Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Nice SW filling in!



Well, we have swell all over the place!  That nice new SW is steamrolling its way into town Wednesday morning.  It is, however, a groundswell so it’s not super consistent yet but when the sets come…you’d better be ready!  I saw 5-6 waves in a set this evening!  Waves throughout SD county in the HH/OH+ (6-8’ faces) range with bigger sets rolling through parts of OC and LA.  Some of Northern LA will get some island shading but most of So Cal is seeing surf.  It’s being accompanied by a WNW swell that will fill in more late Wed and into Thursday.  Better consistency from this SW swell later Wed as the swell peaks but size remains about the same. Thurs the SW drops off a little and more WNW fills in.  It’s shorter period so it may just put some bump on the SW waves.  Friday both swells drop to chest/shoulder in the morning and tapering off to waist/chest by nightfall.  Sat and Sunday will see smaller SW surf…waist high…with still some lingering WNW.  Late Sun and into Monday there’s a hint of SW but it’s not really aimed at our window so waves will be inconsistent and in the waist high range at best.  By Tuesday it looks like Hurricane Polo, the next storm will be sending waves by us.  It doesn’t look like Polo will deliver however as it’s hugging below Cabo and shooting swell NW of us.  I don’t even think OC and LA will see much of this one.  After some quiet time it looks like both hemis are gonna deliver more surf.  Head to and island in the Pacific (northern or southern) for the best stuff!

 The big news is the weather!  It was crazy in some party of San Diego County!  Crazy 60-70mph winds with driving sheet sideways rain and down trees everywhere.  We can thank Hurricane Odile who just decimated Cabo San Lucas and most of Baja California for that little surprise.  The good news is that the air temps should really decrease over the next few days. We’re looking at low/mid 80s along the coast for Wed and low/mid 70s by Friday. Mostly sunny with some patchy fog in the early early morning.  The bad news is that the humidity will stay and things will heat back up next week.  Light offshores for Wed AM but otherwise W in the afternoon and then S winds kicking in Wed night and into Thursday  before turning west again in the afternoon.  Mostly light winds however so nothing to fret too much about.  No thunderheads, lightning storms or torrential rain in the forecast.  Tides are fairly flat during daylight hours with extreme tides overnight.  Very little push or drainage for the next few days until the weekend.   Water temps still in the low 70s along the coast…more south swell should mean more warm water (and awesome fishing!).

Looks like a few fun days of surf coming up!  Stay hydrated, surf your brains out and don’t forget to share!  Live Aloha!

Mish


New swell filling in!
  
Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with September 17, 2014.
www.saltwatertides.com
Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon
           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible
 
W   17     High   6:52 AM     3.8   6:34 AM    Rise 12:51 AM      42
    17      Low  11:35 AM     2.8   6:53 PM     Set  2:53 PM
    17     High   5:35 PM     4.6
 
Th  18      Low  12:44 AM     0.7   6:35 AM    Rise  1:43 AM      33
    18     High   7:29 AM     4.0   6:51 PM     Set  3:34 PM
    18      Low  12:34 PM     2.4
    18     High   6:32 PM     4.8
 
F   19      Low   1:22 AM     0.6   6:35 AM    Rise  2:35 AM      24
    19     High   7:55 AM     4.3   6:50 PM     Set  4:12 PM
    19      Low   1:16 PM     2.0
    19     High   7:16 PM     5.0
 
Sa  20      Low   1:52 AM     0.5   6:36 AM    Rise  3:28 AM      16
    20     High   8:17 AM     4.5   6:48 PM     Set  4:47 PM
    20      Low   1:50 PM     1.6
    20     High   7:53 PM     5.2
 
Su  21      Low   2:19 AM     0.5   6:37 AM    Rise  4:20 AM      10
    21     High   8:38 AM     4.8   6:47 PM     Set  5:21 PM
    21      Low   2:22 PM     1.3
    21     High   8:26 PM     5.2
 

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