This upcoming week
will be a combo swell week with some sprinkles…yes, Spring is here! We’ll start off with some building combo
short period NW groundswell with background steeper SW swell. Looking at surf in the waist high range Sunday morning and some slightly bigger
waist/chest high surf by the afternoon. Wind could be a little blustery out of the SW
for the later afternoon/evening so an earlier session might be wise. Look
for a little more size in the southern end of the county. That carries into Monday to kick off the week and backs down a bit through the
day. Tuesday we’re looking at less NW and a new SW groundswell. This will start off with the typical super
inconsistent waves in the waist high range.
Unfortunately Tuesday is when we’re supposed to see some winds and
showers so we’ll see a lot of chunky wind slop on top of that swell. Wednesday
the storm should pass and we’ll see more of that SW along with some bigger WNW
wind swell. Size bumps up into the chest
high range for the morning session and peaks in the HH/OH range by nightfall. Things will be tapering off pretty quickly by
Thursday morning with surf back in
the chest/shoulder range and way down to the waist high range by the evening. Friday
we’re looking at lingering WNW in the waist high range and a steep S that will
bypass SD and most of LA/OC for the most part.
The good news is that there’s a potentially nice NW groundswell for the
start of the next week and the southern hemi is looking more active these days
so we’ll see if we can squeeze more swell out of there soon.
Weather wise we’re
looking at some typical Springtime weather for Sunday with partly sunny skies
and air temps in the low 60s. Winds pick
up early out of the S and look to stick around for most of the week. Monday is
actually looking pretty sunny in the low 60s with mild winds early and picking
up by mid-afternoon. Then things take a
turn and there’s a chance of showers and at least gusty SW winds for Tues and
Wed. Less wind and rain for the southern
half of the county as the storm will just barely brush SD. More winds and about the same chance of rain
for LA/OC. Chance of showers linger
through Friday actually but I expect that to decrease as we get closer to the
work week and we’ll actually see more sunshine than showers. (although we
REALLY need the rain!) Water temps are
in the low to mid 60s but should warm up further soon with the activity in the Southern
Hemisphere. And the tides are pushing
high in the morning til mid-morning, backing down through midday with a low
mid-afternoon and then racing it’s way up again.
Looks like we may
have a windy mess on our hands this week.
There will be some decent swell but conditions will be questionable with
plenty of west and south winds.
Either way…stay
wet San Diego!
Mish
Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with March 30, 2014.
www.saltwatertides.com
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
Su 30 Low 3:31 AM -0.5 6:39 AM Rise 6:28 AM 1
30 High 9:43 AM 5.2 7:08 PM Set 7:24 PM
30 Low 3:41 PM -0.3
30 High 9:56 PM 5.7
M 31 Low 4:14 AM -0.7 6:38 AM Rise 7:08 AM 0
31 High 10:27 AM 4.9 7:08 PM Set 8:27 PM
31 Low 4:15 PM 0.2
31 High 10:31 PM 5.7
Tu 1 Low 4:57 AM -0.6 6:37 AM Rise 7:49 AM 1
1 High 11:12 AM 4.4 7:09 PM Set 9:29 PM
1 Low 4:49 PM 0.7
1 High 11:05 PM 5.5
W 2 Low 5:42 AM -0.4 6:35 AM Rise 8:32 AM 5
2 High 11:59 AM 4.0 7:10 PM Set 10:28 PM
2 Low 5:23 PM 1.2
2 High 11:42 PM 5.2
Th 3 Low 6:30 AM -0.1 6:34 AM Rise 9:17 AM 11
3 High 12:52 PM 3.4 7:11 PM Set 11:23 PM
3 Low 5:59 PM 1.7
