Couldn't be Winter with this weather...some smaller but fun surf too!

Aloha SoCal!  We’ve got all sorts of swell going on right now…the trick is to be in the right place to catch it!  We’ve got a fairly steep NW groundswell that is bypassing a good portion of SoCal but the southern end of San Diego is getting some chest high surf.  The rest of us are chilling with waist and occasional chest high from that swell.  The other news maker is the new SW groundswell that’s filling in.  It’s got some nice angle so summer beaches will be seeing some fun waist/chest high surf with some occasional bigger sets here and there. This will continue to fill in Friday with backing off NW and slightly better consistency for the south.  Saturday will see the peak of the SW swell with waist/chest high waves and shoulder high sets at the best spots to start off the day.  A slow decline through the day and into Sunday.  A new little NW ground swell looking to slide in Sunday to help bump things into the waist/chest high range for winter beaches with much better angle (more west) that the current NW.  Swell peaks Monday which means a little more size (chest/shoulder) but starts to fade early.  Things simmer down for Tues with waist high waves.  A new WNW fills in for Wed bringing most of SD some fun waves in the waist/chest to start the day and then some slightly bigger chest high sets to end the day.  Thurs starts off with the peak of the swell in the chest/shoulder range.  We’ll see less swell as the day moves on, a little weather but then more surf! Interestingly both hemispheres have decided to kick in so look for more south swells and hopefully the water temp will bump up a little with those south swells.

Outstanding weather on tap for the end of the week and on into next week.  Fri and Sat will be the warmest as we have dry Santa Ana conditions peaking.  Air temps kick off Friday in the high 70s/low80s on the coast and humidity in the teens or less!  DRY!  Sunday we’ll start to see a few more clouds and building through the week. This will all depends on where the jet stream decides to head.  Interestingly the nighttime temps are not bad for us lately…high40s and low 50s.  Winds light out of the N and then E for a few days before turning NW again.  Water temps hanging in the mid/high 50s. 

Making this short…night!

Mish

  

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Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with March 1, 2013.

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Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

F    1      Low   5:10 AM     0.4   6:16 AM     Set  8:22 AM      89

     1     High  11:12 AM     4.0   5:46 PM    Rise 10:07 PM

     1      Low   4:53 PM     0.8

     1     High  11:27 PM     5.0

Sa   2      Low   6:10 AM     0.5   6:15 AM     Set  9:06 AM      82

     2     High  12:12 PM     3.3   5:47 PM    Rise 11:11 PM

     2      Low   5:29 PM     1.4

Su   3     High  12:16 AM     4.9   6:14 AM     Set  9:54 AM      72

     3      Low   7:28 AM     0.6   5:48 PM

     3     High   1:40 PM     2.8

     3      Low   6:18 PM     1.8

M    4     High   1:24 AM     4.8   6:13 AM    Rise 12:14 AM      62

     4      Low   9:02 AM     0.5   5:49 PM     Set 10:48 AM

     4     High   3:43 PM     2.7

     4      Low   7:51 PM     2.3

Tu   5     High   2:52 AM     4.7   6:11 AM    Rise  1:15 AM      50

     5      Low  10:31 AM     0.1   5:50 PM     Set 11:47 AM

     5     High   5:26 PM     3.0

     5      Low   9:47 PM     2.3