Saturday, March 16, 2013

More south then a chance of showers midweek


We’re looking at some shorter period SW swell to fill in for Sunday.  Size should pick up throughout the day with some fun waist/chest high surf at the south facing summer spots.  Monday will see a bit more swell so slightly more of the chest high stuff which will continue on into Tuesday.  Wednesday looks like a combo of that south along with some local NW wind swell.  Looks like the first day of spring is going to see some inclement weather.  Winds will mix with swell but surf looks to be in the waist/chest high range out of the south with some waist wind swell for the west and north facing beaches.  Thursday thing will clean up with some new SW groundswell entering the picture.  Looking like surf will pick up into the waist/chest range and increasing Friday to some fun chest/shoulder high surf at the better south facing breaks.  Swell peaks late Fri but we’ll still see some fun surf for Saturday in the waist/chest range as the swell tapers off.  Looks like we’ll start to see the beginnings of a new SW groundswell on Sunday as a storm’s brewing down in the Southern Hemi.  We’ll see how that pans out but it looks pretty favorable for some fun surf.

Weather is interesting.  We’re seeing a lot of marine layer (aka fog) along the coast lately and that will continue through the middle of the week.  Look for coastal dense cloudiness with some afternoon partial sunshine in areas but not widespread.  Then dense fog filling in again overnight.   Winds will be fairly light but out of the south for the next few days.  Wednesday a low pressure system swings into town and we’ll see more SW winds picking up and a chance of showers.  Air temps will be in the low to mid60s for the remainder of the weekend and into the week.  Showers Wed night and the storm moves out Thursday as we start to see more sunshine and warming air temps for the end of the week and into the weekend…low 70s.  Water temps are still a little chilly in the mid50s but I’m thinking they should warm up as we keep seeing these southern hemi swells pushing warm water our way.  We’re between the new and full moon so tides aren’t moving much for the first half of the week.  We’re seeing a medium low for the morning sessions going up to a low high tide in the early afternoon before going out a very little to the evening sunset sessions.   The end of the week will see more extreme tidal movement which will help those fun souths that will be showing up.

The next few days should hold some fun south swell.  The next south in a week or so should be fun with the benefit of some sunshine.  

Stay wet San Diego!
Mish

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with March 17, 2013.
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Su  17     High  12:48 AM     4.4   6:56 AM    Rise 10:30 AM      24
    17      Low   7:59 AM     1.0   6:59 PM
    17     High   2:25 PM     2.7
    17      Low   6:37 PM     2.2

M   18     High   1:37 AM     4.0   6:55 AM     Set 12:45 AM      32
    18      Low   9:24 AM     1.2   6:59 PM    Rise 11:16 AM
    18     High   5:06 PM     2.6
    18      Low   7:34 PM     2.6

Tu  19     High   2:55 AM     3.9   6:53 AM     Set  1:33 AM      41
    19      Low  11:02 AM     1.1   7:00 PM    Rise 12:05 PM
    19     High   7:03 PM     2.9
    19      Low  10:12 PM     2.8

W   20     High   4:29 AM     3.9   6:52 AM     Set  2:18 AM      51
    20      Low  12:10 PM     0.8   7:01 PM    Rise 12:57 PM
    20     High   7:21 PM     3.1
    20      Low  11:44 PM     2.5

Th  21     High   5:43 AM     4.0   6:51 AM     Set  3:00 AM      60
    21      Low  12:53 PM     0.5   7:01 PM    Rise  1:51 PM
    21     High   7:38 PM     3.5

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