Wooden Jetties Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and bleak for Wooden Jetties. We’ve got a long stretch of tiny, weak, and messy surf ahead, and it’s going to test your patience. There’s a solid gap from now until around the 20th where there’s basically nothing worth paddling out for. You’ll see knee-high dribble and onshore chop, with the swell energy stuck in the weak zone – mostly reading between 9 and 46, which is just sad.

The water is sitting at a toasty 78°, which is a solid 4° warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s a noticeable jump, so you might not even need a spring suit. But that’s about the only highlight.

We start off Saturday the 8th with a cross-shore breeze, a tiny 1ft of SE swell, and poor conditions. Sunday the 9th is clean but still tiny at 2ft, and it stays that way through the week – just small, weak surf with no punch. Tuesday the 11th has a moment of glassy conditions, but it’s only 2ft and pretty gutless. The following days are much the same: small, clean, but totally unremarkable.

The first real sign of life shows up on Thursday the 20th. The swell jumps a bit to 2ft, and the energy finally climbs into the moderate range, hitting 123 in the morning and 146 in the afternoon. It’s still not big, but the wind goes glassy in the afternoon with a light offshore touch, and the period stretches out to 11 seconds. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. That’s the first thing you’d actually want to get wet for.

Then things get a little more interesting on Friday the 21st. The swell builds to 3ft in the morning, with the energy jumping to 272, and then we get a bigger pulse in the afternoon: 4ft from the SSE with the energy spiking hard to 736. That’s a lot of push for this spot, but the wind is cross-on and choppy, so it’s going to be a messy, lumpy afternoon. Still, that’s the most size we’ve seen all week. Heads up though – that’s over 5ft, so it’s getting a bit much for beginners.

The weekend rounds it out with more of the same – moderate energy in the 114 to 142 range, clean but small on Saturday the 22nd with a glassy afternoon at 2ft, and then Sunday the 23rd brings a fresh offshore breeze but only 3ft. Overall, the standout window is Thursday the 20th and Friday the 21st, but even then, we’re talking about a beach/jetty setup that’s not going to give you much. It’s a long dry spell, boys. Keep the boards waxed and wait for a better run.

Rusty.

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