Winter Solstice Swell

Ok, this is a holiday quickie cause I’m hopping on a plane and still have to pack!

We’re seeing an upswing in swell out of the NW for Friday. The swell isn’t really aimed in our direction so we’re not seeing the full force of it.  We are, however still seeing some fun waves in the chest/shoulder high range with some better sets at the south end of the county and at the better winter breaks around town.  That should last most of Friday and squeak into Sat with a few wind swelly type events for Sat and Sun.  Christmas day looks like a new WNW swell bumping surf up into the chest/shoulder range again.  That swell looks to fill in more around midday so I’m not expecting a lot of size for the early sessions.  That tapers off Wed with waist/chest high surf.  Thursday we should see the beginnings of a pretty decent NW groundswell…the first of three storms at this point that look like they should give us some fun waves on into the New Year!  Interestingly, we’re looking at a little SW swell for Thursday too so surf in the waist high range for the south facing beaches and some super inconsistent waves in the waist/chest high range for the second half of the day.  Friday looks like things will bump up more significantly with some shoulder/HH waves and even some OH sets at the stand out spots.  Weather could be a factor Thurs and Fri…we’ll have to see what the Jet Stream decides to do.  Should be plenty of waves from this swell for a few says after and then more on the way from a couple more storms that look like they’re aimed in our direction.

Partly cloudy all weekend with showers for Monday and some gusty SW winds.   Chances of showers Sat night, Sunday too but most definitely (as definite as one can get) on Sunday night and into Monday.  Daytime temps in the low/mid60s with super chilly low/mid40 nighttime temps.  Looks like some sunshine on Christmas with air temps in the low 60s before cooling down again and more showers on Thurs.  Water temps chilled a little with all that nice E/NE winds we’ve had…high 50s around most of town.  Some more moderate tidal movement with that high tide starting to affect the dawn patrol and draining out for the midday low and then back up again for a mild sunset high tide.

I’m outta here until the 27^th!  I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!  Hope no one gets a lump of coal in their surf bootie!

Mele kalikimaka!

Mish

If this is the end of the world then I think I'm ok with it...

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with December 22, 2012.

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Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Sa  22     High   4:58 AM     5.1   6:48 AM     Set  1:48 AM      66

    22      Low  12:12 PM     0.7   4:48 PM    Rise 12:59 PM

    22     High   6:23 PM     3.1

    22      Low  11:02 PM     1.9

Su  23     High   5:39 AM     5.2   6:49 AM     Set  2:42 AM      74

    23      Low  12:54 PM     0.2   4:48 PM    Rise  1:36 PM

    23     High   7:17 PM     3.3

    23      Low  11:47 PM     2.1

M   24     High   6:15 AM     5.4   6:49 AM     Set  3:36 AM      82

    24      Low   1:29 PM    -0.1   4:49 PM    Rise  2:16 PM

    24     High   7:57 PM     3.4

Tu  25      Low  12:28 AM     2.1   6:50 AM     Set  4:28 AM      89

    25     High   6:49 AM     5.6   4:49 PM    Rise  2:59 PM

    25      Low   1:59 PM    -0.4

    25     High   8:29 PM     3.5

W   26      Low   1:04 AM     2.1   6:50 AM     Set  5:19 AM      94

    26     High   7:22 AM     5.7   4:50 PM    Rise  3:46 PM

    26      Low   2:29 PM    -0.6

    26     High   8:59 PM     3.6