Kinda small for a few days...then rain.

Salutations!  Small surf for a few days and then Mother Nature sends us a late winter storm midweek.  We’re looking at knee to thigh high for Tuesday and a small hiccup of surf out of the NW in the thigh high range for Wednesday.  Then we’ll see some small NW wind swell for Thursday as that storm moves in.  At the tail end of the storm is a small SW groundswell late Thursday and into Friday. We’re not going to see a lot of action from that swell…knee to waist at best.  Late Friday we’ll see some WNW bump surf in the to waist high zone with cleaner conditions and some SOLID waist high waves by Saturday (yes, that’s sarcasm).  Luckily some background SW groundswell will give the better summer spots a little boost for the weekend with some waist/chest high surf for late Sat and into Sunday.  The south swells are showing up but don’t quite have the “UMPH” that we’d like to see. It’s early…hopefully we’ll be seeing more energetic swells sooner than later.

The clouds are sticking around the coast with clouds and mild west winds for Tuesday and that late storm making it’s way into town midday Wed with chances of showers after 11am and light S winds.  Gusty west winds and rain for Wed night and into Thursday morning.  The bulk of the rain looks like it’ll show up around commute time Wed until pre-dawn hours Thursday. Things will probably be a little lumpy Thursday morning with S/SE winds most of the night and into the day.  Conditions clean up for Friday morning but air temps will be in the low 60s for most of the week until then.  The good news is that it look like we’ll have sunshine and 70 degree temps for the weekend (YEAH!).  More good news…water temps are picking up ever so slightly…high 50s and low 60s around town.  We’ve got some pretty low pre-dawn hours moving into a medium high tide midday and then a medium low late afternoon.  Probably a little push on that midday high but not much swell to push. 

Looks like a small few days before this storm rolls in Wednesday afternoon.  SUP it, log it, or fish it!

Lates,

Mish

 

Ocean Notes:

1)       I hope everyone had a pleasant Earth Week but remember, be nice to the planet every day…it’s really not that hard.  Instead of throwing your organic waste into the garbage just throw it into your home made compost bin…here’s how to make one!  http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/4-diy-compost-bins-you-can-build-one-day-video.html

2)      Since this is a surf/planet/education driven blog I think everyone should give this book by author, Richard Louv, a read, “Last Child in the Woods”.  “In this influential work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation—he calls it nature-deficit—to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as the rises in obesity, attention disorders, and depression.”  http://richardlouv.com/books/last-child/   It’s about you and I and how our children will continue to live with our Planet, not just on it.

3)      And while we’re hugging the planet by growing our own fruits and veggies how about a few strawberry recipes from Treehugger…let’s start with strawberry/basil sangria (http://www.treehugger.com/easy-vegetarian-recipes/strawberry-basil-sangria-tastes-spring.html), or grilled strawberries over vanilla ice cream (http://www.treehugger.com/easy-vegetarian-recipes/grilled-strawberries-over-vanilla-ice-cream.html ), topped of with grilled figs with homemade ricotta and honey (http://www.treehugger.com/easy-vegetarian-recipes/grilled-figs-with-homemade-ricotta-and-honey.html ).  Yes, bookmark these for later!

4)      And now for something surfy…here’s a great event for your May calendar…the San Diego Surfrider Art Gala on May 17^th.  There’s always great auction items, great food and some tasty local brew…all going to a great cause…your local Surfrider chapter.  Get your tickets!  http://sandiego.surfrider.org/help-keep-our-oceans-blue

5)      Quick but sick…Parko pulls off a sweet one!  http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/sequence-of-the-week-joel-parkinson_69622/

6)      And we’ll close with some awesome surf pics by Brad Masters…some people dream about great surf…some people live it… http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/globetrotting_69411/

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

www.saltwatertides.com

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Tu  24      Low   5:47 AM    -0.1   6:08 AM    Rise  8:16 AM      5

    24     High  12:16 PM     3.2   7:26 PM     Set 10:42 PM

    24      Low   4:51 PM     2.0

    24     High  11:14 PM     5.0

W   25      Low   6:30 AM     0.1   6:07 AM    Rise  9:04 AM      10

    25     High   1:10 PM     3.0   7:27 PM     Set 11:29 PM

    25      Low   5:17 PM     2.3

    25     High  11:49 PM     4.7

Th  26      Low   7:22 AM     0.3   6:06 AM    Rise  9:57 AM      17

    26     High   2:20 PM     2.9   7:28 PM

    26      Low   5:53 PM     2.6

F   27     High  12:34 AM     4.4   6:05 AM     Set 12:14 AM      25

    27      Low   8:23 AM     0.5   7:28 PM    Rise 10:52 AM

    27     High   3:47 PM     2.9

    27      Low   7:19 PM     2.9

Sa  28     High   1:41 AM     4.1   6:04 AM     Set 12:55 AM      34

    28      Low   9:30 AM     0.6   7:29 PM    Rise 11:50 AM

    28     High   4:58 PM     3.2

    28      Low   9:31 PM     2.8