South swell is coming!!!

Yeh baby! Here some our summer swells!  We have the tail end of that WNW and SW swells in the water for Wednesday with waist high waves along most of the counties beaches.  Late in the day and into Thursday morning we will start to see the next SW swell combined with a more shorter period NW ground swell.  The SW builds all day Thursday and into Friday.  We’ll start with waist high super inconsistent surf and it’ll make its way up to chest/shoulder high at SD County summer spots and shoulder/HH by nightfall at breaks in OC and LA.  Looks like Tropical Storm Dougie will be throwing some swell in our general direction.  I think it’ll mostly fly by us but all that energy should help boost the already growing SW swell so hopefully we’ll see some nice surprise nuggets.  Friday the 4^th of July we should see fairly solid chest/shoulder high waves in SD County and shoulder/HH in OC and LA.  Swell peaks midday Friday but there will still be plenty of energy for Saturday. We’ll see a little less consistency but still size in the chest/shoulder range. 

The best news is that there are actually several steep S swell that will be lining up starting Sunday.  The super long period stuff that we looooooooooove to see on the models.  Late Sunday could see some incredibly inconsistent but bigger set waves in the shoulder/HH range as it mixes with the tail end of the previous swell.  Monday look for very steep shoulder/HH waves.  The best summer spots will really make a difference on this once with the majority of the swell’s energy moving past us but we’ll still see plenty of fun waves.  OC and LA should expect HH/OH+ waves Monday and some REALLY fun summer waves.  My bet is that we’ll see some of the best stuff in a later issue of Surfer Mag!  Tuesday and into Wed the waves will taper off every so slightly with plenty of fun shoulder/HH waves Tues and chest/shoulder by Wed. 

Weather wise it looks like air temps along the coast will increase by the weekend so we should see mid-70s by the weekend.  Unfortunately we’ll still see plenty of clouds at night and in the early mornings.  Might be better to watch fireworks a little more inland Friday night.  Winds look mostly light in the morning with mild to moderate W winds by the afternoons.  Water temps are fantastic for this time of year (I hope that doesn’t jinx it!) as it’s in the high 60s/low 70s all over SD and mid to high 60s at the OC/LA breaks.  Pretty low tide in the morning with a medium high in the early afternoon and back out to a low around sunset.  The turn around tides have been pretty fun on these last few swells…mid-morning push and mid-afternoon drainage.

Looks like a pretty fun holiday weekend of summer swells!  Play nicely and don’t forget to lather up on SPF even on those cloudy mornings!

Stay wet and get shacked So Cal!

Mish

 

Photo courtesy of The Reader

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

www.saltwatertides.com

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

W    2     High  12:06 AM     4.6   5:45 AM    Rise 10:36 AM      17

     2      Low   7:00 AM     0.5   8:01 PM     Set 11:15 PM

     2     High   1:51 PM     4.0

     2      Low   7:11 PM     2.5

Th   3     High  12:48 AM     4.1   5:45 AM    Rise 11:29 AM      25

     3      Low   7:36 AM     0.9   8:01 PM     Set 11:47 PM

     3     High   2:37 PM     4.0

     3      Low   8:24 PM     2.5

F    4     High   1:43 AM     3.6   5:46 AM    Rise 12:23 PM      34

     4      Low   8:17 AM     1.2   8:01 PM

     4     High   3:27 PM     4.2

     4      Low   9:50 PM     2.2

Sa   5     High   3:05 AM     3.1   5:46 AM     Set 12:20 AM      43

     5      Low   9:05 AM     1.6   8:01 PM    Rise  1:19 PM

     5     High   4:19 PM     4.5

     5      Low  11:12 PM     1.8

Su   6     High   4:44 AM     2.9   5:47 AM     Set 12:56 AM      53

     6      Low  10:03 AM     1.8   8:01 PM    Rise  2:16 PM

     6     High   5:10 PM     4.8