Surfside Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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

Honestly, straight up, it’s a pretty bleak picture. We’re looking at a long stretch of tiny, weak surf and onshore winds, so don't get your hopes up. The water’s sitting at 72°F which is much warmer than usual for this time of year – a proper anomaly there, over 5°F warmer than normal. Feels like a bath, but the waves aren't going to do you any favours.

The first glimmer of anything is on Thursday morning, August 7th. A long-period 19-second SSW groundswell rolls in at 2ft, with the combined energy at a moderate 300. The wind is light offshore from the SW early, so it’ll be glassy clean. The problem? It’s tiny, and the forecast is marginal, with questionable tide conditions. This is the best we’ve got for a while, but only for the most desperate.

Friday the 8th has a similar story: small, long-period SSW swell with offshore winds in the morning, but the surf quality is still poor. The energy drops a bit, and by the afternoon the wind swings cross-onshore and chops it up. Saturday and Sunday, August 9th and 10th, the swell tries to nudge up to 3ft, but it’s still with that onshore breeze, and the comments keep calling it poor.

There’s a solid run of poor or marginal conditions right through to the middle of the second week. The swell is mostly SSW, rarely getting over 3ft, and the wind is either light onshore or moderate cross-onshore. This spot is inconsistent at the best of times, and this run is a real test of patience. The combined energy figures hover around the 200-400 mark, so moderate energy, but with the wrong wind direction, it’s just messy.

Looking further out, around Monday the 18th of August and Wednesday the 20th, we see a couple more marginal tags. Still tiny, still mostly onshore. No real standouts. Nothing is building into anything clean and decent. For a break that’s fairly exposed to the west and needs a west swell, seeing everything from the SSW with onshore winds is a recipe for frustration.

If you’re absolutely itching, the Thursday morning of August 7th is your only real shot for a clean, glassy paddle on a long-period, tiny wave. After that, it’s a long, flat, choppy wait. This setup might actually look more interesting for a kite session than a surf, given the persistent onshore breeze and small, weak swell. Stay patient.

Rusty.

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