The Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for The Jetty. I gotta call it straight: we’re looking at a long, lean stretch ahead, and it’s not pretty.

We kick off on Wednesday, July 22 with a little bit of life—a 4ft south swell, but it’s wrapped in a cross-off breeze. It’s rideable, but feels very ordinary. The water is sitting at 76°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, a small blessing for winter.

That small moment of hope fades fast. By Thursday morning, July 23, the swell drops to 3ft, and it just keeps going downhill. From there, we run into a serious dry spell. For day after day—through the end of July and deep into the first week of August—we’re stuck with poor surf conditions. The swell is tiny, often under 2ft, and the wind is mostly cross-onshore or onshore, chopping up anything that might try to form. The combined wave energy is weak, often in the teens or thirties, telling you there’s no punch in the water. Even on Tuesday morning, July 28, when the wind goes glassy, there’s only 2ft of small swell, so it’s a flat calm with nothing to ride.

The period is short, generally 5 to 8 seconds, so these are weak, short-period wind swells—no real shape or power. Even the few moments with cleaner cross-off winds, like on July 30 morning, the swell is still only 2ft to 2ft. It’s surfable but very ordinary. We’re stuck in this pattern right through to the end of the forecast on Thursday, August 6.

If there’s any standout, it’s Wednesday July 22 afternoon, purely because it’s the biggest wave of the whole window at 4ft from the south, with 9 mph cross-off wind, and the water is on the warmer side. But it’s a low bar. After that, don't expect much at all. The Jetty is a beginner-friendly sandbar, but there just isn’t enough swell to learn on. This kind of blank run is pretty normal for the area when the ocean goes quiet. Forecasts can change, but for now, it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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