Surfside Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and frustrated for the Surfside Jetty area. There’s a long stretch of nothing rideable on the cards, so you might want to leave the board in the shed for a while.

We’re looking at a gap of about ten days before there’s even a sniff of something worth paddling out for. The first real chance, and it’s a marginal one at best, comes on the morning of Saturday the 15th of August. The swell is small, only around 3ft from the SSW, and the energy is still weak, coming in at 448. It’s a long-period swell at 16 seconds, which is groundswell, but at this size it’s not going to do much. The wind is light and cross-onshore, so it might be clean-looking but there’s just not enough push. The following morning, Sunday the 16th, is similar – around 3ft from the SSW, energy of 361, and again just marginal. This is a spot that’s inconsistent anyway, so this blank run isn’t entirely unusual for the area.

The water temperature is a big story here, though. It’s coming in at 73°F, which is a whopping 6°F warmer than the long-term average for this time of year. That’s very unusual and will make the water feel like a warm bath.

For the days leading up to that, from the 4th through the 14th, don’t bother. The swell is tiny, mostly 1ft to 2ft, and the energy is weak. The wind is mostly light, but it’s onshore or cross-onshore, and the surf quality is just poor. There’s a little bump in energy around the 7th and 8th, with a 19-second period and energy around 300, but the swell height is still nothing, and it’s still classified as poor. It’s going to be flat and bumpy, not surfable.

The second week, like the 17th, 18th, and 19th, keeps the trend going – small, weak, and poor. You’re looking at 1ft to 2ft swells with no power behind them. The wind stays light, but it’s still onshore or cross-onshore. There’s no standout here, no day where you’d look at the ocean and get excited.

The outlook is grim, but the fact that this break is only inconsistent, not never, and the forecast can change, means it shouldn’t stay this bad for long. But for now, you’re better off doing something else. The waves just aren’t there.

Rusty

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