The South Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards.

To be honest, mate, this stretch from now through to late September is a flat spell for The South Jetty. The swell is tiny and the conditions are all over the shop, so we’re looking at a long quiet period. There’s nothing really surfable until around Monday the 7th of September, and even then it’s barely a ripple.

Monday the 7th is the best we’ve got across the whole outlook, and even that’s not saying much. The morning session is your only real chance: a light cross-offshore breeze from the north-northeast at 6 mph is keeping things clean, with a little 2 ft easterly swell creeping in. The period is a decent 10 seconds, so there’s a bit of shape to it, but the combined wave energy is weak (51). The South Jetty is an exposed beach and jetty setup, and with the swell coming from the east, it might line up okay for a grovel on a longboard. The water temperature is 78°, which is a whopping 6° warmer than normal for this time of year – very unusual, so you can leave the steamer at home.

The afternoon on Monday gets messy with onshore wind, and from there it’s a downhill slide. A few mornings offer clean conditions – like Tuesday the 8th morning with offshore west-northwest wind – but the swell drops right off to 0.7 ft. That’s barely a bump.

Wednesday the 9th sees a spike in wind strength (22 mph from the south-southwest in the afternoon) and a weak, short-period 3 ft south swell, but it’s lumpy and cross-onshore. The combined energy gets up to 126 on Thursday morning the 10th with a 4 ft south-southwest swell, but it’s cross-shore wind and poor quality – honestly, that’s more of a kitesurfer’s setup than a paddler’s wave.

Later in the outlook, around Tuesday the 15th, we get a couple of days of clean offshore wind from the north-northwest, but the swell is still tiny and short-period. The energy stays weak, barely breaking 51. Nothing here is going to get your heart racing.

By Saturday the 19th morning, we get a glassy moment with a 2 ft easterly swell, but it’s just not enough to make the Jetty work properly.

Overall, there’s one standout window – Monday the 7th morning – but it’s for the patient surfer who’s happy scratching for waist-high sliders. After that, it’s a two-week gap of flatness and wind. The South Jetty is consistent in name only right now – the swell just isn’t there.

Rusty.

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