Gonna get big...with some showers...

Salutations So Cal!  We’re looking at the first of two very nice WNW swells to fill in tonight and Thursday morning.  We’ll see the first swath of swell by mid-morning and size will really pick up from waist high to solid HH by sundown.   Size cranks up to the HH+ range overnight with solid swell as that next WNW fills in right on top of the first one.  Continuing HH/OH+ surf for Friday pushing DOH perhaps on some of the best sets of the day.  Lots of west in both swells so we’re looking at some closed out conditions for some of the west facing beaches.  The big tide swings will also be a major factor…slowing things down early in the early/mid morning and draining out for the mid-afternoon.  Best window will probably be late morning/midday.  Plenty of swell as the second WNW continues to build Saturday…well overhead all day and into Sunday.  Swell peaks early early Sunday but we’ll still have lots of good surf in the OH range all day and into early Monday.  We’ll see surf Tuesday drop into the shoulder/HH range and chest shoulder for Wednesday as a little NW wind swell helps keep the leftovers going.  Technically there is a little background SW groundswell in all that but I’m assuming it’ll get eliminated by all the energy in the N swells.  A little quiet in the N Pacific with a few smaller storms but those could change course and surprise us! 

Ah, now for the weather!  The forecast keeps changing…rain, no rain, showers, clouds, chances of showers…at this point it’s pretty much 50/50 across the board with a chance of showers just about every day through the weekend.  The biggest factor is wind.  Winds look to be SE overnight with moderate SW winds picking up midday for the next few days.  Shower totals look very small so any showers will be minimal…just enough to make traffic a nightmare!  We’ll start to see more sunshine by Sunday.  Air temps in the mid60s during the day and mid 50s at night along the coast.  Pretty full high tides mid-morning dropping into negative low tides by mid-afternoon for the next few days.  The tides will definitely make a difference on wave quality.  Water temps in the high 50s/low 60s still.

Have fun the next few days…be careful, I’m thinking there might be a few people out in the line up jonesing for some winter surf!

Lates,

Mish

 

Ocean Notes:

1)       Vans World Cup is kicking off at Sunset in some decent size but mixed condition waves.  With these pros they still rip it up and make it look darn fun!

2)      Ok, I’d love to write more but I have to go pack my surf gear for my dawn patrol and get to bed…I know you understand…

Are you ready?  

December 2009

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

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

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

Su   2      Low   4:02 AM     2.6   6:35 AM     Set  9:32 AM      90

     2     High  10:14 AM     5.2   4:42 PM    Rise  8:29 PM

     2      Low   5:33 PM     0.1

M    3     High  12:27 AM     3.5   6:36 AM     Set 10:09 AM      84

     3      Low   4:48 AM     2.8   4:42 PM    Rise  9:25 PM

     3     High  10:52 AM     4.8

     3      Low   6:15 PM     0.3

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

Quick update...

Whoa...just checked on the weather forecast and it looks like that storm is going to stay to the north of us while the swell will fill in on Thursday for the weekend as planned! That means much cleaner conditions for some fun surf! Stay tuned for an full update Monday night!

Fading NW but big bigger waves on the way!

Happy Holidays!  Yes, I can’t believe I’m saying that either.  Luckily, with the holidays has come some surf.  We had a few days of some fun and finally sizable surf.  Good thing no one else knew about it eh?  Well, Saturday we’ll see the tail end of that NW groundswell with just waist and the occasional chest high wave around the winter beaches.  The SW is lingering as well but it’s really not much of a factor with a knee/waist high wave on occasion.  Sunday we should see a little hiccup of NW swell keeping things in the waist/chest high range and then things taper off for Monday and Tuesday with knee to waist high surf and a hint of SW in the background.  By Wednesday we’ll see a short burst of NW to bump things up a hair…waist high I’m thinking.  The big news is next WNW groundswell. The models have this storm forming very quickly and becoming very big but also dropping down into our neighborhood.  That means midday Thursday we should see the swell pick up rapidly with foul weather close on its heels as surf jumps into the shoulder high range by evening..  The timing will be crucial for surf conditions.  Looks like Friday will be the best day with S winds but surf hitting the HH/OH+ range early and building throughout the day.  Saturday is looking like a big surf day…the models show significant rain but we’ll have to see how this storm develops.  Oh, and if you happen to be heading to the Hawaiian Island…this swell is gonna ROCK THE HOUSE!  Triple Crown Action for sure!

Weather wise our immediate hassle is the dense fog for the dawn patrol.  Looks really thick until about 10am and then again for that evening session.  That should be the case through Tuesday.  Midday we will see clouds and light winds.  Wed we see a chance of drizzle but Thursday is when the clouds start to move in and Friday our chance of showers increase.  Forecasters are calling Saturday and Sunday as rain days.  Light SSW winds so at the right spot that could mean some pretty awesome surf.  Again, I’ll have to track that storm and see if it stays on track and lives up to the hype.  We know how things can change!  Water temps in the high 50s/low 60s.  Tides are starting to get a bit extreme as we see an early high tide slowing down the foggy dawn patrol and things draining out midday.  Those extreme tides will also play a big role in conditions as that new NW arrives for the end of next week.

Looks like this weekend was just a warm up!  Wooohooooooooo…winter swell is on its way! (keep your fingers and toes crossed!)

I’m all tuckered out from good food and fun surf!  Hope you are too!

I’m out!

Mish

Ocean Notes:

1)       You can’t miss this one…Bird’s Surf Shed is having a killer auction and holiday shopping fun event Saturday with some insane boards and great raffle prizes too!  It’s going on all day (shopping!)  and into the evening (live and silent auction).  Lots of action at the auction…boards that dreams are made of!  For a preview of the auction items check out the Surf Shed’s Facebook or Instagram sight…I guarantee you’ll start drooling!

2)      With Winter fast upon us we’ll also see some snow showers in the mountains!  Mammoth Mountain should get a healthy dump of snow next weekend…fresh pow pow anyone?

3)      If you need to burn some time and get super stoked on surfing check out these free surf flicks on Surfer Mag’s site! 

4)      As things heat up in the North Pacific keep your eyes on the action at the Vans Triple Crown on the North Shore.  Juicy swell and juicy surfing delivered to your doorstep…LIVE!

5)      Does your grom rock?  Well, check out the grom competition  that was shredding at Lowers this past week.  Mini rippahs!

6)      And last but not least….while it was boomin’ that NW swell we had the past few days gave the folks on the North Shore some nuggets to play with.  See!

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with November 24, 2012.

www.saltwatertides.com

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

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

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

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

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