Monday, March 10, 2014

Peaking NW and some smaller NW on the way

Aloha and happy Monday to you all.  I don’t know WHERE the week goes.  We had a fun weekend of surf and there’s a new NW groundswell that was filling in today.  Some pretty fun and juicy waves in the chest/shoulder high range with some HH sets not uncommon especially in the better winter spots.  We’ll see more of that swell Tuesday with more shoulder/HH surf.  The swell fades in the afternoon but we’re still looking at waist/chest high surf by the new after-work session.  Waist high or so for Wed afternoon and fading through the day.  There looks to be a hint of background SW that the summer spots might see too.  It won’t be anything macking but some waist high waves for the more northerly breaks. 

Thursday looks to be one of the smaller days with though/waist high surf to start the day.  The second half of the day looks like we’ll see a new smaller NW groundswell.  The wave height really only bumps up to waist high with some chest high sets at the better winter spots  by Friday morning.  There’s a bit of an angle on this swell as the jet stream is pushing everything waaaaaaaaaay north.  Waist/chest high waves thru the day and tapering off slightly Saturday and Sunday but still mostly waist high for most of the weekend.  Monday we’re looking at the first of two back to back NW groundswells. The first one will bump surf into the chest high range by Monday morning and the second one fills in late Monday so by Tuesday we should see some shoulder/HH waves with some slightly OH waves at the best winter spots and breaks a bit farther south of La Jolla. 

If the Santa Anas aren’t already wreaking havoc on your sinuses just get ready for round two.  We’ll see patchy fog first thing in the morning Tuesday but then the sunshine breaks through and the second round of Santa Ana (dry and offshore) winds blow Tuesday night through Wednesday.  Pretty gusty offshore too so that might for some pretty nice surf conditions all day.  After Tuesday’s clouds and then clearing we will see mostly sunny skies and more hot coastal air temps especially for the weekend.  High 60s/low 70s thru the work week and back up to the high 70s/low 80s for the weekend.  (YAY!)  Water temps are actually creeping up a tad with 61-64 degrees along our shores.  The tides are starting to swing a bit more as we approach the full moon on Sunday.  High tide push at sunrise will drain out to a barely negative low in the mid-afternoon before swinging back up for that sunset tide push.

Some fun surf still hitting So Cal and some activity lurking around the Southern Hemi! 

Stay wet San Diego!
Mish


 Lingering March 7th swell…bumpy but packing some punch!

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with March 12, 2014.

www.saltwatertides.com
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
Tu  11      Low  12:48 AM     2.0   7:04 AM     Set  3:50 AM      71
    11     High   6:50 AM     4.5   6:54 PM    Rise  2:45 PM
    11      Low   1:45 PM     0.1
    11     High   8:17 PM     3.7
 
W   12      Low   1:28 AM     1.7   7:03 AM     Set  4:28 AM      79
    12     High   7:31 AM     4.7   6:55 PM    Rise  3:38 PM
    12      Low   2:13 PM     0.0
    12     High   8:37 PM     4.0
 
Th  13      Low   2:02 AM     1.4   7:02 AM     Set  5:04 AM      86
    13     High   8:07 AM     4.9   6:55 PM    Rise  4:32 PM
    13      Low   2:38 PM    -0.1
    13     High   8:58 PM     4.2
 
F   14      Low   2:34 AM     1.0   7:00 AM     Set  5:39 AM      92
    14     High   8:40 AM     5.0   6:56 PM    Rise  5:26 PM
    14      Low   3:03 PM    -0.2
    14     High   9:20 PM     4.5
 
Sa  15      Low   3:06 AM     0.7   6:59 AM     Set  6:12 AM      96
    15     High   9:12 AM     5.1   6:57 PM    Rise  6:21 PM
    15      Low   3:28 PM    -0.1
    15     High   9:44 PM     4.7
 
Su  16      Low   3:38 AM     0.4   6:58 AM     Set  6:45 AM      99
    16     High   9:45 AM     5.0   6:58 PM    Rise  7:17 PM
    16      Low   3:53 PM     0.0
    16     High  10:08 PM     4.9
 

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