Surfside Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day folks, Rusty here. Well, I’ve got to be straight with you – the next couple of weeks are looking pretty bleak for a decent paddle at Surfside Jetty. We’ve got a long stretch of small, wind-affected surf and not a single day that I’d call a standout. You might be better off dusting off the kiteboard for a while.

The first week is basically a write-off. From Tuesday, the 8th, right through to Monday, the 14th, it’s all poor surf conditions. We’re looking at ankle to waist-high slop, mostly around 1ft to 3ft, with a whole lot of cross-onshore breeze chopping it all up. The swell energy is weak to moderate, with values mostly in the 100s and 200s, and even dipping down to 128 one afternoon. It’s just messy and gutless. The only slight change is a WNW cross-on breeze on Tuesday the 8th, but the swell is too small and weak to do anything with it. Water temp is 72°F, which is a notable 5°F warmer than average for this time of year, but you won’t care about that when you’re bobbing around on a foam ball.

The second week doesn't offer much hope either. From the 15th right through to the 23rd, we finally see the swell period come up, with those 16-19 second intervals showing the arrival of some long-period groundswell. But the heights stay tiny, barely pushing past 3ft. The swell energy gets a bit more consistent, with values often in the 300s and 400s, but that’s still only a moderate amount. The problem is the wind. It keeps switching between light onshores and light to moderate cross-onshores, and that’s enough to keep the surface messy.

There are a few mornings – the 16th, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 22nd – that are flagged as marginal because of tide conditions, but with such weak swell, they’re hardly worth the gamble. I see a few windows of “slight air” wind on the morning of the 18th and 23rd, which would be glassy, but the swell is still only 2ft to 2ft. For a beach break like this, that long-period swell will likely just break too straight and won’t have the size to be any fun. It’s not the spot for it at this size.

Honestly, there’s just nothing on offer here for the next 16 days. The swell never gets over 3ft, and the wind is never truly offshore. It’s a blank run, plain and simple. Keep the board in the car and maybe go for a surf check on the flat days, but don’t get your hopes up. Forecasts can change, but this one looks stubbornly poor.

Rusty.

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