Wednesday, February 8, 2012

February 8, 2012 Swell day for surf!

Hey ho San Diego! The swells are marching in! Today we saw a mix of left over NW wind swell, a dash of SW swell and a heaping teaspoon of WNW groundswell. Surf jumped up into the OH+ range and we’re going to be seeing more of it through the week and well into the weekend and next week. I’m not going to go into as much detail as last time but pretty much we’re looking at one HH-OH+ swell after another for the next week with just a hint of foul weather for Saturday. For tomorrow we’ll see mostly OH+ surf and gorgeous conditions as the next swell moves in. Then we have a slightly smaller WNW swell for Friday with surf ONLY in the HH/OH range. That dips Saturday when we’ll see HH+ surf but some S winds and a bit of wind swell. Sunday we’re back in business with another whopper of a swell with size back into the OH++ range. That will peak Sun and then fade quickly into Monday with HH+ surf. The next groundswell after that shows up for Valentine’s Day with smaller HH+ surf. There is another pretty decent looking swell developing over off Japan that might just deliver another butt kicker towards the end of next week. Just like the past few swells these swell will be mostly out of the WNW so many of the beach breaks will be lined up and potentially closed out on the bigger sets. Have fun and be careful!

And the best part of all this is that the Jet Stream is sending all of the storms north after they slide down into our swell window for a bit. That means sunshine sunshine and more sunshine. We’re looking at a beautiful day tomorrow in the low 70s and then a slight cooling trend as we head into the mid/low 60s for the weekend. Late Fri and thru Saturday we’ll see some SW winds and a slight chance of sprinkles. Lingering clouds for Sun and Mon but partly cloudy also means partly sunny right? Sunshine for the rest of the week. We’re still seeing some mega high and low tides so be wary of the big tide swings as they’re make or break your session if you don’t have the right board. Water’s still chillin in the mid-50s!

Get your fill while it’s here! Surf your brains out!

Mish

Ocean Notes:

1) Well, this is a just another cool video of one of the many creatures we share the ocean with. It’s a time lapse video of a coral inflating itself in order to throw sand off and prevent it from getting buried alive! Pretty cool stuff. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16843053

2) Well, Europe isn’t necessarily on everyone’s Top 10 destination list for surf but after seeing this photo essay from Portugal it might bump up a notch or two…or three. http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/best-bet-february-portugal_66478/

3) Now here’s something we can all participate in…this woman is collecting trash at the beach for 20 minutes a day for 365 consecutive days. She weighs and documents the trash. To date…252 days into it she has 938.5lbs of trash. You can join her and do the same thing…record it if you want…send her your results or just throw the junk away and get it off the beach! Very cool! http://www.thedailyocean.blogspot.com/

4) Speaking of trash…this is about as beautiful as ocean going trash will ever be…it’s just sad that there has to be so darn much of the stuff. http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/18984/ocean-trash-photo-collages-by-mandy-barker.html

5) Looking for a little something green to give that special someone for Valentines Day? Look no further! http://www.buygreen.com/

6) Need something to do Saturday evening? Why not check out the San Diego premiere of the documentary “Splinter”. It’s the story of how surfing was introduced to Papua New Guinea in the 80s. Check it out from 6:30-8:30p at Birds Surf Shed (a killer venue I might add). http://sandiego.surfrider.org/splinters-is-coming-to-san-diego

7) Ever dropped in behind a good friend and shared a wave together? Well, this is about the gnarliest wave that you’re ever going to want to try that stunt on…Shipsterns! http://www.surfline.com/surflinetv/sixty-seconds/60-seconds-hipwood-and-mathews_66704


Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with February 8, 2012. http://www.saltwatertides.com/cgi-local/california.cgi

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
W    8      Low   2:49 AM     0.9   6:39 AM     Set  6:51 AM      99
     8     High   8:59 AM     5.9   5:28 PM    Rise  6:45 PM
     8      Low   3:34 PM    -1.0
     8     High   9:55 PM     4.7
 
Th   9      Low   3:31 AM     0.7   6:38 AM     Set  7:27 AM      98
     9     High   9:39 AM     5.6   5:29 PM    Rise  7:51 PM
     9      Low   4:05 PM    -0.7
     9     High  10:29 PM     4.9
 
F   10      Low   4:18 AM     0.6   6:37 AM     Set  8:03 AM      95
    10     High  10:22 AM     5.1   5:29 PM    Rise  8:57 PM
    10      Low   4:38 PM    -0.3
    10     High  11:06 PM     5.0
 
Sa  11      Low   5:11 AM     0.6   6:36 AM     Set  8:40 AM      88
    11     High  11:10 AM     4.4   5:30 PM    Rise 10:03 PM
    11      Low   5:12 PM     0.3
    11     High  11:48 PM     5.1

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