Surfside Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for Surfside Jetty over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – the first few days are a write-off. We’ve got tiny swell, rubbish wind, and the wave comment says it all: poor surf conditions. Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th are basically flat and choppy, so save the wax for later. The weekend doesn’t offer much either, with Saturday the 5th seeing a jump in wind but still messy and poor.

Then, out of nowhere, we get a genuine ray of hope. Sunday morning, the 6th of September, is your standout. The wind drops to glass – dead calm, 0 mph – and we’ve got a solid 6 ft S swell rolling in with a period of 14 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy, and the combined swell energy is pumping at (1122). That’s strong stuff. The wave comment says "expect very good surf conditions." This is the one to circle on the calendar. Just keep in mind the optimum swell direction for Surfside Jetty is from the west, and this is a south swell, so it might wrap in a bit differently, but when it’s that clean, you don’t complain. It’ll be working.

Sunday afternoon the wind picks up and gets cross-onshore, bringing that quality back down to marginal. Monday the 7th still has some waist-chest high waves around 4 ft in the morning, but the cross-onshore breeze is there to mess with it. Not the best.

From Tuesday the 8th onwards, it’s a slow slide downhill. Swell drops, wind stays onshore or cross-onshore, and we’re back to poor and marginal calls for days. The second week is a real desert – pretty much from Tuesday the 9th all the way through to the 18th of September, we’re looking at tiny waves (1 ft to 3 ft) with short to medium periods, weak combined energy readings (most under 500), and constant onshore or cross-onshore breezes. Even the long period swells that pop up around the 17th and 18th, with periods of 20 to 22 seconds, are only offering 1 ft to 2 ft. That’s a tease – long period groundswell with no height. It’ll be a lake out there.

So, in a nutshell: Sunday the 6th is the only real gem in this 16-day window. For everything else, you’re better off checking the kite forecast or doing something else. It’s a long, dry stretch after that one morning.

Rusty.

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