Small WNW heading our way...

Aloha!  We’re seeing the tail end of a smaller NW swell in the water.  The good news is that there’s a macking swell hitting Hawaii and the season opener for Pipeline, Waimea and Jaws.  The not-so-good news is that the bulk of the energy is going to miss So Cal as it’s aimed more south of us.   Wednesday will see smaller surf in the knee to waist high range with a hint of left over south swell at the better summer spots.  Thursday we should see a bump up in size as the energy from that WNW groundswell shows up with some waist/chest sets by evening.  Friday will see the majority of the swell.  I’m really not expecting much from this…waist/chest with a few stand out shoulder high sets at the best winter breaks later in the day Friday.  Saturday and Sunday the swell backs off and we’ll see waist high surf throughout the weekend.  Size dips Monday and then a bit of windswell kicks in late Monday and thru Tuesday as a little low pressure system moves into town.  We could see some showers from that but if there’s waves we’ll take it!   Things get a bit quiet in both hemispheres for awhile.  The northern hemi has a few small fairly gutless storms moving across the latitudes but I’m not seeing anything significant develop out of them.  Patience.

Weather wise we are definitely moving into late Fall and Winter.  We have cooler air temps in the high 60s for daytime (I love that we call that Fall/Winter temps!) and mid50s at night.  Chances of drizzle tonight, Wed and Thurs night/Fri.  The best chance for showers is actually next Tues and into Wed.  We’ll have a slight warming trend for the weekend before it cools down a little again.  Boy I hope we get some showers because we NEED THAT WATER!  Winds remain light with some light SW winds tomorrow and otherwise calm in the evenings and out of the N/NW by midday.  Looks like we’ll see mostly clouds until the weekend when we’ll see a bit more sunshine.  Tides are fairly flat during the day this week.  Water temps still in the high 60s though so that’s a bonus!

Make the most out of what WNW we get and enjoy the weather!  You could be stuck in Michigan’s deep freeze!

Stay wet So Cal!

Mish

Jeannette Prince sliding on a sunny day at Swamis.

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with November 12, 2014.

www.saltwatertides.com

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

W   12     High   1:41 AM     3.6   6:17 AM     Set 11:07 AM      75

    12      Low   6:06 AM     3.0   4:50 PM    Rise 10:11 PM

    12     High  12:01 PM     4.4

    12      Low   7:31 PM     0.8

Th  13     High   3:03 AM     3.7   6:18 AM     Set 11:45 AM      66

    13      Low   7:41 AM     3.1   4:49 PM    Rise 11:04 PM

    13     High   1:12 PM     4.0

    13      Low   8:34 PM     1.1

F   14     High   4:06 AM     3.9   6:19 AM     Set 12:20 PM      57

    14      Low   9:26 AM     2.9   4:48 PM    Rise 11:57 PM

    14     High   2:39 PM     3.7

    14      Low   9:33 PM     1.2

Sa  15     High   4:47 AM     4.2   6:20 AM     Set 12:53 PM      48

    15      Low  10:41 AM     2.4   4:48 PM

    15     High   4:01 PM     3.6

    15      Low  10:23 PM     1.3

Su  16     High   5:18 AM     4.5   6:21 AM    Rise 12:50 AM      38

    16      Low  11:31 AM     1.9   4:47 PM     Set  1:26 PM

    16     High   5:07 PM     3.7

    16      Low  11:04 PM     1.3