Sunday, April 20, 2014

Fun SW and NW on the way!



Happy Easter everyone!  Fun surf for most of the week with some background SW and new NW groundswell on tap to kick off the week on Monday.   Surf in the waist/chest range with some slightly larger sets at the south facing beaches and some fairly consistent waves at the west and north facing beaches.  Tuesday we’ll see slightly less surf out of the south as that swell backs off and a bit more of the NW shorter period groundswell. Surf still in the waist/chest range but just more NW than SW.  Wed we should see a new SW in the water as surf bumps up into the chest/shoulder range at the better summer spots.  There looks to be some SE winds Tues night too so there could be some nice offshore conditions for Wed morning.  Thursday there’s still waist/chest high surf in the water…mostly SW with some W wind swell in there.  Size tapers off for the afternoon sesh so hit it on the earlier side to get more size.  Friday things drop off to waist high around most of the county’s beaches.  Late Friday we should start to see the first arrivals from a new SW groundswell.  This looks to be a pretty decent groundswell too so by Saturday morning size should bump up to the chest/shoulder range but VERY inconsistent to start with early in the day.  We should some HH/OH surf by the end of the day especially at the better summer south facing spots and in OC/LA.  And by Sunday we’ll also see a new WNW groundswell move in giving our winter and west facing spots a little pick-me-up.  That SW swell peaks early in the morning but SW waves hold in size through the day.  The NW builds and moves us into the next work week with some fun combo surf.

We’re looking at springtime weather…combo of dense fog, some clearing but air temps in the mid-60s along the coast.  Winds look to pick up in the afternoon out of the west for Tuesday day but Tuesday night it looks like we should see some SE winds kick in. That could be good for some spots for Wed.  More S winds through the end of the week and then the usual light westerly winds by midday for the weekend. The sunniest day looks like Thursday with air temps trying to top 70.  We’ll see a slight cooling for the weekend with low to mid 60s.  Water temp is creaping up ever so slowly and is now in the high 50s/low 60s.  The tides are near zero mid-morning and then we see a medium high late afternoon before it drops slightly to the medium low.

Looks like some fun surf with some signs of summer showing with new SW groundswell!

Have fun and stay wet So Cal!
Mish
 


Ocean Notes:
Hobie Alter, one of the pioneers of not only surfing but boating too, passed on March 29th. If you don’t know a thing about him you should really read about his life. Here’s a great article from Surfline. http://www.surfline.com/surfing-a-to-z/hobie-alter-biography-and-photos_743/

His paddleout was this past Saturday at Doheny State Beach 
and was clearly well attended.
Photo courtesy: OC Register
 


Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with April 21, 2014.

www.saltwatertides.com
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
M   21     High   1:51 AM     4.6   6:12 AM    Rise 12:53 AM      66
    21      Low   9:23 AM     0.0   7:23 PM     Set 11:48 AM
    21     High   4:27 PM     3.4
    21      Low   9:15 PM     2.5
 
Tu  22     High   3:21 AM     4.3   6:11 AM    Rise  1:41 AM      55
    22      Low  10:37 AM     0.0   7:24 PM     Set 12:52 PM
    22     High   5:36 PM     3.8
    22      Low  10:57 PM     2.1
 
W   23     High   4:52 AM     4.3   6:10 AM    Rise  2:25 AM      44
    23      Low  11:40 AM     0.0   7:25 PM     Set  1:57 PM
    23     High   6:25 PM     4.3
 
Th  24      Low  12:11 AM     1.5   6:09 AM    Rise  3:07 AM      33
    24     High   6:07 AM     4.4   7:26 PM     Set  3:01 PM
    24      Low  12:31 PM     0.0
    24     High   7:05 PM     4.8
 
F   25      Low   1:09 AM     0.8   6:08 AM    Rise  3:46 AM      22
    25     High   7:10 AM     4.5   7:26 PM     Set  4:05 PM
    25      Low   1:16 PM     0.0
    25     High   7:42 PM     5.2

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