Friday, March 23, 2012

NW wind and SW ground on tap for this weekend


Salutations SoCal!  A quiet surf week for most of us with very little surf going on right now.  The N and S Pacific have taken a little break but don’t you worry your pretty little head.  Both hemispheres are waking up and throwing swell our way.  Saturday morning we’ll start to see the very start of a decent SW swell from a storm that sort of just sat and spun down there by the Antarctic (where penguins live!) for a while.  That will send us very inconsistent (it’s a Southern Hemi groundswell after all!) waves to start off in the waist high waves for the dawn patrol.  That will be followed on Sunday by some bigger NW shorter period groundswell that will be followed shortly by some foul weather by midday.  At least the surf consistency and size will pickup but the energy and conditions will be less than desirable by mid-morning. We’re looking at some crossed up waist high surf by morning jumping to chest/shoulder by midday and some slightly bigger sets for the evening session.  The NW peaks mid-morning Monday with some HH+ surf and then starts to back down to shoulder/HH by the end of the day.  Look for some chest/shoulder high surf early Tuesday and dropping quickly but much cleaner conditions.  Wednesday is the small day with knee/thigh high surf for most of the day BUT with some fun WNW groundswell gearing up that evening.  Surf should bump back up into the chest/shoulder high range with some HH sets at the better winter spots.  This swell will have a decent amount of west in it as the jet Stream looks to lay low and push the storms across the North Pacific at low latitudes meaning…more west in the swells!  That’s good for everyone (until the rains come).  Thursday look to have some solid WNW groundswell in the shoulder/HH range and on into Friday.  And then, GET THIS…there’s a juicy old storm that looks like it’s going to race across the Southern Hemi and send us a nice groundswell for next weekend.  We could see a little weather though so we’ll have to see how things pair up as we get closer to next weekend.

As far as the weather goes for this weekend it looks like we’ll see some early marine layer in the morning with some light east winds becoming light out of the west by midday.  Unfortunately it won’t be all that warm with air temps in the low 60s at best.  Then Sunday the ESE winds pick up in the morning (not bad if you know where to look eh?) and get pretty gusty out of the S (30mph).  That will be capped off with a good cleansing of rain after about 11am.  Rain through the nigh Sunday...and more gusty howling winds.  The heaviest rains look like they’ll be falling in the first part of the night so if you’re out and about bring an umbrella.  Still a slight chance of showers Monday AM but pretty much the surf is toast with the overnight winds.  Even though we’ll start to see sunshine Monday it’ll still only be in the very low 60s.  sunshine for the rest of the week but again, cool air temps in the low 60s along the coast.  A few more clouds developing for the second half of the week as we approach a slight chance of showers for next weekend (during that awesome SW swell).  Water temps very chilly and in the mid-50s.  Some moderate tide swings as we had the New Moon Thursday.  We’re coming off the 0.0’ tide early in the morning with a decent push (bummer there’s no swell) and a medium high late morning and draining back down to the medium low in the late afternoon. 

Sooooooooo, looks like the best chance of some surf is later in the day Sat as the swell picks up and the winds stay light.  Sleep in…then go surf!

As for me…I’m out!
Mish

Ocean Notes:

1)       If you haven’t already seen it and you liked the Planet Earth series you HAVE to see the newest Discovery Channel show, Frozen Planet.  Not only is it in stunning HD but the footage looks like they either glued a GoPro to a caribou or somehow have a 1,000,000mm lens and can film from miles away.  The footage is simply amazing.  It’s Sundays at 8pm.  Watch it…or DVR it…Mother Nature never looked so good!  http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/frozen-planet/

2)      If you haven’t seen any Daily Surf Videos lately here’s a good one…then again, I think anything with Slater, Hobgood (any of the bros) and Taj Burrows ripping waves is gonna be good.  What do you think?  http://www.dailysurfvideos.com/videos/kelly-slater-dane-reynolds-taj-burrow-co-the-circus-at-lowers-220

3)      Looks like La Paloma is coming up with some pretty killer flicks from the Banff Mountain Film Festival this Sunday and Monday and then the winner of the film festival will be show on Tuesday, April 2nd.  More details on times and tickets…click…here:  http://www.lapalomatheatre.com/EVENTSCHEDULE.htm

4)      With Spring Cleaning just around the corner it’s high time you get rid of some of those ratty old t-shirts that are cluttering your closet.  BUT…what to do with them?  Glad you asked…here are a few idea… http://earth911.com/news/2009/07/27/8-ways-to-reuse-your-t-shirt/

5)      And here’s a cool new…or kinda new outdoor clothing company from yes…TEXAS!  No, don’t pass it up just cause they’re from Texas…click on the link.  I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.  Here come the Howler Brothers! http://howlerbros.com/

6)      And we’ll end with some surf eye candy…yes, it’s Slater but I’m talking about the wave too.  :-)  http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/sequence-of-the-week-kelly-slater_68267/

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with March 24, 2012.

www.saltwatertides.com
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
Sa  24      Low   4:50 AM     0.0   6:47 AM    Rise  7:37 AM      1
    24     High  11:00 AM     4.0   7:04 PM     Set  9:17 PM
    24      Low   4:37 PM     1.0
    24     High  10:53 PM     5.1
 
Su  25      Low   5:25 AM     0.2   6:45 AM    Rise  8:12 AM      4
    25     High  11:36 AM     3.7   7:04 PM     Set 10:11 PM
    25      Low   4:59 PM     1.4
    25     High  11:19 PM     4.9
 
M   26      Low   6:04 AM     0.4   6:44 AM    Rise  8:51 AM      9
    26     High  12:17 PM     3.2   7:05 PM     Set 11:05 PM
    26      Low   5:18 PM     1.7
    26     High  11:47 PM     4.7
 
Tu  27      Low   6:51 AM     0.6   6:43 AM    Rise  9:33 AM      15
    27     High   1:10 PM     2.9   7:06 PM     Set 11:57 PM
    27      Low   5:34 PM     2.0
 
W   28     High  12:20 AM     4.4   6:41 AM    Rise 10:19 AM      23
    28      Low   7:52 AM     0.9   7:07 PM
    28     High   2:35 PM     2.6
    28      Low   5:45 PM     2.4
 
 
 

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