Happy Labor Day surf!

Ahhhhhhhhhh, let the summer truly begin!  The lineups will (hopefully) be a little less packed and the roads will have a few less cars on them after today.   Bring on the SUMMER SWELLS!  I hope everyone got in the water.  Unless you headed to far North County it was a bit jumbled as we had both S swell (steeper than I had originally anticipated) and hurricane swell.  It was also significantly smaller.  Some good summer spots were picking up the energy but it was messy and not all that big while other breaks up north were cranking and punishing to those of us with “small swell noodle arms”.  Things should calm down a bit more Tuesday and become more consistent with waist/chest high surf around most of SD County and still some chest/shoulder high surf at the northerly reaches of town.  That S and the hurricane swell will continue to taper off through the day and will be around but still smaller for Wed.  Thursday looks to be the smallest day of the week with steep Tropical Storm John swell flying by us.  Winds aren’t very impressive for John and the direction will be mostly out of SD’s window but it is forecasted to turn north so we might get a little nugget or two Thursday. Friday we’re looking for a new and smaller short-lived SW swell.  This will have a similar angle as the one we’re having now so not ideal for all of SD but the best summer spots will see surf pick up into the waist and occasional chest high range.   Saturday will see smaller surf with some energy in the waist high range.  Sunday is looking like…dare I say it…some WNW swell?  A doozy of a storm peeked into the N. Pac and threw a shot of swell our way.  It’s not huge groundswell by any means but perhaps a hint of some swell by next Sun/Mon.  Looks like a little activity in the S. Pacific might throw us some love for the middle/end of next week.  The N. Pacific goes quiet again but there’s still plenty of time for activity up there this winter (Come on El Nino!).

Same old boring weather for the upcoming week.  Some dense morning fog as the water temps have dipped a little and it’s still scorching inland.  Things should clear up by late morning with some light/moderate west winds kicking up in the afternoon.  Same story for the rest of the week with a little less fog and hopefully more sunshine.  Air temps in the high to mid 70s.  Water temps have dipped a little so we’re seeing 69-71 around town.  The tides are already mellowing out from Friday’s Blue Moon so we’re seeing a medium low a little before dawn pushing to a medium high midday and then dropping out another medium low at sunset.

Hope everyone had a few fun waves, good times with friends and family and some tasty BBQ!  Happy Labor Day!

Alooooooha!

Mish

Ocean Notes:

1)       With the fun surf we’ve had this wave pool might look boring but these guys are pretty good and make it look easy.  Go ahead…give it a whirl! 

2)      If you’re heading to the south end of the county for a surf you might want to check Coastkeeper’s beach status website to see how those 5 MILLION gallons of sewage that flowed out of TJ last week are doing.  Probably a bit stinky still.  Remember my moto…”Don’t surf in poo!”  If you haven’t already you should download their beach status app called The Swim Guide.

3)      As I mentioned, the swell didn’t quite hit SD like it did breaks farther north, like…say…the Wedge in Newport where it was a beastly 15’!  Check out these pics of the action!  How’d you like a piece of that pie?

4)      And last but not least…Surfer Mag leaves us with…hot surfer chicks!  By hot I mean she’s only in a bathing suit… silly Swamis locals!

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with September 4, 2012.

www.saltwatertides.com

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

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

W    5     High  12:29 AM     3.8   6:27 AM     Set 11:15 AM      82

     5      Low   5:54 AM     1.9   7:08 PM    Rise 10:02 PM

     5     High  12:24 PM     4.9

     5      Low   7:16 PM     1.4

Th   6     High   1:26 AM     3.2   6:27 AM     Set 12:09 PM      74

     6      Low   6:17 AM     2.4   7:07 PM    Rise 10:43 PM

     6     High   1:05 PM     4.6

     6      Low   8:29 PM     1.6

F    7     High   3:02 AM     2.9   6:28 AM     Set  1:01 PM      65

     7      Low   6:37 AM     2.8   7:05 PM    Rise 11:28 PM

     7     High   2:04 PM     4.4

     7      Low  10:06 PM     1.6

Sa   8     High   3:31 PM     4.3   6:29 AM     Set  1:51 PM      56

     8      Low  11:34 PM     1.4   7:04 PM