Vilano Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's be straight with you. It’s a tough stretch ahead for Vilano Jetty. We’re looking at a whole lot of nothing for the next couple of weeks, so don’t get your hopes up too high. This is one of those times where you might wanna dust off the fishing gear or do some beach runs.

Right now, and for the next week and a half, it’s just poor surf. We’ve got small, weak energy in the water – the combined energy is barely getting into double digits, like 30, 60, maybe 179 at its best. That’s weak, flat, and mostly messy. Winds are onshore or cross-onshore, which chops everything up. Tuesday morning the 15th has a touch of cross-on breeze from the ENE at 15 km/h with a tiny 1ft of swell. It’s pretty ugly. This carries on through the 16th, 17th, and 18th with NE winds, 25 km/h, and the swell bumping to 5ft to 5ft but with a short, crumbly period of 6-7 seconds. It’s just lumpy and blown out. Not worth paddling out for.

There’s a slight tease on the 19th and 20th – still small, still junky, but the wind backs off a touch. The 22nd has a beautiful glassy morning with 1ft, but it’s just too small to do anything with. The 24th has a bit of hope with a clean, light cross-off in the afternoon, but again, we’re talking 2ft waves. It’s ankle-biters.

The 29th finally shows a pulse of something. Tuesday morning the 29th, we get a light cross-off breeze from the W at 10 km/h, and the swell jumps to 4ft. The energy is still weak – 116 – and the period is a short 6 seconds, so it’ll be a bit crumbly, but at least it’s clean. The afternoon gets a bit bigger at 6ft, but the wind swings to a cross-shore ESE and it gets a bit messier, so it’s a marginal call. Honestly, with a short period like that, it’s not gonna be a classic.

Then, the one standout in this whole 16-day window: the 30th of September. Wednesday morning sees the swell push up to 8ft from the NE with a period of 9 seconds. The combined energy jumps to a strong 1097. That’s real swell. The wind is light onshore from the NE at 10 km/h, so it’s not perfect, but it’s the best we’ve got. This is a big, powerful NE swell for Vilano Jetty, and it matches the optimum direction of NNE. This is for the experienced crew – at 8ft, it’s too big for beginners. The afternoon stays solid at 8ft, but the wind picks up slightly. Look, the forecast is a bit uncertain this far out, but this is your window. Mark the 30th on the calendar.

Before that, it’s a long grind of flat, weak, and chopped-up conditions. Don’t waste your time. But when that NE groundswell hits on the 30th, there could be some proper waves if the wind plays nice. Keep an eye on it.

Stay patient, stay salty.

Rusty.

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