Thursday, July 18, 2013

SW slowly filling in...with NW wind swell

Where is it?  Well, that new SW swell is taking its sweet time filling in.  The buoys are just barely seeing that swell but it’ll fill in.  Meanwhile we’ve got some weak but playful NW windswell to keep us a little busy.  Friday looks to have more wind swell and that SW filling in some more.  SW waves should bump up into the waist/chest range by the afternoon but things will still be a little bumpy and messy with that NW windswell combo on top of it.  Looks like the swell peaks over night and Saturday will see more NW wind swell along with a new SW swell that will fill in midday.  That new SW should be a bit more consistent from the get go with chest/shoulder high waves especially for the better summer breaks...HH on the sets.  Swell holds for Sunday morning and then slowly starts to taper off in the late afternoon.  The swell tapers off through the work week with small SW swells bumping in along the way to help give the surf a little kick.  Monday looks like chest/shoulder high surf with Tuesday’s surf in the chest high range and Wednesday dropping off into waist/chest range…the smallest day of the week.  Then it looks like we’ve got a few more storms down south that will be delivering more SW ground swell.   

The news for our weather outlook to end the week is the wind. We’re already seeing some light NW winds tonight.  The morning should be fairly calm with a bit of bump on it from all that wind swell.  The offshore winds don’t look to be calming down much overnight so best to seek a spot with some kelp offshore to help deal with all that overnight bump.  Early morning and late evening marine layer with sunshine midday and air temps in the low/mid 70s along the coast.  Same for Saturday but by Saturday night we’re looking at a slight chance of thunderstorms as a funky low brings in unstable air and some showers (Figures…I just washed my car!).  Next work week starts out with that cloudiness in the AM but by midweek it looks like sunshine and clear skies!  Water temps are down a few degrees from this NW wind swell…high 60s around most of town.  Tides are on the big swing with a medium high in the morning going down to only a medium low midday but then swinging back up to a pretty high high tide by nightfall.

Enjoy this next swell…nice of it to come on the weekend!

Stay wet San Diego!
Mish


Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with July 19, 2013.

www.saltwatertides.com
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
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
 
Sa  20      Low   2:17 AM    -0.9   5:55 AM     Set  3:39 AM      87
    20     High   8:42 AM     4.0   7:56 PM    Rise  6:04 PM
    20      Low   1:33 PM     1.7
    20     High   7:59 PM     6.7
 
Su  21      Low   3:01 AM    -1.3   5:56 AM     Set  4:45 AM      94
    21     High   9:25 AM     4.2   7:55 PM    Rise  7:00 PM
    21      Low   2:27 PM     1.6
    21     High   8:48 PM     6.9
 
M   22      Low   3:43 AM    -1.5   5:56 AM     Set  5:55 AM      98
    22     High  10:07 AM     4.5   7:55 PM    Rise  7:50 PM
    22      Low   3:17 PM     1.3
    22     High   9:35 PM     6.8
 
Tu  23      Low   4:25 AM    -1.5   5:57 AM     Set  7:04 AM      99
    23     High  10:48 AM     4.8   7:54 PM    Rise  8:34 PM
    23      Low   4:08 PM     1.2
    23     High  10:22 PM     6.5
 


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