Wooden Jetties Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the outlook for Wooden Jetties over the next 16 days is a tough one. There’s not a single session that I’d paddle out for, so we’re looking at a blank run from the start all the way through.

The first few days are a real letdown. Friday morning, July 3rd, has a tiny 0.7 ft ESE swell with glassy conditions, but it’s just too weak to do anything with – the combined energy is only 20 (weak). The water is a balmy 75°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only good thing. The wind is light and variable, but the surf is just poor.

The weekend and into the start of the next week don’t get any better. Saturday and Sunday, July 4th and 5th, see the swell bouncing between 0.7 ft and 1.0 ft with cross-shore winds and energy readings in the teens. By Monday, July 6th, we get a bit of onshore wind with a 2 ft ESE swell, but the period is a shocking 4 seconds – that’s just wind chop with no power. The pattern of small, weak, and messy surf continues day after day.

We do see a bit of a pulse in the second week. Around Wednesday, July 8th, the swell bumps up to 3 ft from the S with a moderate 7-second period, and the energy hits 158 (moderate), but it’s crossed up with onshore winds, so it’s a choppy, bumpy mess. By Friday, July 10th, there’s a clean-looking 3 ft S swell with cross-offshore winds, but the energy is still only 101 (moderate), and the period is too short to really get the banks working. The best shot comes on Saturday, July 18th, with a 3 ft SSE swell and 8-second period, and clean cross-offshore winds from the WNW – energy is 126 (moderate). But even then, the core conditions are still “poor,” and the swell is just too weak and inconsistent to make it worth a drive.

The reality is there’s nothing here that’s rideable. The swell never gets above 4 ft, the periods are mostly short, and the wind is rarely aligned for clean faces. If you’re itching for something, the setup at Wooden Jetties during these breezy, weak-swell periods might be more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer, but for us, it’s a long stretch of flatness. It’s one of those runs where the forecast can change, but for now, don’t bother.

Rusty.

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