Here
it comes! As of 10:30pm the buoys are
juuuuuuuuuust barely starting to see the new swell with some 22+second swells
showing up. This means that we won’t see
a huge change for Friday’s dawn
patrol but that SW swell should fill in nicely through the day. I think we’ll see some inconsistent waist
high surf by early morning but size will jump up into the chest/shoulder high range with some HH sets possible
by sunset. Saturday we’re looking for the swell to hit its peak midday with
some HH surf along a good portion of the county as there’s a decent
amount of west in the swell The better
summer spots will see some OH+ surf and certainly the far north county, OC and
LA will see the best surf. Some nice
energy showing up and good conditions so there will be some pretty fun
surf around. Tides will definitely make a
difference so try to hit the tide push or turn around tides as they start to
suck out. Plenty of surf for Sunday as the swell backs off slightly…still
shoulder/HH for most of the day and more consistent too. Monday
we’re still looking at chest/shoulder high with Tuesday seeing some consistent energy in the chest high range with
some shoulder high sets not uncommon but definitely a fading swell. We should also see some Hurricane Ileana surf
but it’ll be a bit steeper as she headed north but still a bit more east then
is ideal for our swell window. Still, we
should see some crossed up SW and SE sets on Sunday and into Monday. There are still some smaller SW swells for
the middle of the week (Wed/Thurs) that
will keep surf in the waist’/chest high range and more S tropical
storm/hurricane swell for the end of next week in the chest range…not as clean
and juicy as this upcoming swell but some fun surf none-the-less!
Weather
wise it looks like we’re stuck with sunny, gorgeous weather for the long
holiday weekend. Some patchy morning fog
that will burn off to sunny blue skies by the mid-morning. Winds look pretty calm in the mornings with
some light to moderate west winds by the afternoon…pretty much the same old
stuff we’ve had for the past week. Air
temps in the high 70s/low 80s along the coast.
Water temps are picking back up with the buoy readings in the 73 range
again. The line of S swells should help
that as well. We’ve got a Blue Moon (second
full moon in one month) this Friday.
With the Blue Moon is coming some fairly good tide swings through the
day with a drained out low a few hours before dawn and heading to a high mid
morning then draining out to a pretty low (but not negative) tide in the late
afternoon before picking back up to a higher tide in the early nighttime hours. The dawn patrol and early afternoon sessions
should be pretty fun as that swell fills in and peaks.
Looks
like a great weekend for lots of surf around the county. Be nice and share…everyone’s been waiting for
some surf!
Surf
with Aloha spirit!
Mish
No ocean notes...just go surf! :-)
Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with August 31, 2012.
www.saltwatertides.com
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
F 31 Low 3:38 AM -0.3 6:23 AM Set 6:30 AM 99
31 High 9:54 AM 5.2 7:14 PM Rise 7:08 PM
31 Low 3:41 PM 0.8
31 High 9:51 PM 5.7
Sa 1 Low 4:08 AM 0.0 6:24 AM Set 7:29 AM 99
1 High 10:23 AM 5.3 7:13 PM Rise 7:41 PM
1 Low 4:19 PM 0.7
1 High 10:29 PM 5.3
Su 2 Low 4:36 AM 0.5 6:25 AM Set 8:27 AM 98
2 High 10:52 AM 5.3 7:12 PM Rise 8:14 PM
2 Low 4:58 PM 0.8
2 High 11:06 PM 4.8
M 3 Low 5:03 AM 1.0 6:25 AM Set 9:24 AM 94
3 High 11:21 AM 5.2 7:11 PM Rise 8:48 PM
3 Low 5:38 PM 0.9
3 High 11:45 PM 4.3
Tu 4 Low 5:29 AM 1.5 6:26 AM Set 10:20 AM 89
4 High 11:51 AM 5.1 7:09 PM Rise 9:23 PM
4 Low 6:23 PM 1.2