Smaller NW and then The Big Chill!

Some lingering WNW to start the day Wednesday with some new NW filling in late morning.  We should see knee/waist to start the day with some waist/chest by midday and into Thursday.  Big tide swings will also play a huge factor in the morning and midday surf.  Unfavorable weather will accompany that swell so conditions will be pretty ugly for most of Thurs.  Swell tapers off slowly through the day with some late background SW sneaking in late in the day giving the occasional knee/waist high wave at the summer spots (Summer?  What’s that?)  Friday we’ll see winds and freezing (literally) air temps through midmorning and the accompanying big wind swell all day.  Unfortunately, conditions will be very unfavorable for the HH/OH+ wind swell.  Things calm down for Sat and surf drops into the waist/chest range.  More freezing air temps in the morning for the coast so dawn patrollers be prepared…booties, hoods, gloves and A LOT of hot coffee!  Surf tapers off through the day and life along the coast get’s pretty quiet for awhile with very little showing up until the end of next week.

Again weather is the big story…showers Wed night and into Thurs morning with big SE and then W winds for Thurs.  Strong winds and air temps forecasted in the low 30s…YES, LOW 30s.  With the wind chill the air temps are forecasted to be in the high 20s for both Friday and Saturday mornings. After the rains please be cautious of black ice and be smart about your surf sessions.  Daytime air temps rising to the low/mid 50s Fri and Sat with very little warming for the rest of the weekend and the start of the work week.  Big tide swings with super high dawn patrol tides draining out to super low early afternoon tides.  Water temps are pretty chilly in the mid 50s but will feel tropical compared to the 30 degree temps we’ll have Fri and Sat mornings.

That’s it for now…be super smart about surfing in that super cold air!  Lots of flu bugs going around!  Stay warm and wear your rubber!

Lates,

Mish

Still fighting The Plague so no Ocean Notes today…

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with January 9, 2013.

www.saltwatertides.com

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

W    9      Low  12:08 AM     1.6   6:52 AM    Rise  4:36 AM      12

     9     High   6:36 AM     6.4   5:00 PM     Set  3:07 PM

     9      Low   1:42 PM    -1.5

     9     High   8:07 PM     4.0

Th  10      Low   1:02 AM     1.5   6:52 AM    Rise  5:37 AM      5

    10     High   7:24 AM     6.7   5:01 PM     Set  4:13 PM

    10      Low   2:25 PM    -1.7

    10     High   8:50 PM     4.2

F   11      Low   1:52 AM     1.3   6:52 AM    Rise  6:32 AM      1

    11     High   8:11 AM     6.8   5:02 PM     Set  5:22 PM

    11      Low   3:06 PM    -1.8

    11     High   9:32 PM     4.4

Sa  12      Low   2:41 AM     1.2   6:52 AM    Rise  7:20 AM      0

    12     High   8:56 AM     6.6   5:03 PM     Set  6:31 PM

    12      Low   3:47 PM    -1.6

    12     High  10:13 PM     4.5

Su  13      Low   3:29 AM     1.2   6:52 AM    Rise  8:03 AM      1

    13     High   9:41 AM     6.3   5:04 PM     Set  7:37 PM

    13      Low   4:27 PM    -1.3

    13     High  10:55 PM     4.6