Springtime surf...swell but a little bumpy!

Happy Spring Break and post-Easter weekend!  Looks like we’ve got some combo WNW wind and groundswell along the coast today with more on tap for Tuesday.  Shorter period swell in the waist high range with some fun chest high sets at the better winter spots.  Swell decreases a bit Tues with some background SW tucked in there.  Wed looks like the swells decrease further so expect some thigh/waist high surf.  Thursday we start the day with pretty small leftover WNW but some new long period SW groundswell looks to start creeping in late in the day.  That swell doesn’t really kick in until Friday with inconsistent waist high surf early.  There looks to be some more WNW windswell mixed in there so surf will pick up in size but conditions might be a little bumpy.  We’re looking at chest high for Fri and Sat with some bigger surf for Sunday.  Sunday looks like chest/shoulder high with the occasional slightly bigger set.  Monday looks like the WNW windswell drops off but we’ll still see the SW groundswell with waves in the waist/chest range still.  After that it looks like we should have a nice late winter groundswell as a storm out in the N. Pacific looks to be throwing some sizable waves our way.

We’ve definitely got some springtime weather this week.  Funky, warm and cool air temps and occasionally drizzly weather all week. We’ll see air temps cooler for Tues with some overnight NW winds continuing from today through the day Tuesday.  That should make for some bumpy conditions for the morning.  Then partial sunshine for Tues with mostly sunny Wed then back to a few more clouds for Thurs and the rest of the week and weekend.  Air temps warming up and in the high 60s along the coast Wed before cooling down into the mid/low 60s through next Monday.  Winds subside a little Wed so conditions should be better for Wed/Thurs and then a bit of SW winds for the weekend.  Water temps still hovering in the high 50s and low 60s.  We’re moving towards the New Moon so we’re starting to see some decent water movement in the morning.  A fairly full high tide overnight drains out to a near zero tide mid-morning before moving up to a medium high tide late afternoon.  Dawn patrol with the sucking out tide and the later afternoon push should provide for some fun waves.  The tricky part will just be the crossed up combo swells and left over wind.

Springtime surf…there’s swell out there just hop in and make the best of the conditions!  Better than flat!

Laters!

Mish 

  

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with April 2, 2013.

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Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Tu   2     High   2:02 AM     4.8   6:35 AM    Rise  1:06 AM      65

     2      Low   9:38 AM     0.1   7:10 PM     Set 11:44 AM

     2     High   4:41 PM     3.1

     2      Low   9:08 PM     2.5

W    3     High   3:33 AM     4.5   6:34 AM    Rise  1:58 AM      53

     3      Low  10:59 AM     0.0   7:11 PM     Set 12:48 PM

     3     High   6:01 PM     3.5

     3      Low  10:57 PM     2.2

Th   4     High   5:03 AM     4.5   6:32 AM    Rise  2:45 AM      42

     4      Low  12:04 PM    -0.2   7:11 PM     Set  1:52 PM

     4     High   6:50 PM     4.0

F    5      Low  12:16 AM     1.7   6:31 AM    Rise  3:27 AM      31

     5     High   6:16 AM     4.7   7:12 PM     Set  2:55 PM

     5      Low  12:55 PM    -0.3

     5     High   7:28 PM     4.4

Sa   6      Low   1:13 AM     1.1   6:30 AM    Rise  4:05 AM      21

     6     High   7:15 AM     4.8   7:13 PM     Set  3:56 PM

     6      Low   1:37 PM    -0.3

     6     High   8:01 PM     4.9