The Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’m Rusty, and here’s how it’s looking for The Jetty.

Well, I gotta be straight with you—this stretch ain’t exactly firing. The Jetty is a sandbar setup, exposed to SE swell, but over the next 16 days we’re looking at a whole lot of nothing special. The water’s sitting at 25°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year—so at least you won’t be cold while you’re scratching around for a wave.

Right out of the gate, Sunday August 30th is a write-off. Tiny 1ft swell from the SE with a short 8-second period, cross wind, and the energy is weak (21). The surf is poor. Monday morning August 31st is clean with a light NNE cross-off breeze, but still only 2ft from the S and a 5-second period—combined energy is just 21, so basically flat. Tuesday morning September 1st is glassy—zero wind—but again, 1ft from the SE at 7 seconds (19 energy). It’s flat, mate.

There’s a big gap of nothing until Wednesday September 2nd, when we get a little bump. Morning sees 2ft from the SE, but the period stretches to 11 seconds, and the energy hits 100. The wind is light NNE cross-off, so it’s clean. The surf is still just “surfable but very ordinary.” That’s about as good as it gets. Thursday and Friday follow with more of the same—2ft or so, clean conditions, but nothing to write home about. Energy hovers in the 60–93 range.

Then from Saturday September 5th, it drops off a cliff. Swell barely reaches 1.0ft, winds get messy, and the energy is in the single digits. That lasts through to the end of the first week. Into the second week, Monday September 8th and Tuesday September 9th see a slight uptick—3ft on Tuesday afternoon from the S with 131 energy—but the wind is cross-onshore and choppy, so it’s messy. Wednesday September 9th afternoon pushes up to 4ft from the ENE with 280 energy, but still cross-onshore and poor. That’s the biggest swell of the whole run, but the wind kills it.

The final few days, from September 10th to 14th, are back to tiny—1.0ft to 2ft—with clean offshore winds from the NW on the 12th, 13th, and 14th, but the swell is too small to do anything with. Energy is under 20.

Honestly, there’s no standout session here. The best you can hope for is a clean, gentle morning on Wednesday September 2nd or Thursday September 3rd, with a knee-high wave and no wind. For a beginner, that’s rideable, but it’s not going to get the heart pumping. If you’re desperate, bring a longboard and a lot of patience.

Rusty.

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