Wooden Jetties Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. Looking at the whole 16‑day stretch, I’m not gonna sugar‑coat it—this is a lean run for Wooden Jetties. The swell is small, the period is short, and the wind is mostly messy. There are no real standouts, and the best we get is a few clean windows with tiny waves. For the first week, from Wednesday 5th August right through to Wednesday 12th August, it’s all poor surf conditions with a score of zero. The swell barely nudges 3 ft, often sitting around 1 ft to 2 ft, and the period is a miserable 4 to 8 seconds—that’s short‑period windswell, no grunt. The combined swell energy is weak, mostly under 70 (e.g. 40 on Wednesday 5th afternoon). The wind is cross, cross‑onshore, or just plain onshore, and the water temp is 77°F with a positive anomaly of 3°F, so a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.

The only glimmer of hope comes on Sunday 9th August morning, when a light SW breeze of 6 mph turns cross‑offshore and the water cleans up. The swell is only 2 ft from the SSE with a period of 7 seconds, and combined energy is a weak 38, so it’s tiny, but it’s clean. That’s the best on offer in the first week. The next small window is Wednesday 12th August morning, with a glassy NW wind at 3 mph and 2 ft of S swell (period 6 seconds, energy 30). Again, tiny and clean, but if you’re desperate for a paddle, it’s doable. There’s a gap of four days from Thursday 13th to Sunday 16th with no real quality, though Friday 14th morning and afternoon have clean conditions with cross‑offshore wind (WSW 16 mph, WNW 12 mph) but the swell is still 2 ft from the south with a period of 5 seconds—just messy.

In the second week, from Monday 17th August onwards, the swell stays small, all under 2 ft, with periods of 9 seconds on the 17th and 18th, which is a slight improvement but still weak energy (18 to 53). The standout—if you can call it that—is Sunday 16th August morning and afternoon, with clean offshore wind from the NW and NNW at 16 mph and 9 mph, but the swell is a pathetic 1.0 ft from the SSE. That’s barely a ripple. For a beach/jetty setup like Wooden Jetties, with such small swell and short period, the waves will be weak and crumbly. The best advice is to wait for a better swell window. Crowds are “sometimes” an issue, but with waves this small, you’ll have the place to yourself.

Rusty.

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