Small then BIG!

Howdy all!  Some background WNW on the books for Tuesday with just a hint of small SW groundswell.  That equals knee to waist high waves around town.  Wednesday looks about the same with a little less NW and a bit more SW but size looking to remain about the same.  Weather conditions might be a little questionable Wed and into Thurs but it looks like most of that storm will stay to the north. Thursday is our turn around day as a big low pressure system throws some powerful surf our way.  Look for Thursday morning to start in the waist high range but really pickup through the day.  We’re talking chest high by midday and HH/OH by sunset.  The westerly direction in this swell will make for waves at all beaches around town but a bit closed out for the west facing beaches and beach breaks especially with some of the negative low tides in the latter half of the week.  Friday we’re looking at a bonanza day with really fun HH-OH+ waves.  With the storm so close it’ll be fairly consistent throughout the swell.  The swell keeps building into Saturday with OH+ waves in the morning as it  peaks and then ramps down through the day.  We’ll still see plenty of waves in the HH/OH range through the day and into Sunday.  Shoulder to HH waves going into Monday as that swell takes its swell time exiting.  Believe it or not we’re seeing some interesting activity in the Southern Hemi with some SW swell potentially being thrown our way for the middle of next week.  The Northern Hemi gets pretty quiet for a while after this juicy swell so milk it while you can!

Weather wise it looks like that storm that was going to drench us at the end of the week is all but gone.  We’ve got a 20% chance of showers Wed night and Thursday.  Until then we’re seeing morning fog and clouds all day Tuesday. Wed we’ll actually see some sunshine during the day before the system moves in in the evening.  Clouds Thurs and then partial sun and clouds for Friday and Sat before another chance of showers for Sun.   Air temps in the low to mid60s along the coast with light winds for most of the week.  It looks like we’ll see some S winds Thursday and Sat, just enough to put some bump on the water but not enough to make a real mess.  Big tide swings as we hit the full moon Wed.  Very full morning tides draining out all day for mid-afternoon lows and turning around for the sunset sessions.  If you’ve got night vision it looks like the midnight sessions might be pretty good but cloud cover might obscure the moonlight too much.  Water temps still in the high 50s/low 60s.

Looks like some fun winter surf finally on its way! 

Stay wet and warm San Diego!

I’m out!

Mish

No ocean notes today…more next time!

 

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with November 27, 2012.

www.saltwatertides.com

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Tu  27      Low   1:22 AM     1.9   6:31 AM     Set  5:41 AM      97

    27     High   7:40 AM     5.9   4:43 PM    Rise  4:17 PM

    27      Low   2:40 PM    -0.4

    27     High   9:05 PM     3.8

W   28      Low   1:52 AM     2.0   6:32 AM     Set  6:33 AM      99

    28     High   8:09 AM     5.9   4:43 PM    Rise  5:02 PM

    28      Low   3:11 PM    -0.5

    28     High   9:40 PM     3.7

Th  29      Low   2:23 AM     2.1   6:33 AM     Set  7:22 AM      99

    29     High   8:38 AM     5.8   4:43 PM    Rise  5:50 PM

    29      Low   3:44 PM    -0.4

    29     High  10:16 PM     3.7

F   30      Low   2:53 AM     2.3   6:33 AM     Set  8:09 AM      98

    30     High   9:09 AM     5.7   4:43 PM    Rise  6:41 PM

    30      Low   4:18 PM    -0.3

    30     High  10:55 PM     3.6

Sa   1      Low   3:26 AM     2.4   6:34 AM     Set  8:52 AM      95

     1     High   9:40 AM     5.5   4:43 PM    Rise  7:34 PM

     1      Low   4:54 PM    -0.2

     1     High  11:38 PM     3.5