Friday, December 28, 2012

New WNW groundswell and rain for the weekend



Super fast forecast for Saturday and Sunday and a full forecast Sat night.  Friday’s swell is already history but we’ve got a new WNW groundswell filing in!  Buoys up north are reading 20 second period swell with some nice direction for SD County.  Some super clean conditions accompany the very chilly waist/chest high surf for Sat morning with some bigger sets on occasion but rare and at the better winter spots.  The new swell will really start to fill in later in the afternoon/evening. Unfortunately, the next storm system will as well.  Look for the infrequent new swell to deliver some chest/shoulder high surf by sunset along with some S winds and an upcoming tide.  Sunday we’re looking at some solid WNW swell filling in through the day with top spots peaking out late afternoon in the HH/OH range.  Monday (aka New Years Eve) looks like fun but I’ll fill you in on that one tomorrow.

Weather and tides will be the game changers.  Still looking at some slow high tide action for the midmorning session and a drained out minus tide midafternoon.  East winds for the morning sessions will keep things clean with hearty E winds by midday.  Gusty south winds filling in later in the day as the storm system moves down the coast and delivers showers by sunset.   Moderate west winds through the night and a chance of showers for Sun morning but lighter west winds most of the day.  COLD COLD COLD nighttime temps in the low 40s to greet the dawn patrollers.  Air temps in the high 50s during the day. Water temps in the high 50s.  It’ll feel toasty compared to the pre-dawn temperatures!

That’s it for today…a more lengthy forecast tomorrow and hopefully a pic or two!

Hope everyone had a wonderful, surf, fun, family, and friends filled holiday!

There’s more on the way!
Mish

One Ocean Note…

1)  That mackin’ swell we had last week…you had to know that there were gonna be some insane big wave pics…here’s the latest from Cortez Bank.  Fifty feet, building swell and glassin’ off…sounds like ideal conditions to me!  DUDE!



Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with December 29, 2012.

www.saltwatertides.com
 
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
Sa  29      Low   2:46 AM     2.0   6:51 AM     Set  7:32 AM      99
    29     High   8:58 AM     5.8   4:52 PM    Rise  6:24 PM
    29      Low   3:58 PM    -0.7
    29     High  10:30 PM     3.8
 
Su  30      Low   3:21 AM     2.0   6:51 AM     Set  8:10 AM      98
    30     High   9:29 AM     5.6   4:53 PM    Rise  7:20 PM
    30      Low   4:29 PM    -0.6
    30     High  11:04 PM     3.9
 
M   31      Low   3:59 AM     2.1   6:52 AM     Set  8:46 AM      94
    31     High  10:02 AM     5.2   4:53 PM    Rise  8:16 PM
    31      Low   5:00 PM    -0.3
    31     High  11:39 PM     4.0
 
Tu   1      Low   4:41 AM     2.1   6:52 AM     Set  9:20 AM      89
     1     High  10:39 AM     4.9   4:54 PM    Rise  9:14 PM
     1      Low   5:34 PM     0.0
 
W    2     High  12:19 AM     4.0   6:52 AM     Set  9:54 AM      82
     2      Low   5:36 AM     2.2   4:55 PM    Rise 10:13 PM
     2     High  11:22 AM     4.3
     2      Low   6:10 PM     0.4

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