Small then new fun SW swells!

There she goes…so long south swell!  We’re looking at a few days of quiet NW wind swell as the last of that steep south fades into oblivion.  Tuesday will be pretty quite along the coast with knee to waist high surf.  Wednesday is much of the same with the first few long period waves starting to show overnight.  Thursday looks like the day we’ll see things pick up.  The morning will start with a combo of NW windswell and waist high inconsistent SW swell.  This swell has a much better angle so more of San Diego will see waves.  By the evening session we should see some pretty fun chest high surf with some shoulder high sets at the outstanding summer spots.  Friday the swell is still on the rise for dawn patrollers with shoulder/HH surf around most of town.  Again, a little inconsistent but improving through the day.  Swell peaks late in the evening but Saturday sees a new little SW swell that will help keep surf in the shoulder/HH range with some OH sets at the better south facing spots.  Fun surf continues through Sunday in the shoulder/HH range as things start to fade.  Monday we’re still seeing plenty of swell from that second swell.  Surf in the chest/shoulder range and fading ever so slowly through the day and into Tuesday.  Looks like there’s a little SW/NW combo about a week out so more fun surf on the way!

Hot and sticky!  That’s what we’re seeing but things are finally starting to cool off a bit.  Patchy morning and overnight otherwise sunshine midday with air temps in the low to mid 70s.  Winds looks to be a bit breeze over the next few days out of the N/NW in the 5-15mph range with some 20mph gusts.  We’ll see some overnight breeze too so that means some bump for the Wed morning sessions.  (Waves will be tiny so maybe go for a jog instead!)  Winds back to normal for the end of the week and weekend with light SW winds by midday.  Water temps are a little cooler (mid to high 60s) in the southern half of the county as that last SE swell pushed the warm stuff offshore but North County is basking in the warmer low 70 degree water.  That next SW should push the 70+ degree water back onto the coastline and warm things up again.  We’re seeing a little water movement through the middle of the day with a medium low in the mid-morning and a medium high in the mid-afternoon then dipping back down to a medium low a few hours after sunset.  Not a lot of water movement but when that swell shows up we should have two nice little dawn patrol and evening session tide pushes.

Looking forward to more fun warm south swell!

Stay wet San Diego!

Mish

Ocean Notes:

1)       Who owns Pro surfing now?  It’s been sold?  I didn’t know it was for sale!  Who bought it and for how much?  Check out this  very interesting article on the subject.

2)     Here’s a great whale hugging story!   This fisherman from Virginia Beach filmed himself freeing a Northern Right whale that was dragging a huge fishing line of fishing gear.  Two thumbs up in my book!  Watch it!

3)   Need something to do this Saturday?  Check out Coastkeeper’s Heroes Brew Craft Beer Festival down at the Embarcadero Park North and sip some tasty brew while giving to a good cause…the ocean!  For more info click here!

4)   Closing today with some insane Puerto Escondido …big, BIG beach break!  The key term here is the word…BREAK!  YOWZA!

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with July 15, 2013.

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Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

M   15     High   2:05 AM     3.5   5:52 AM    Rise 12:49 PM      36

    15      Low   8:07 AM     1.4   7:58 PM

    15     High   3:17 PM     4.7

    15      Low  10:08 PM     1.7

Tu  16     High   3:43 AM     3.0   5:53 AM     Set 12:16 AM      46

    16      Low   9:04 AM     1.7   7:58 PM    Rise  1:51 PM

    16     High   4:16 PM     5.0

    16      Low  11:30 PM     1.2

W   17     High   5:28 AM     2.9   5:53 AM     Set 12:57 AM      57

    17      Low  10:16 AM     2.0   7:57 PM    Rise  2:55 PM

    17     High   5:17 PM     5.4

Th  18      Low  12:36 AM     0.4   5:54 AM     Set  1:45 AM      68

    18     High   6:52 AM     3.2   7:57 PM    Rise  4:00 PM

    18      Low  11:30 AM     2.1

    18     High   6:15 PM     5.9

F   19      Low   1:29 AM    -0.3   5:54 AM     Set  2:39 AM      78

    19     High   7:53 AM     3.6   7:56 PM    Rise  5:04 PM

    19      Low  12:36 PM     2.0

    19     High   7:08 PM     6.3