Sunday, March 30, 2014

Sping winds and combo swell are here!



This upcoming week will be a combo swell week with some sprinkles…yes, Spring is here!  We’ll start off with some building combo short period NW groundswell with background steeper SW swell.  Looking at surf in the waist high range Sunday morning and some slightly bigger waist/chest high surf by the afternoon.  Wind could be a little blustery out of the SW for the later afternoon/evening so an earlier session might be wise.   Look for a little more size in the southern end of the county.  That carries into Monday to kick off the week and backs down a bit through the day.  Tuesday we’re looking at less NW and a new SW groundswell.  This will start off with the typical super inconsistent waves in the waist high range.  Unfortunately Tuesday is when we’re supposed to see some winds and showers so we’ll see a lot of chunky wind slop on top of that swell.  Wednesday the storm should pass and we’ll see more of that SW along with some bigger WNW wind swell.  Size bumps up into the chest high range for the morning session and peaks in the HH/OH range by nightfall.  Things will be tapering off pretty quickly by Thursday morning with surf back in the chest/shoulder range and way down to the waist high range by the evening.  Friday we’re looking at lingering WNW in the waist high range and a steep S that will bypass SD and most of LA/OC for the most part.  The good news is that there’s a potentially nice NW groundswell for the start of the next week and the southern hemi is looking more active these days so we’ll see if we can squeeze more swell out of there soon.

Weather wise we’re looking at some typical Springtime weather for Sunday with partly sunny skies and air temps in the low 60s.  Winds pick up early out of the S and look to stick around for most of the week. Monday is actually looking pretty sunny in the low 60s with mild winds early and picking up by mid-afternoon.  Then things take a turn and there’s a chance of showers and at least gusty SW winds for Tues and Wed.  Less wind and rain for the southern half of the county as the storm will just barely brush SD.  More winds and about the same chance of rain for LA/OC.  Chance of showers linger through Friday actually but I expect that to decrease as we get closer to the work week and we’ll actually see more sunshine than showers. (although we REALLY need the rain!)  Water temps are in the low to mid 60s but should warm up further soon with the activity in the Southern Hemisphere.  And the tides are pushing high in the morning til mid-morning, backing down through midday with a low mid-afternoon and then racing it’s way up again. 

Looks like we may have a windy mess on our hands this week.  There will be some decent swell but conditions will be questionable with plenty of west and south winds.

Either way…stay wet San Diego!
Mish
 

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with March 30, 2014.

www.saltwatertides.com
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
Su  30      Low   3:31 AM    -0.5   6:39 AM    Rise  6:28 AM      1
    30     High   9:43 AM     5.2   7:08 PM     Set  7:24 PM
    30      Low   3:41 PM    -0.3
    30     High   9:56 PM     5.7
 
M   31      Low   4:14 AM    -0.7   6:38 AM    Rise  7:08 AM      0
    31     High  10:27 AM     4.9   7:08 PM     Set  8:27 PM
    31      Low   4:15 PM     0.2
    31     High  10:31 PM     5.7
 
Tu   1      Low   4:57 AM    -0.6   6:37 AM    Rise  7:49 AM      1
     1     High  11:12 AM     4.4   7:09 PM     Set  9:29 PM
     1      Low   4:49 PM     0.7
     1     High  11:05 PM     5.5
 
W    2      Low   5:42 AM    -0.4   6:35 AM    Rise  8:32 AM      5
     2     High  11:59 AM     4.0   7:10 PM     Set 10:28 PM
     2      Low   5:23 PM     1.2
     2     High  11:42 PM     5.2
 
Th   3      Low   6:30 AM    -0.1   6:34 AM    Rise  9:17 AM      11
     3     High  12:52 PM     3.4   7:11 PM     Set 11:23 PM
     3      Low   5:59 PM     1.7

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