Gonna get big...with some showers...

Salutations So Cal!  We’re looking at the first of two very nice WNW swells to fill in tonight and Thursday morning.  We’ll see the first swath of swell by mid-morning and size will really pick up from waist high to solid HH by sundown.   Size cranks up to the HH+ range overnight with solid swell as that next WNW fills in right on top of the first one.  Continuing HH/OH+ surf for Friday pushing DOH perhaps on some of the best sets of the day.  Lots of west in both swells so we’re looking at some closed out conditions for some of the west facing beaches.  The big tide swings will also be a major factor…slowing things down early in the early/mid morning and draining out for the mid-afternoon.  Best window will probably be late morning/midday.  Plenty of swell as the second WNW continues to build Saturday…well overhead all day and into Sunday.  Swell peaks early early Sunday but we’ll still have lots of good surf in the OH range all day and into early Monday.  We’ll see surf Tuesday drop into the shoulder/HH range and chest shoulder for Wednesday as a little NW wind swell helps keep the leftovers going.  Technically there is a little background SW groundswell in all that but I’m assuming it’ll get eliminated by all the energy in the N swells.  A little quiet in the N Pacific with a few smaller storms but those could change course and surprise us! 

Ah, now for the weather!  The forecast keeps changing…rain, no rain, showers, clouds, chances of showers…at this point it’s pretty much 50/50 across the board with a chance of showers just about every day through the weekend.  The biggest factor is wind.  Winds look to be SE overnight with moderate SW winds picking up midday for the next few days.  Shower totals look very small so any showers will be minimal…just enough to make traffic a nightmare!  We’ll start to see more sunshine by Sunday.  Air temps in the mid60s during the day and mid 50s at night along the coast.  Pretty full high tides mid-morning dropping into negative low tides by mid-afternoon for the next few days.  The tides will definitely make a difference on wave quality.  Water temps in the high 50s/low 60s still.

Have fun the next few days…be careful, I’m thinking there might be a few people out in the line up jonesing for some winter surf!

Lates,

Mish

 

Ocean Notes:

1)       Vans World Cup is kicking off at Sunset in some decent size but mixed condition waves.  With these pros they still rip it up and make it look darn fun!

2)      Ok, I’d love to write more but I have to go pack my surf gear for my dawn patrol and get to bed…I know you understand…

Are you ready?  

December 2009

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with November 29, 2012.

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Th  29      Low   2:23 AM     2.1   6:33 AM     Set  7:22 AM      99

    29     High   8:38 AM     5.8   4:43 PM    Rise  5:50 PM

    29      Low   3:44 PM    -0.4

    29     High  10:16 PM     3.7

F   30      Low   2:53 AM     2.3   6:33 AM     Set  8:09 AM      98

    30     High   9:09 AM     5.7   4:43 PM    Rise  6:41 PM

    30      Low   4:18 PM    -0.3

    30     High  10:55 PM     3.6

Sa   1      Low   3:26 AM     2.4   6:34 AM     Set  8:52 AM      95

     1     High   9:40 AM     5.5   4:43 PM    Rise  7:34 PM

     1      Low   4:54 PM    -0.2

     1     High  11:38 PM     3.5

Su   2      Low   4:02 AM     2.6   6:35 AM     Set  9:32 AM      90

     2     High  10:14 AM     5.2   4:42 PM    Rise  8:29 PM

     2      Low   5:33 PM     0.1

M    3     High  12:27 AM     3.5   6:36 AM     Set 10:09 AM      84

     3      Low   4:48 AM     2.8   4:42 PM    Rise  9:25 PM

     3     High  10:52 AM     4.8

     3      Low   6:15 PM     0.3