Thursday, July 24, 2014

Mostly small NW windswell...some SW



Daaaaaaang, when you’re under the weather time flies fast!  Getting back into the groove of things…now, where’s the surf?  It doesn’t look like we’re going to see much any time soon.  We’re seeing the tail end of that last SW mixed with some left over NW windswell.  Friday will be the smallest day with the least of both swells.  We’re looking at knee high around most of town.  At the end of the day we may start to see some S on the buoys but the angle is all wrong for So Cal as it will fly by SD, OC and LA.  Saturday a mild WNW windswell will fill in so we’ll see some short period, low energy waves in the waist high range.  That holds through Sunday and really most of Monday. 

On the backside of Monday a new SW will fill in through the night.  This one has a slightly better angle so the better summer spots will see a bit more swell by Tuesday.  The summer spots will see waist high surf with the occasional chest high set…inconsistent at first light but should fill in a bit as the day progresses.  Wednesday sees a bit more of the same with a little more consistency and things back off a hair Thursday and into Friday.  By Friday the angle will be pretty steep and miss most of SD but OC/LA should see some lingering waves.  The northern hemi has some interesting typhoon action going on and we may see some W swell a week and a half or so in the future.  There’s a juicy storm coming out of the Indian Ocean that will send New Zealand some macking swell and will hopefully stick around long enough to swing up in our direction and send us some swell.

Weather wise we’re looking at patchy morning fog that will burn off along the coast and leave us with some hot and fairly humid weather.  Air temps in the high 70s through the weekend with a bit more sunshine by Sunday.  Winds out of the SE early Friday to SW by midday and then S again for Saturday.  Back to out more normal wind pattern for Sunday with calm nighttime and a bit of west wind by midday to cool things off.  Water temps have fluctuated a bit and range from 69-73 along the coast.  Tides are low in the wee hours of the dawn patrol and head up to a medium high late morning and then back down to a medium low mid-afternoon before heading to a late evening high an hour or so after sunset.  The new moon is Sunday.

Looks like some pretty small surf but decent conditions for a nice swim or just a fun day at the beach!  Enjoy it and stay wet So Cal!

Mish

 Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with July 25, 2014.

www.saltwatertides.com
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
F   25      Low   3:27 AM    -0.4   5:58 AM    Rise  4:59 AM      4
    25     High   9:53 AM     4.0   7:53 PM     Set  6:56 PM
    25      Low   2:50 PM     1.9
    25     High   9:02 PM     5.9
 
Sa  26      Low   3:55 AM    -0.4   5:59 AM    Rise  5:52 AM      1
    26     High  10:20 AM     4.1   7:52 PM     Set  7:35 PM
    26      Low   3:24 PM     1.8
    26     High   9:34 PM     5.8
 
Su  27      Low   4:23 AM    -0.3   5:59 AM    Rise  6:45 AM      0
    27     High  10:47 AM     4.2   7:51 PM     Set  8:11 PM
    27      Low   3:58 PM     1.7
    27     High  10:06 PM     5.6
 
M   28      Low   4:50 AM    -0.2   6:00 AM    Rise  7:37 AM      0
    28     High  11:15 AM     4.2   7:51 PM     Set  8:45 PM
    28      Low   4:32 PM     1.7
    28     High  10:37 PM     5.4
 
Tu  29      Low   5:17 AM     0.1   6:01 AM    Rise  8:30 AM      3
    29     High  11:44 AM     4.3   7:50 PM     Set  9:17 PM
    29      Low   5:08 PM     1.8
    29     High  11:09 PM     5.1

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