More swell now...smaller later this week!

Aloha!  We’re looking at a building swell for Tuesday as a nice NW groundswell fills in late this evening and through the cold early morning hours.  It’ll join the current NW long period swell to boost surf into the chest high range with some shoulder/HH sets as the swell peaks in the afternoon.  Tides will do a number on the quality as the late morning high will slow things down and the negative late afternoon low will drain out most spots.  Either way we’re looking at more swell so that’s a good thing.  Wed we’ll see plenty of swell to start the day with waist/chest high surf and the occasional bigger set…again, slowed a little with the higher morning tide.  Swell backs off through the day with thigh/waist high surf by Thursday and then tiny knee high surf for Friday.  Saturday we’ll see some funky windy weather and a little NW groundswell but really only in the knee/waist high range.  Surf picks up a tad more on Sunday with knee to waist high waves out of the WNW and potentially some crossed up conditions.  Monday sees the biggest boost in size as that swell fills and a new W swell looks like it should start to fill in on top of it with waist/chest to start the day and some chest/shoulder high waves by the end of the day.  That’s a solid week off so we’ll have to see how that storm behaves over the next 48 hours.

Some wildly swinging weather changes as we enter the work week.  Crazy cold air temps today and tonight make for a brisk sunset session tonight and dawn patrol in the morning.  Thank the E winds for that!  We’ll see clear sunny skies and more air temps peaking in the low 60s along the coast with more light E winds all day.  Clear and cold again Tuesday night and Wed with air temps inching up ever so slightly Thursday (mid60s) and even more for Friday (high 60s/low 70s). A few more clouds and plenty of NNE winds for Fri.  Winds decrease through the weekend and air temps in the high 60s/low 70s.  Still seeing some extreme tidal movement with the late morning high draining out to a late afternoon low.  Things will mellow out through the rest of the week.  Water temps in the mid50s still.  Still need plenty of rubber especially for those early and late sessions!

Looks like some fun surf Tues and Wed…nice conditions too!

Count me in!

Mish

Ocean Notes:

1)      Check out this photo essay from Todd Prodanovich on the Surfer Mag site…Hossegor in September…The Hossegor Journals.   Good for an afternoon break while sitting at your desk all day!

2)    What do you think of when I say, “Agave”?  Surfboard right?  Nice article on agave surfboards from Rio shaper Thomas Scott.

3)    This Friday February 15^th at La Paloma is a surf flick from Nathan Oldfield.  Filmed in Oz, New Zealand, France and Spain this film features big surf, small surf, noserideing, aerials, shortboards and alaias…time to kick back with some popcorn and watch a fun surf movie!  For the trailer click here.  For more info on the time and location click here.

4)    If your hot date won’t let you go to a surf flick Friday then catch “DONE” by Blake Vincent Kueny and John John Florence on Saturday at La Paloma.  This guy’s come a long way from being a little grom in Hawaii…dang he rips!  Trailer = here.  Movie times and location = here.  Free stuff. JJF appearance.  Get on it!

5)    And for those of you who really need a surf fix here’s a good one…GoPro’s HD Hero "The Surf Movie"…just like being there!

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with February 12, 2013.

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Tu  12      Low   4:04 AM     0.5   6:35 AM    Rise  7:46 AM      3

    12     High  10:11 AM     5.2   5:32 PM     Set  8:24 PM

    12      Low   4:29 PM    -0.4

    12     High  10:52 PM     4.9

W   13      Low   4:50 AM     0.7   6:34 AM    Rise  8:21 AM      7

    13     High  10:53 AM     4.5   5:33 PM     Set  9:23 PM

    13      Low   5:02 PM     0.3

    13     High  11:28 PM     4.8

Th  14      Low   5:40 AM     1.0   6:33 AM    Rise  8:56 AM      14

    14     High  11:38 AM     3.8   5:34 PM     Set 10:21 PM

    14      Low   5:34 PM     0.9

F   15     High  12:08 AM     4.6   6:32 AM    Rise  9:32 AM      22

    15      Low   6:39 AM     1.2   5:35 PM     Set 11:17 PM

    15     High  12:32 PM     3.1

    15      Low   6:06 PM     1.5

Sa  16     High  12:54 AM     4.3   6:31 AM    Rise 10:10 AM      31

    16      Low   7:57 AM     1.4   5:35 PM

    16     High   1:55 PM     2.6

    16      Low   6:45 PM     2.0