Saturday, April 13, 2013

Wind swell and then steep south


Greetings SoCal!  Wind swell is the name of the game for the next few days.  We’re seeing a little bump up in size at least and conditions have been on and off…good and bad.  Look for some waist high NW wind swell for Sunday and a little more swell for Monday…waist/chest.  Looking for a new S groundswell to start filling in late Monday.  Size should start to pickup overnight and Tuesday morning looks like some super inconsistent chest/shoulder high surf at the best summer spots.  The angle on this S is aimed pretty steep so most of SD County will probably be missed by this swell and will see more NW wind swell for most of the week.  Tuesday the peaks in the afternoon with some shoulder/HH surf.  Then we’re looking for the surf to back off Wed…starting in the chest/shoulder range and dropping into the chest high range.  Thursday we’ll keep seeing more waist/chest high surf to start the day with waist high for the evening session on into Friday.  The southern hemi will be sending another S swell but the angle is completely wrong for San Diego and even most of OC.  North LA maybe but not much more of SoCal.  

Oh Mother Nature is just cruising through spring weather.  She’s taking her sweet time.  Cloudy skies, more south winds and even a little chance of drizzle is on the books for the next few days.  Tuesday is the first day that we’ll see a bit more sunshine.  Air temps in the low 60s/high 50s thru Tues.  Wed is our turn around day with sunshine air temps in the high 60s/low 70s around the coast.  Thurs and Friday are looking like beach days…high 70s. Slightly lower air temps but still plenty of sunshine for the weekend.  South winds thru Tues and then more N and W winds take over as that sunshine pushes its way to our coastline. SE winds forecasted for Monday morning.   S winds slide back into town Sunday.  Tides are moving the most in the morning with a near zero low tide for the dawn patrol and moving to a medium high by early afternoon then back out again very slightly in the early evening.  Water temps are creeping up ever so slightly…high 50s.  Probably a little warm up later this week as we have some sunshine and that S swell pushes some warm water up.

Finicky conditions for the next few days but some nice weather on tap for the end of the week with the tail end of that steep groundswell.  

Heading for the beach next weekend…SPF y’all!
Mish

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with April 14, 2013.
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Su  14      Low   6:29 AM     0.2   6:20 AM    Rise  9:10 AM      11
    14     High  12:59 PM     3.1   7:19 PM     Set 11:26 PM
    14      Low   5:35 PM     2.1

M   15     High  12:00 AM     4.6   6:19 AM    Rise  9:58 AM      17
    15      Low   7:20 AM     0.5   7:19 PM
    15     High   2:06 PM     2.9
    15      Low   6:06 PM     2.5

Tu  16     High  12:42 AM     4.2   6:18 AM     Set 12:12 AM      25
    16      Low   8:23 AM     0.8   7:20 PM    Rise 10:48 AM
    16     High   3:44 PM     2.9
    16      Low   7:12 PM     2.8

W   17     High   1:44 AM     3.9   6:16 AM     Set 12:55 AM      34
    17      Low   9:38 AM     0.9   7:21 PM    Rise 11:41 AM
    17     High   5:29 PM     3.0
    17      Low   9:26 PM     2.9

Th  18     High   3:16 AM     3.7   6:15 AM     Set  1:35 AM      43
    18      Low  10:49 AM     0.9   7:21 PM    Rise 12:35 PM
    18     High   6:11 PM     3.3
    18      Low  11:06 PM     2.6

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