Happy Winter SoCal! It’s UGG weather today (Thursday)! I saw snow capped mountains heading to my office this morning. I also happen to see some pretty fun waves this morning with much improved conditions and some waist/chest high waves in North County. Further south of La Jolla there will be some bigger sets in the shoulder high range but the swell is on the fade so expect wave height to stay about the same and decrease a bit for Friday. Saturday we’re looking at a waist high waves to start the day and then a new WNW swell will start to fill in with some chest high waves by sun down. Sunday a new WNW will give the first one a little boost with more surf and bigger shoulder to HH waves by midday and into Monday (President’s Day). A small storm system will hit the area Sun and into Mon so conditions might be hampered by wind swell and S winds later in the day. The swell peaks Monday late morning and fades quickly over the course of the day. Tuesday we’re looking at a small and quick swell with more of an angle on it with surf in the chest high range. Smaller knee/waist high surf for Wednesday and Thurs but another storm is rolling off the conveyor belt and hopefully it’ll stay in our swell window. For the end of next week and into the weekend.
Weather has been the biggest issue lately. We’re looking at the cleanest conditions all week today and tomorrow with sunshine and afternoon west winds but calm clean mornings and clear skies. Water quality will certainly be compromised so be wary of where you surf. The weekend will see more patchy fog starting Fri and thru Sat night. Changes of drizzle Sat night and into Sun. S winds will pick up Friday afternoon. Air temps will warm up for Friday (high 60s along the coast) and then dip back into the low 60s for the weekend. The nighttime temps will be mighty chilly so bundle up if you head out and snuggle up when you crawl into bed! Looks like sunny but cool conditions for President’s Day and then a nice warming trend for next week with air temps back into the high 60s. YEAH! We’ve got a New Moon next Tuesday so we’re moving into the more extreme tides this weekend. Pretty high dawn patrol tides will slow things down and the drained out afternoon low will certainly make those beach breaks a bit racy if not kind of closed out. Hope you find some good sand bars!
That’s it for now! Stay healthy and catch some fun waves!
Mish
Ocean Notes:
1) With all of this cold weather and precipitation we’ve had snow in the local and “not-so-local” mountains. It’s a good time to get out on the slopes if you haven’t already. There are some good deals out there. Big Bear has half day and Leap Day specials (http://www.bearmountain.com/snowboard/rates/discounts-specials/ ) and of Mammoth is now 100% open with last night’s 2’ of fresh pow pow and is offering free flights up there if you get in on their lodging and lift ticket package…WINNER! http://www.mammothmountain.com/
2) If you’re into all things vintage surfing and surf history you have got to either visit the Surfing Heritage Museum in San Clemente or even just go online to check out the great stories and articles they have online. http://www.surfingheritage.org/ They’ve got a new surf story contest going on right now…click and read on!
3) And since we’re thinking about snow check out this cool vid of an LED lit up snowboarder. Pretty cool stuff! http://www.thisiscolossal.com/ And check out the rest of the blog as well…some really neat and innovative artists are featured on here. Amazing work!
4) With this week’s storms there’s bound to be plenty of junk landing on our beaches. Feel free to pick up a few pieces on your way out of the lineup. Of you can head to Moonlight Beach for the CoastKeeper/Surfrider Beach Cleanup this Saturday. Click here for the calendar of clean ups. http://www.sdcoastkeeper.org/act/green-events-in-san-diego/events-calendar/cat/cat_id/2.html
5) And now for something completely different...surf groms! They hit Trestles last weekend and were stoked with HH waves and some little ripper shredding the waves fantastic! http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/kanoa-wins-kulia-doherty-takes-two-at-trestles_67064/
Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with February 16, 2012.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
Th 16 High 4:23 AM 5.1 6:32 AM Rise 2:21 AM 37
16 Low 11:54 AM -0.3 5:35 PM Set 12:42 PM
16 High 6:40 PM 3.3
16 Low 11:07 PM 2.1
F 17 High 5:31 AM 5.3 6:31 AM Rise 3:16 AM 26
17 Low 12:43 PM -0.8 5:36 PM Set 1:43 PM
17 High 7:20 PM 3.7
Sa 18 Low 12:11 AM 1.7 6:30 AM Rise 4:05 AM 17
18 High 6:26 AM 5.6 5:37 PM Set 2:46 PM
18 Low 1:24 PM -1.0
18 High 7:53 PM 4.0
Su 19 Low 1:01 AM 1.4 6:28 AM Rise 4:48 AM 10
19 High 7:13 AM 5.8 5:37 PM Set 3:48 PM
19 Low 1:59 PM -1.1
19 High 8:22 PM 4.3
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