Fun week of waves AND weather ahead!

Happy Winter Solstice!  It looks as though (and I hope I don’t jinx this) Mother Nature is finally getting the message that it’s winter because we’re seeing some nice swells brewing in the ol’ Northern Pacific Hemisphere.  Sunday we’re staring off with some smaller swell in the waist high range but it looks like that W groundswell should start filling in by midday.  The super long period swells will start showing as inconsistent waist/chest high surf and by nightfall it looks like we will see some chest/shoulder high surf.  Monday is when things really get good with solid shoulder to HH surf throughout all of SD County.  Expect some OH+ sets at the better winter spots.  The swell goes from a straight west and a bit closed out in spots on Sunday to a tad more northerly on Monday which will be better for most of the breaks…beach or reef.  Size holds all day Monday with consistency improving all day.  Tuesday starts off in the shoulder/HH range but quickly dissipates through the day with waist/chest by the evening session. Wednesday, Christmas Day, looks like waist high and still tapering off through the day.  Thursday is the smallest day with thigh to waist high surf most everywhere.  The good news is that by Friday we’re looking at another NW to fill in.  This one’s not as clean as the previous swell but still looks to have some nice energy to it.  Size should bump up into the waist high range for Friday and Sat and even a little bigger by Sunday with yet another swell.

The even better news is that Fall weather is showing up just in time for winter!  After tonight’s COLD spell look for daytime air temps to bump up into the low/mid 70s starting Sunday through the entire week.  Looks like we’re sunny and warm all week with clouds filling in again for the weekend but dry conditions so no rain in the 10-day forecast.  Winds look like they’re going to cooperate too with NE winds overnight, calm or light offshore Sunday then light NE winds for the rest of the week.   Water temps are still pretty  nice with low 60s around most of town.  Tides will not be moving a lot as we come off the full moon but we’ll see a medium low early early morning pushing to a medium high tide by midday and then back out to a pretty low tide in the evening.

Overall it’s shaping up to be a pretty nice holiday week with sunshine, clean conditions and even some fun swell! 

Happy holidays and don’t forget to...stay wet San Diego!

Mish

 Holidays are a great time to surf with friends and family!

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with December 22, 2013.

www.saltwatertides.com 

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Su  22     High  12:25 AM     3.8   6:48 AM     Set 10:01 AM      83

    22      Low   5:21 AM     2.5   4:48 PM    Rise  9:49 PM

    22     High  11:08 AM     4.4

    22      Low   6:12 PM     0.5

M   23     High   1:11 AM     3.8   6:49 AM     Set 10:33 AM      75

    23      Low   6:27 AM     2.6   4:48 PM    Rise 10:44 PM

    23     High  11:53 AM     4.0

    23      Low   6:51 PM     0.9

Tu  24     High   2:02 AM     4.0   6:49 AM     Set 11:06 AM      66

    24      Low   7:54 AM     2.5   4:49 PM    Rise 11:39 PM

    24     High   1:01 PM     3.4

    24      Low   7:37 PM     1.2

W   25     High   2:55 AM     4.2   6:50 AM     Set 11:40 AM      57

    25      Low   9:27 AM     2.1   4:49 PM

    25     High   2:40 PM     3.0

    25      Low   8:32 PM     1.5

Th  26     High   3:46 AM     4.6   6:50 AM    Rise 12:37 AM      47

    26      Low  10:43 AM     1.5   4:50 PM     Set 12:16 PM

    26     High   4:21 PM     2.9

    26      Low   9:33 PM     1.7