Saturday, February 25, 2012

Surf Sunday before the wind and rain

Aloha campers!  Today we had some waist/chest sized surf out of the NW with the occasional SW swell thrown in there for a sneaker shifting set.  Looks like we’ll have a smidge of swell looking to move in for Sunday.   That steep waist/chest high NW swell will be your best bet for at least 24 hours as we will have a storm front move through and some pretty gusty west winds blowing around for Monday.   Look for winds to calm down Tuesday and surf to pick up with another steep NW short period swell...still some pretty lumpy conditions though.  Not sure how clean it will be after blowing all Monday night.  Surf in the chest high range for the first part of the day.  It will probably need a day at least to clean up but there should be some decent peaks here and there.  That swell will be a quickie so Wed, Leap Day, looks to be a smaller day with surf in the knee/waist high range.  Looks like another small weather system may make things a little messy for the latter part of Wed too…mostly with winds and a teeny chance of showers.  Kicking off March on Thursday will see NW groundswell but not a lot of juice in this storm.  We’re hoping to squeak out some chest high surf by the middle of the day.  That swell will linger into the weekend with surf in the waist/chest range for Fri and then waist high for the weekend.  We’ll have a bit of a lull in surf as it looks like Mother Nature might take a little break before sending us more surf later that week.

So the weather is the big factor in the next few days.  Calm winds slated for Sunday Services in the line up with light SW winds through the day.  That will lead to stronger S winds and a pretty good chance of showers as that storm front moves in late Sunday night.  This will be a pretty chilly storm with lows in the high 40s at night and highs in the mid-50s Monday.  Showers late Sun night and throughout the day Monday.  The big bummer will be the gusty west winds all day and night Monday.  Tuesday will most likely be pretty lumpy with the left over chop.  Another system moves in late Wed and into Thurs with some winds and a chance of showers.  The remainder of the week Thurs - Fri will only hit the high 50s with sunshine and high 60s along the coast for next weekend.  So it looks like Sun morning is really your best bet for small to medium sized clean surf for most of the week until Friday.  We’re definitely in between the big tides with a decent amount of water movement through the day but not anything crazy and extreme.  Water temps have…oh my…gotten a wee bit chilly!  My holey 4/3 and bootie-less feet are suffering!  Time to dig out the rubber!  Temps in the mid/high 50s. 

Get on it early Sunday and you’ll thank yourself!

Mish

Ocean Notes:

1)       The Quicksilver Pro started today and boy, it ceases to amaze me what really good surfers can do with windy choppy surf…slash slash…pull in…slash…slash!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RVbinlREPPM#!

2)      And darn that Kelly Slater fellow…free falling into a barrel getting slotted and killing the wave…to kick off his first heat.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTmd4Kehtak&feature=relmfu

3)      If you’re an educator or are interested in ocean education you should check out this site from the National Museum of Natural History…great education blog and some fun stuff on there for students and kids.  http://ocean.si.edu/category/blog-category/education-blog

4)      Ever wonder (like Me) exactly HOW green your “green” household cleaners are?  Well, read this article from the TLC Channel and find out some interesting things about those eco-friendly bottles filling up your cabinets. http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/green-household-cleaners.htm

5)      For all of you who fancy seafood and sustainable foodie practices you might want to check out the SD Coast Keeper talk this upcoming Monday night down in Liberty Station.  Fishermen, chefs and scientists weigh in on local sustainable seafood dining practices.   Good stuff!  http://www.sdcoastkeeper.org/act/green-events-in-san-diego/signs-of-the-tide.html

6)      And to close we have a healthy dose of big ol’ waves!  I can’t remember if I’ve posted this in a report but I don’t think I have.  These are some INSANE photos of Shipsterns in Tazzie!  And someone actually looked at these waves and said, “Yeh, that looks like a great wave to surf?”  HOLY C@#%#^$P!!!!!  http://www.surfermag.com/photos/shipsterns-bluff-gallery/#50bc27a19c

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with February 26, 2012

www.saltwatertides.com

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
Su  26      Low   5:32 AM     1.0   6:21 AM    Rise  8:37 AM      14
    26     High  11:28 AM     3.3   5:43 PM     Set 10:25 PM
    26      Low   5:02 PM     1.4
    26     High  11:39 PM     4.4
 
M   27      Low   6:25 AM     1.2   6:20 AM    Rise  9:13 AM      21
    27     High  12:19 PM     2.8   5:44 PM     Set 11:19 PM
    27      Low   5:18 PM     1.8
 
Tu  28     High  12:18 AM     4.2   6:18 AM    Rise  9:53 AM      29
    28      Low   7:41 AM     1.4   5:45 PM
    28     High   1:51 PM     2.4
    28      Low   5:21 PM     2.2
 
W   29     High   1:17 AM     4.0   6:17 AM     Set 12:13 AM      38
    29      Low   9:28 AM     1.3   5:46 PM    Rise 10:36 AM
 
Th   1     High   2:45 AM     4.0   6:16 AM     Set  1:05 AM      48
     1      Low  10:59 AM     0.9   5:47 PM    Rise 11:25 AM
     1     High   6:49 PM     2.8
     1      Low   9:37 PM     2.7
 

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