Alooooooooha
SoCal! Well, we finally had some decent
SW ground swell. There’s still some swell
left in the water but there’s some messy wind swell on top of it making it
lumpy and bumpy with sets sliding in every so often. Monday
is looking like waist/chest high fading to waist by sundown…unfortunately with
more of that W wind chop on top. The
rest of the week is looking iffy for surf.
We’ve got two definite hurricanes, Daniel and Emilia down off Mex but
both are aimed at Hawaii
and the amount of surf that will reach SD County is negligible. If any S swell is going to squeak thru it
will only be seen at the most S facing breaks, N. County and OC/LA. Tuesday
is when we would see anything from Daniel with waist/chest high sets, dropping
off Wed to knee/waist wind swell and
then slowly back up again Thursday as
Emilia starts to fill in. Swell from
Emilia (which will miss most of SD) will peak Fri in the waist/chest range with some shoulder+ sets then fade off
for a fairly small weekend of
surf. I’m really hoping we see something
from those two hurricanes (along with more warm water) because otherwise it’s
going to be a quiet week. Pretty small
either way for the start of next week.
If I were you I’d high tail it to Hawaii,
park it on the S shore and surf my brains out…
Well,
since I didn’t win the lottery I’ll forget heading to Hawaii and talk about the weather this week.
Look for a bit of patchy marine layer for the mornings all week but clearing
and fairly sunny and nice by midday. We’re
looking at air temps in the mid/high 70s along the coast, calm (glassy)
mornings with moderate west winds by midday and then calm (um, glassy) for the
evenings. Pretty nice on into the
weekend. Water temps are in the mid to
high 60s…66-68 not uncommon right now unless you’re south of Pt. Loma…then it’s
a few degrees cooler. Tides are coming
out of that extreme window after Tuesday’s Full Moon. We’ll see early morning lows but just around
a +1’ and heading to a medium mid-afternoon high before it goes back down to
the medium low a few hours after the 8pm sunset.
Enjoy
the glorious sunshine and hope that Emilia swings our way. I’ll update you on potential for that swell
in a few days.
Use
plenty of SPF folks!
Lates,
Mish
Ocean
notes:
1)
Wow,
our Big Bay Bust on the 4th even made Treehugger news…and not for
killing sea life, deafening marine mammals or disturbing nesting water fowl but
for how incredibly awesome it actually was.
You have to admit, that was one
heck of an explosion!
2)
Good
to see the government is thinking about our health and taking care of
nature! More
biking in the national parks! (even though they’re closing some).
3)
I
love photo essays. Done correctly they
not only make you feel like you were there but they also make you want to dust
off your passport, dig out your tropical wax and head out the door! This one from Surfer Mag in Central
America does just that!
4)
I
was wondering earlier today “What ever happened to Brad Gerlach?” I used to watch him at all the local contests
in the late 80s and early 90s…rippin’ blacks, S. Mission
and spots throughout N. County. Every
now and then I hear rumors of his appearance during big winter swells but all
it took was a quick internet search and. VOILA,
The Gerr, still ripping big and small surf!
Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with July 9, 2012.
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
M 9 High 1:29 AM 4.0 5:49 AM Set 11:56 AM 71
9 Low 7:53 AM 0.9 8:00 PM Rise 11:44 PM
9 High 2:44 PM 4.5
9 Low 9:02 PM 2.0
Tu 10 High 2:36 AM 3.4 5:49 AM Set 12:52 PM 61
10 Low 8:36 AM 1.5 8:00 PM
10 High 3:37 PM 4.6
10 Low 10:34 PM 1.8
W 11 High 4:09 AM 2.9 5:50 AM Rise 12:16 AM 52
11 Low 9:27 AM 1.9 7:59 PM Set 1:47 PM
11 High 4:32 PM 4.7
Th 12 Low 12:00 AM 1.5 5:50 AM Rise 12:50 AM 42
12 High 6:02 AM 2.9 7:59 PM Set 2:41 PM
12 Low 10:28 AM 2.3
12 High 5:25 PM 4.9
F 13 Low 1:00 AM 1.0 5:51 AM Rise 1:27 AM 33
13 High 7:28 AM 2.9 7:59 PM Set 3:35 PM
13 Low 11:31 AM 2.4
13 High 6:14 PM 5.1
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