Plenty of SW surf...not huge but fun.

Wow…looks like a fun week of swell ahead of us but a miserable week for the Hawaiian Islands.  With 3 hurricanes surrounding the islands they are in for a whopping bad time (http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/tcpages/ISELLE.php)!   We, on the other hand looks to have a week of fun SW swells.  We’ll start with Thursday’s new SW.  The buoys are jumping tonight with new SW filling in overnight.  We’ll see less NW windswell but some local SW windswell on top but by Thurs AM the groundswell will dominate.  Chest to shoulder high surf at west facing beaches and slightly bigger at the south facing spots.  Sets inconsistent as all SW groundswells are but the SW windswell should fill in the gaps with some smaller less-energetic waves in the waist/chest high range.  Swell holds for Friday and into Sat. 

The next SW groundswell will fill in Friday.  This has a bit more angle on it so less of SD will see it but OC will get a nice dose of shoulder/HH+ surf.  Swell peaks late Friday and into Sat AM then tapers off toe waist/chest for late Sat and less swell but still waist high by Sunday.  Another little SW is on the books late Monday with a bit of NW windswell.  We’re looking at waist high at best.  Some interesting activity going on around the Pacific Rim…Typhoons off Asia may kick some S swell our way, more energetic storms making their way out from behind Oz and NZ and who knows if we’ll see more hurricanes that throw some swell our way.  Lots going on with an active Pacific Ocean!

Weather is looking about the same as the past few days with mostly cloudy nights (blocking the moon for those full moon sessions!) but gradual clearing and more sunny warm days along the coast.  Humidity has backed off a little this week but looks to possibly return towards the beginning of next week.  Air temps along the coast in the mid to high 70s through the weekend. Winds fairly typical with calm mornings and mild to moderate NW winds in the afternoon.  As we approach the full moon on Monday the tides are extreme over night but through the daylight hours we’re seeing a medium high in the mid-morning and heading out to a medium low in the early/mid afternoon.  Water temps still really warm and in the low to mid 70s with high 60s north of Dana Pt.

Hoping our friends in Hawaii stay safe!  I’ll have a SPAM musubi in your honor!  SHAKA!

Stay wet!

Mish

 

H. Iselle prediction for the next few days.

 

Cardiff sunset tonight

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with August 7, 2014.

www.saltwatertides.com

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Th   7      Low   1:32 AM    -0.2   6:07 AM     Set  2:44 AM      78

     7     High   7:57 AM     3.8   7:42 PM    Rise  5:01 PM

     7      Low  12:48 PM     2.0

     7     High   7:14 PM     6.2

F    8      Low   2:15 AM    -0.7   6:08 AM     Set  3:47 AM      87

     8     High   8:38 AM     4.1   7:41 PM    Rise  5:56 PM

     8      Low   1:42 PM     1.6

     8     High   8:03 PM     6.5

Sa   9      Low   2:56 AM    -1.1   6:08 AM     Set  4:54 AM      94

     9     High   9:17 AM     4.6   7:40 PM    Rise  6:47 PM

     9      Low   2:32 PM     1.3

     9     High   8:50 PM     6.7

Su  10      Low   3:36 AM    -1.3   6:09 AM     Set  6:04 AM      98

    10     High   9:56 AM     4.9   7:39 PM    Rise  7:34 PM

    10      Low   3:21 PM     1.0

    10     High   9:37 PM     6.7

M   11      Low   4:15 AM    -1.2   6:10 AM     Set  7:14 AM      99

    11     High  10:35 AM     5.2   7:38 PM    Rise  8:18 PM

    11      Low   4:10 PM     0.8

    11     High  10:24 PM     6.4