Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Soooooo small with some weekend fun



Hi y’all!  Well, we’re looking at some pretty small swell right now and things will stay the same for Thursday and Friday.  We’re talking ankle to knee high at best out of the NW.  We’ll see a hint of background S on Friday but no real pick up in surf along the coast.  By Saturday we should see some NW groundswell with size picking up slightly for the dawn patrol, knee/waist high and waist/chest by the end of the day.  Sunday will see the peak of the swell with waist/chest high surf to start the day and things will start to fade through the day.  Monday is looking at some waist high surf with some small background SW groundswell.  Not expecting much out of that system…waist high at the south facing beaches to compliment the winter beaches.  Tuesday see’s both systems fade a bit with Wed even smaller with a little NW wind swell.  Thanksgiving Day looks like surf may pick up but mostly with NW swell and a little background S.  I’ll see how those swell pan out over the next 48 hours and let you know if you should offer to help out with Thanksgiving dinner early or just wait to be on the clean up crew!

Our weather has been pretty spectacular with clean glassy days and very little wind.  Look for increasing dense fog tonight and Thursday morning with calm winds and clouds for Thursday night and an ever so slight chance of showers.  Partly sunny for Fri, again light winds all day with more clouds and chances of showers thoughout the weekend.  Air temps in the mid60s.  Water temps have taken a dive with high 50s around most of the county.  Some huge tide swings with tonight’s new moon.  A really high high tide will hit mid-morning and drain out quickly to a negative low in the late afternoon.  For the weekend the tides are most extreme in the afternoon with much less movement in the morning. There’s some great afternoon tidepooling if you can get to the beach midafternoon as the tide is draining out. 

Looks like a job on the beach at low tide or paddling a SUP for a few miles will be your best bet for the next few days.  Let’s hope Mother Nature stirs things up a bit soon!

Stay wet San Diego!
Mish

Ocean Notes:

1)       I mentioned tidepooling earlier.  Great time of year for it.  Grab a wetsuit, a pair of reef walking shoes and pair of polarized sunglasses and hit the reef midafternoon for the best tidepooling.  Don’t forget to leave all the creatures where you found ‘em and don’t take anything home!  And digging critters out of their hole might make for fun viewing but be gentle.  They hide waaaaay back in there for a reason!

2)      If you’re itching to give to a good cause why not head to the annual San Diego CoastKeeper fundraiser this Thursday.  It’s toned down a bit this year but the silent auction and drawing at the Del Mar Powerhouse is still hot!  Check out the event and get your tickets here!

3)      If you missed either of Donald Takayama’s paddle outs it was obvious that he was not only a legend in the industry but a friend to so many.  Surfline has a nice recap of both events.

4)      And of course I’ll leave things with something surfy surfy.  There hasn’t been anything on our coast to report so how about checking out the early rockin’ North Shore!  And the water’s a nice 75 degrees…almost makes you want to move eh brah?



Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with November 15, 2012.

www.saltwatertides.com
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
Th  15      Low   2:50 AM     1.6   6:20 AM    Rise  8:17 AM      1
    15     High   9:13 AM     6.8   4:47 PM     Set  6:47 PM
    15      Low   4:18 PM    -1.4
    15     High  10:49 PM     4.0
 
F   16      Low   3:38 AM     1.9   6:21 AM    Rise  9:17 AM      5
    16     High  10:00 AM     6.5   4:47 PM     Set  7:54 PM
    16      Low   5:12 PM    -1.1
    16     High  11:50 PM     4.0
 
Sa  17      Low   4:34 AM     2.3   6:22 AM    Rise 10:10 AM      12
    17     High  10:53 AM     6.0   4:46 PM     Set  9:00 PM
    17      Low   6:09 PM    -0.7
 
Su  18     High  12:57 AM     4.0   6:23 AM    Rise 10:56 AM      21
    18      Low   5:44 AM     2.5   4:46 PM     Set 10:06 PM
    18     High  11:54 AM     5.3
    18      Low   7:10 PM    -0.2
 
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

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