Sunday, November 18, 2012

Mostly med/small size surf this week



Greetings So Cal!  What a nice weekend we had with a big of surf to keep everyone paddling and a little bit happy.  We’re looking at a bit more of the NW for Monday with the southern half of the county picking up a bit more surf than the northern end.  Surf in the chest high range Monday with some slightly larger sets.  Smaller waist/chest high surf for Tuesday.  We’ll also see some background S groundswell but nothing really to get excited about.  Waist high and very inconsistent sets for the southern facing beaches for late Tues and into Wed.  By then the NW will fade to knee/waist.  Thanksgiving Day we’ll be thankful for a new NW groundswell in the waist/chest high range.  Top spots will have some shoulder high sets as the swell builds through the day and peaks through the nights.  Look for some waist/chest high surf for Friday as things back down and another late background S swell for the weekend.  This weekend swell looks like it’ll deliver some small swell as the storm that made it is pretty weak.  Look for some waist high waves at best for most of the weekend.

Weather wise we’re looking at mostly sunny days with some patch overnight and morning marine layer.  Air temps only hitting the mid60s with cooler over night temps in the low 50s.  Light morning NE winds make way for light to moderate NW winds by midday.  As Thanksgiving Day arrives we’ll see a little warm up and mostly clear skies with a puff of clouds here and there.  The weekend looks pretty nice with mostly sunny skies and air temps back up into the mid to upper 70s.  Tides are starting to chill out with medium water movement for the first half of the day and a bit more extreme tides still for the second half of the day.  Water temps in the high 50s and low 60s…winter water temps now let’s hope for some winter swell!

That’s it for today…hope you all had a spectacular weekend and cause some fun surf.

It’s a wrap!
Mish

Ocean Notes:

1)       We had a fair amount of showers Saturday night/Sunday morning. There are some spots with questionable water quality as there was enough runoff to make it to the line up.  Heads up if you surf near a rivermouth or stormdrain outlet.  In particular there was a sewage spill at Moonlight Beach and some 6200 gallons of sewage made it out to the beach.  Oceanside also has some questionable water after the rain.  Keep up to date with Coastkeeper’s online app called The Swim Guide.   

2)      A new Eddie-esque type contest will be sponsored by Red Bull this winte  Put your boards away, it’s invite only.  Of course we’ll all be able to watch it online.  More details here .

3)      As we all splash around in the chest high surf let’s take a look at what’s happening across the pond as the North Atlantic is dishing out the good on Portugal this winter.  Dang…those are some BIIIIIIIIIIIIIII waves!

4)      And if you’re thinking of doing a little early Spring Cleaning the folks who endured the wrath of Hurricane Sandy sure could use some threads.  Surf shops around town are collecting items to send eastward as the cold harsh winter sets in over there.  Please help and donate what you can.  More details on what they need and where to drop it can be found on Surfing Mag's page.  Thanks!  



Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with November 19, 2012.
www.saltwatertides.com
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
M   19     High   2:11 AM     4.0   6:24 AM    Rise 11:36 AM      31
    19      Low   7:14 AM     2.7   4:46 PM     Set 11:08 PM
    19     High   1:09 PM     4.7
    19      Low   8:14 PM     0.2
 
Tu  20     High   3:20 AM     4.3   6:25 AM    Rise 12:12 PM      42
    20      Low   8:57 AM     2.4   4:45 PM
    20     High   2:36 PM     4.1
    20      Low   9:17 PM     0.6
 
W   21     High   4:17 AM     4.7   6:25 AM     Set 12:09 AM      52
    21      Low  10:27 AM     1.9   4:45 PM    Rise 12:46 PM
    21     High   4:04 PM     3.9
    21      Low  10:13 PM     0.9
 
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

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