Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Fun new NW for the holiday!



Happy Holidays everyone!  We’re looking at a nice new NW swell filling in tonight just in time for Thanksgiving and the weekend.  We’ll see some nice fun waves for Thursday ranging from chest/shoulder high in the morning to some solid shoulder/HH waves by midday with OH waves at the standout winter spots.  With the angle of the swell the north facing breaks farther south will be picking up some of the larger sets.  Look for the swell to peak through the night with some lingering HH+ waves for Friday morning and then starting to fade to chest high by midday.  We’ll also see some SW background groundswell kick in halfway through the day so our summer beaches will see a little bump up in swell.  Saturday it looks like we’ll see the remains of the NW with more of that SW swell.  Waves in the waist/chest high range at most beaches.  Sunday will see the leftovers from the SW swell with waist high waves with some funky little back to back NW wind swell appearing at the winter spots.  Waves in the waist high range from those swells carrying on into Monday and Tuesday.  Looks like some super late season SW groundswell appearing for the middle of next week.  Some interesting storm activity going on down in the Southern Hemi that’s kind of odd for this time of year.  I’ll keep and eye on it and let you know.

The long holiday weekend looks pretty spectacular as far as weather goes.  We’re seeing sunshine though the entire weekend with air temps warming up into the high 60s for Thanksgiving Day and high 70s by Saturday before dipping back down to the high 60s for Sunday and into the start of next week.  Expect some cool nights along with patch morning fog in the mornings.  Winds will be mostly calm with a little west breeze for the afternoon.  Pretty gorgeous conditions if you ask me!  Tides are pretty high in the pre-dawn hours and dropping to a medium low by about midday before turning around for the sunset session medium high tide push.  Good tides for the new swell!  Look for some more extreme water movement as we get into the weekend with the morning high tide slowing things down a bit draining out to the early afternoon low.  Water temps are a bit chilly in the high 50s.

Looks like some fun surf for the next few days!  Enjoy the long weekend and eat yourself silly! 

Stay wet San Diego!
Mish

Ocean Notes:

1)       With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us I can’t help but post this article about Vegan Thanksgiving recipes.  The butternut squash mashed potatoes and sweet potato and chard fritters look pretty dang tasty!

2)      And here’s a wonderous sight I had to share…a rare albino humpback whale!  Very cool!

3)      Check out this article about Gaviota Coast, the last 20 miles of unspoiled coastline in Southern California.  You can imagine it’s a heavily sought after chunk of land by developers.  The fight to keep this pristine land just that…pristine needs your help to create a documentary to spread the word.  Read about the project here feel free to help out.

4)      And to really get you in the mood here are some pics from Pipeline!  This is the swell we’re getting now…but Island Style!



Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with November 22, 2012.

www.saltwatertides.com
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
Th  22     High   5:02 AM     5.0   6:26 AM     Set  1:06 AM      63
    22      Low  11:33 AM     1.4   4:44 PM    Rise  1:18 PM
    22     High   5:21 PM     3.8
    22      Low  11:01 PM     1.2
 
F   23     High   5:39 AM     5.3   6:27 AM     Set  2:03 AM      72
    23      Low  12:22 PM     0.8   4:44 PM    Rise  1:50 PM
    23     High   6:22 PM     3.8
    23      Low  11:43 PM     1.5
 
Sa  24     High   6:12 AM     5.5   6:28 AM     Set  2:58 AM      80
    24      Low   1:02 PM     0.3   4:44 PM    Rise  2:23 PM
    24     High   7:11 PM     3.8
 
Su  25      Low  12:18 AM     1.6   6:29 AM     Set  3:53 AM      87
    25     High   6:42 AM     5.7   4:43 PM    Rise  2:58 PM
    25      Low   1:37 PM    -0.1
    25     High   7:53 PM     3.8
 
M   26      Low  12:51 AM     1.7   6:30 AM     Set  4:48 AM      93
    26     High   7:11 AM     5.8   4:43 PM    Rise  3:36 PM
    26      Low   2:09 PM    -0.3
    26     High   8:30 PM     3.8

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