Macker (and wind) on the way!

Hola amigos!  The buoys are starting to show some long period SW swell so thing will be picking up. We actually had some pretty fun swell today and it was clean all day!  Tomorrow (Saturday) we’re looking at some inconsistent shoulder/HH surf to start the day.  Consistency and size will pick up through the day as the swell fills in and remains in the HH/OH range for Sunday morning. We’ll look for that WNW swell to fill in Sunday as well.   The biggest hiccup will be the weather with some fairly gusty winds looking to blow starting Sat night and through til Monday morning.  That’s going to make a mess of a really nice swell.  Things should really get rockin’ by midday Monday with some well over head sets and getting bigger quickly...no joke!  (April 1^st!)  That swell is moving in and out quickly so by early Monday morning we’re looking at bombers coming through in the double overhead ++ range.  This swell will no only pack a punch but it’s gonna kick some serious a$$ too!  The swell peaks early Monday morning with size fading quickly through the day but we’re still looking at OH surf by sunset.  Tuesday will still have plenty of fun surf in the OH range to start and taper off to HH/shoulder high by nightfall.  By Wednesday we’ll all be able to rest up, lick our wounds and fix all the dings on our boards as we’ll see a new but much smaller SW swell in the waist/chest high range.  Looks like some short period WNW after that to end next week.  Wow, what a week of surf ahead!

Unfortunately the wind is going to make mincemeat out of the surf on Sunday.  While we should see some early AM fog and clearing skies with calm winds most of Saturday day a 30% chance of showers (so, 70% of no showers) and some gusty westerly winds will arrive Sat night.  Sunday is looking at sunny but gusty 15-25mph winds all day.  Such a bummer.  Winds should calm down a bit and will turn and blow out of the SE all night Sunday at about 5mph as we get light Santa Ana conditions.  Hopefully that will clean things up enough to make that macker swell surfable on Monday morning.  Wind will calm down by midday (and air temps in the high 60s) so we should see some decent and clean conditions for the midday/afternoon sessions.  A bit of westerly winds are forecasted for the evening session.  Tuesday looks to be a gorgeous day with sunshine and warm air temps (low 70s).  This will be the nicest day of the week.  Sunshine and some clouds Wed with a cool day Thurs before warming up again for the weekend. Tides are looking to be a factor as we approach the Full Moon at the end of the week.  High tide in the wee hours of the morning will race out to a near zero low tide by mid-morning which means even more water moving with that big swell.  Hope your paddling arms are up to the challenge!  Could see some pretty nice barrels Monday afternoon as things clean up and the tide drains out.  Can't wait to see the photos. 

Be careful if you journey out Monday…be smart.  Surf safely.  Send me photos if you'd like to share them! (mishwoo@yahoo.com)

Lates!

Mish

Ocean notes:

1)       To get you all pumped for Monday I’m just featuring surf porn this time around…surf, surf, and big massive surf.  Let’s start with fun “surfmadness!” shall we?  http://surf.transworld.net/1000141553/features/surf-madness/

2)      Insane waves in Oz with some of the worlds best… http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/exploring-west-oz_68426/

3)      Perfection…Bruce Irons at Pipeline in January… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9z0zuuvq38

4)      And now bigger…epic big Cloudbreak… http://vimeo.com/37717647

5)      And bigger...Nathan Fletcher’s Billabong XXL entry…HUGE Teahupoo!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD5fiQVahHY

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with March 30, 2012.

www.saltwatertides.com 

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

F   30     High   2:32 AM     4.0   6:39 AM     Set  1:33 AM      40

    30      Low  10:42 AM     0.9   7:08 PM    Rise 12:03 PM

    30     High   6:40 PM     2.9

    30      Low  10:04 PM     2.8

Sa  31     High   4:13 AM     4.0   6:37 AM     Set  2:17 AM      50

    31      Low  11:46 AM     0.6   7:09 PM    Rise  1:01 PM

    31     High   6:53 PM     3.3

    31      Low  11:35 PM     2.4

Su   1     High   5:30 AM     4.2   6:36 AM     Set  2:58 AM      60

     1      Low  12:31 PM     0.2   7:09 PM    Rise  2:01 PM

     1     High   7:13 PM     3.7

M    2      Low  12:32 AM     1.8   6:35 AM     Set  3:37 AM      70

     2     High   6:30 AM     4.5   7:10 PM    Rise  3:04 PM

     2      Low   1:08 PM     0.0

     2     High   7:38 PM     4.2

Tu   3      Low   1:18 AM     1.2   6:33 AM     Set  4:14 AM      79

     3     High   7:20 AM     4.8   7:11 PM    Rise  4:09 PM

     3      Low   1:43 PM    -0.2

     3     High   8:05 PM     4.7