Wooden Jetties Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with a look at what’s coming our way at Wooden Jetties. Gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough stretch ahead. The whole 16-day window is a bit of a bust for proper surfing, with a long gap of flat or messy conditions that probably won’t see you reaching for your board. There are a couple of moments that might get your heart beating a little faster, but they’re not exactly standouts.

Right now, Monday morning the 27th, it’s tiny – only 1ft of weak, crumbly swell from the SE with a short period of 8 seconds. The southerly cross-on breeze is already messing it up and that’s the theme for the next few days. It stays small and choppy straight through Monday and Tuesday, with the swell bumping up to a still-puny 4ft Tuesday afternoon but with a horrible 5-second period. The energy is very low (between 25 and 94 on the scale) and windy, so it’s really not even worth a paddle.

There’s a slight glimmer on Wednesday morning the 29th. We get a clean window with a light offshore NW breeze. The swell is still small at 3ft from the SSE, but the wind is good. The combined energy is still weak (82 on the scale), so it’s only just surfable but very ordinary. The water is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year at 76°.

After that, it’s back to poor conditions for a long, long run. From Thursday the 30th all the way through to the weekend of August 9th and 10th, the forecast is a mess of onshore winds, tiny swell, or windy, choppy conditions. The wave energy stays mostly in the weak zone – under 100 – with only a couple of spikes that are still just moderate. There’s a lot of cross-on and onshore wind from the S and SE.

The one other window that’s worth even a mention is Monday the 3rd of August. The swell bumps up to a consistent 3ft from the SSE with a period of 8 seconds, and the wind goes cross-off from the W and WSW, keeping it clean. The energy here is moderate (141 in the morning, 133 in the afternoon). It’s surfable, but again, it’s a very ordinary wave, not a day to call in sick for.

For the rest of the time, the conditions are simply too poor to recommend. The swell is either too small or too short-period, the wind is from the wrong direction, or both. Even when the wind drops light on the 4th of August and it turns glassy, the swell is only 3ft with weak energy. The crowd situation at Wooden Jetties is described as “sometimes” but with conditions this bad, you won’t have to worry about company.

In short, this is a long, flat, and windy block. If you’ve got to get wet, keep the foamie handy for a splash, but don’t expect any actual waves of note. It tends not to stay this poor forever, but this is a tough one.

Rusty

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