Monday, May 14, 2012

New SW and a bit of wind


Oh boy…time flies just way too fast.  I think I need to move to a planet further from the sun so the days would be longer and I can get more done.  Anyway, that new SW swell is filling in.  We’re seeing some super inconsistent SSW swell that unfortunately is combined with some super short period NW wind swell.  That makes for variable sized waves all over the coast.  Look for waist/chest high at the N and W facing beaches tomorrow with some chest/shoulder and HH sets surf at the better summer spots in the southern end of the county and the very north end of the county…or head to the OC or LA.  Should be some fun surf as the storm that created this had some decent energy with it.  Swell peaks tomorrow (Tuesday) with plenty of surf still for early Wed and starting to fade over the second half of the day.  Smaller waist high surf for Thursday with more NW wind swell for the rest of the week and into the weekend.  We’ll have a little bump up Friday with that wind swell…surf in the chest/shoulder range.  This will be low energy and consistent but not the classic groundswell.  Saturday looks like the second half of that wind swell with waist high surf and the occasional chest high set. Either way it’ll be ridable. Sunday will be waist/chest…the  remains of the wind swell and Monday start out in the knee/waist zone but it looks like some SW swell will help things into the waist/chest and shoulder high at the better summer spots.  There’s a nice tropical storm down Baja’s way that’s a nice indicator of our potential summer of swell.  With the water as warm as it is right now we could have a nice summer of hurricane swells. This current storm isn’t panning out to give us any surf but it’s early.

We’re looking at similar weather all week with Springtime/early summer conditions that include early morning and late evening marine layer with some spots of nice sunshine midday. Unfortunately it also includes some winds tonight and into the morning with tomorrow looking like the windiest day of the week…gusty out of the W.  We’ll see more sunshine towards the end of the week and even more for the weekend but ironically slightly cooler air temps.  We’re looking at high 60s Tues, low 70s thru Fri and then mid60s for the weekend.  Tides are mellowing out with a medium low in the early morning and a not-so-low low tide midday.  That should provide a nice push for the evening session but with a bit of bump on it from the days wind.  Well, we can’t complain too much because the water’s already a balmy 63-65 in spots. 

Some fun surf…wishing the wind would bugger out but make the best of it! 

Lates!
Mish

Ocean Notes:

Just one today…a shout out and moment of silence for one of surfing’s legendary shapers, Terry Martin.  RIP Terry.  1937 – 2012

 

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with May 15, 2012.

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Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
Tu  15      Low  12:53 AM     1.2   5:49 AM    Rise  2:39 AM      30
    15     High   6:42 AM     3.6   7:42 PM     Set  3:17 PM
    15      Low  12:26 PM     1.0
    15     High   7:01 PM     5.0
 
W   16      Low   1:38 AM     0.7   5:49 AM    Rise  3:09 AM      22
    16     High   7:37 AM     3.6   7:42 PM     Set  4:12 PM
    16      Low   1:03 PM     1.2
    16     High   7:30 PM     5.2
 
Th  17      Low   2:15 AM     0.2   5:48 AM    Rise  3:41 AM      14
    17     High   8:23 AM     3.6   7:43 PM     Set  5:06 PM
    17      Low   1:36 PM     1.4
    17     High   7:58 PM     5.3
 
F   18      Low   2:48 AM    -0.1   5:48 AM    Rise  4:14 AM      8
    18     High   9:02 AM     3.6   7:44 PM     Set  6:00 PM
    18      Low   2:07 PM     1.6
    18     High   8:26 PM     5.5
 
Sa  19      Low   3:19 AM    -0.3   5:47 AM    Rise  4:50 AM      4
    19     High   9:39 AM     3.6   7:44 PM     Set  6:54 PM
    19      Low   2:36 PM     1.6
    19     High   8:54 PM     5.6

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