SWEET...SW Swell!!!

Here it comes!  As of 10:30pm the buoys are juuuuuuuuuust barely starting to see the new swell with some 22+second swells showing up.  This means that we won’t see a huge change for Friday’s dawn patrol but that SW swell should fill in nicely through the day.  I think we’ll see some inconsistent waist high surf by early morning but size will jump up into the chest/shoulder high range with some HH sets possible by sunset.  Saturday we’re looking for the swell to hit its peak midday with some HH surf along a good portion of the county as there’s a decent amount of west in the swell   The better summer spots will see some OH+ surf and certainly the far north county, OC and LA will see the best surf.  Some nice energy showing up and good conditions so there will be some pretty fun surf around.  Tides will definitely make a difference so try to hit the tide push or turn around tides as they start to suck out.  Plenty of surf for Sunday as the swell backs off slightly…still shoulder/HH for most of the day and more consistent too.  Monday we’re still looking at chest/shoulder high with Tuesday seeing some consistent energy in the chest high range with some shoulder high sets not uncommon but definitely a fading swell.  We should also see some Hurricane Ileana surf but it’ll be a bit steeper as she headed north but still a bit more east then is ideal for our swell window.  Still, we should see some crossed up SW and SE sets on Sunday and into Monday.  There are still some smaller SW swells for the middle of the week (Wed/Thurs) that will keep surf in the waist’/chest high range and more S tropical storm/hurricane swell for the end of next week in the chest range…not as clean and juicy as this upcoming swell but some fun surf none-the-less!

Weather wise it looks like we’re stuck with sunny, gorgeous weather for the long holiday weekend.  Some patchy morning fog that will burn off to sunny blue skies by the mid-morning.  Winds look pretty calm in the mornings with some light to moderate west winds by the afternoon…pretty much the same old stuff we’ve had for the past week.  Air temps in the high 70s/low 80s along the coast.  Water temps are picking back up with the buoy readings in the 73 range again.  The line of S swells should help that as well.  We’ve got a Blue Moon (second full moon in one month) this Friday.  With the Blue Moon is coming some fairly good tide swings through the day with a drained out low a few hours before dawn and heading to a high mid morning then draining out to a pretty low (but not negative) tide in the late afternoon before picking back up to a higher tide in the early nighttime hours.  The dawn patrol and early afternoon sessions should be pretty fun as that swell fills in and peaks.

Looks like a great weekend for lots of surf around the county.  Be nice and share…everyone’s been waiting for some surf!

Surf with Aloha spirit!

Mish

No ocean notes...just go surf!   :-)

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with August 31, 2012.

www.saltwatertides.com

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

F   31      Low   3:38 AM    -0.3   6:23 AM     Set  6:30 AM      99

    31     High   9:54 AM     5.2   7:14 PM    Rise  7:08 PM

    31      Low   3:41 PM     0.8

    31     High   9:51 PM     5.7

Sa   1      Low   4:08 AM     0.0   6:24 AM     Set  7:29 AM      99

     1     High  10:23 AM     5.3   7:13 PM    Rise  7:41 PM

     1      Low   4:19 PM     0.7

     1     High  10:29 PM     5.3

Su   2      Low   4:36 AM     0.5   6:25 AM     Set  8:27 AM      98

     2     High  10:52 AM     5.3   7:12 PM    Rise  8:14 PM

     2      Low   4:58 PM     0.8

     2     High  11:06 PM     4.8

M    3      Low   5:03 AM     1.0   6:25 AM     Set  9:24 AM      94

     3     High  11:21 AM     5.2   7:11 PM    Rise  8:48 PM

     3      Low   5:38 PM     0.9

     3     High  11:45 PM     4.3

Tu   4      Low   5:29 AM     1.5   6:26 AM     Set 10:20 AM      89

     4     High  11:51 AM     5.1   7:09 PM    Rise  9:23 PM

     4      Low   6:23 PM     1.2