6-12 mph. The wave comment is a constant story of "marginal" at best. It's a powerful ocean, but the conditions are never quite right to make it a truly epic session.

Friday the 14th sees the swell back down to 7 ft-7 ft, but the onshore wind pattern keeps the quality down. For the second week, the trend is a slow decline in size, but the wind never really cleans up. There's a small window on the 16th with some NW swell (5 ft) and lighter wind in the morning, but it's a maybe. Then the whole scene drops out. Monday the 18th is flat with a tiny, long-period groundswell (14 seconds) of only 1 ft that's totally hopeless here.

Looking ahead to that last Wednesday, the 19th, there’s a new pulse of WNW swell with a long period of 13 seconds and a very strong combined energy of 1344. The waves are 7 ft and the wind is light and onshore in the morning. It’s the best-looking option on the table, but that’s a long way off and the onshore wind is still a factor. It might shape up at the jetty, but it's a distant promise. For now, this is a run of raw power with no clean conditions to make it truly special. If you're into kite surfing with this much chop and wind, it might be your week. For the rest of us? We wait.

Rusty.

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