Small fun in the sun!

Hola amigos!  Another beautiful day in sunny So Cal.  Some fun peelers up and down the coast as well.  Lots of logging going on and fun beach break for those shorter boards.  Friday we should see the current SW fade a little through the day with waist/chest high waves that are fairly dependent on the tide.  Saturday it looks like a little less SW so mostly waist high peelers with the inconsistent chest high set at the better summer breaks.  Sunday the last of the SW will combo with some short period NW swell…not quite windswell but not good solid groundswell either.  Waist high waves for most of the day dropping off in size on Monday.  Monday will see thigh/waist high waves, fairly consistent but not a lot of energy.  Tuesday things should pick up a little as a WNW short period swell moves into town.  The day starts small with the knee/thigh high waves but pick up quickly through the day.  We should see some chest high waves by nightfall. 

Wednesday looks like the biggest day of the 7 day forecast with that shorter period WNW giving us some chest/shoulder high waves for most of the day as the swell peaks midday.    Size and energy back down Thursday but we’ll still see some fun chest high surf.  It looks like some long-period SW groundswell could make it our way a week or so out.  It’s got a bit of steep angle on it but there should be enough energy in that storm to give us a little love.  The northern hemi is looking pretty quiet as groundswells go and there’s a little lull in the southern hemi but I expect things to pick up a bit more down there. 

Weather wise we’re seeing some insanely beautiful sunny (and dry) skies this week and into the weekend.  Winds turned onshore this evening and is a nice relief from the dry heat of those Santa Anas.  We’ll still see sunny skies and air temps in the low 80s along the coast tomorrow.  Calm winds in the evening will be E Friday morning and then turning out of the W/SW in the afternoon.   Sat night and into Sunday we’ll see some pretty dense fog as the high pressure skips out of town.  Sunshine Sunday after the morning fog burns off and air temps in the low 70s.  Mid60s and a bit more cloudy with light/moderate SW winds for the first half of the week before it gets sunny and plenty warm again for the end of next week sliding into the weekend.  Water temps are warming back up with all of this sunshine…62-63 along the coast.  Pretty low tide for the dawn patrol but the upswing as it turns around and pushes to the medium high midday should be pretty fun. Then the tide swings back out to a medium low in the early evening before sunset.

Nothing huge but some fun surf and great weather ahead of us!  Stay wet So Cal!

Mish

 Tonight's sunset behind San Clemente Island

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with May 2, 2014.

www.saltwatertides.com

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

F    2      Low   6:08 AM    -0.4   6:00 AM    Rise  8:45 AM      7

     2     High  12:42 PM     3.4   7:32 PM     Set 10:55 PM

     2      Low   5:29 PM     2.1

     2     High  11:43 PM     5.0

Sa   3      Low   6:54 AM     0.0   6:00 AM    Rise  9:36 AM      13

     3     High   1:41 PM     3.2   7:32 PM     Set 11:40 PM

     3      Low   6:12 PM     2.4

Su   4     High  12:24 AM     4.5   5:59 AM    Rise 10:28 AM      20

     4      Low   7:47 AM     0.4   7:33 PM

     4     High   2:55 PM     3.1

     4      Low   7:14 PM     2.7

M    5     High   1:15 AM     4.1   5:58 AM     Set 12:22 AM      28

     5      Low   8:48 AM     0.7   7:34 PM    Rise 11:21 AM

     5     High   4:19 PM     3.2

     5      Low   8:49 PM     2.8

Tu   6     High   2:27 AM     3.7   5:57 AM     Set  1:00 AM      37

     6      Low   9:53 AM     0.9   7:35 PM    Rise 12:13 PM

     6     High   5:23 PM     3.5

     6      Low  10:31 PM     2.6