Endless summer (and hurricanes) rolls on...

Hola!  A little quiet time to let y’all rest before the ocean starts pumping again.  We’re looking at fading SW swell with a bit of WNW windswell on top of it for Saturday.  Waves in the waist high range at most beaches with very little energy and pretty funky.  Sunday is smaller with super low energy S.  Monday will also be uber tiny with just some super steep S that will miss most of So Cal with OC and LA seeing the only real swell.  Look for knee/waist high at best.  Tuesday we will see the very first signs of life will start to show with some SW combo’d w WNW windswell.  Surf picks up to chest high throughout the day.   You will some long-period SW groundswell in there.  Surf should light up around town as this SW groundswell fills in.  The angle is good for So Cal so breaks all over SD, OC and LA will benefit with the better summer breaks seeing the biggest waves of course.  The groundswell will be given a boost as  a more consistent Hurricane Odile starts to fill in.  This hurricane is tracking straight up the Baja Peninsula.  The angle isn’t ideal if Odile was cruising by herself but with the combo Southern Hemi swell it’s going to make for some fun surf. 

By Wed we’re looking at shoulder/HH surf by nightfall and Thursday will be the peak of the swell with San Diego seeing HH and some OH waves at the best spots.  OC and LA will see HH/OH+ waves by Wed night and into Thursday as the Odile moves closer to SD and the Southern Hemi peaks.  Friday will still see the swells back off a little but still plenty of fun waves.  As the southern hemi backs off SD will see less of Odile as it will be pretty steep but OC/LA will still be getting chest/HH waves through the first half of the day.  Swells back off a lot through the day.  It looks like things quiet down as little.  There’s activity in both hemispheres but the southern hemis aren’t direct hits for So Cal (more mainland Mex) and a little activity looks like it might be brewing on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Stay tuned!

The big news is the heat and humidity we’re about to get smacked with!  Hot days are upon us with beach temps in the mid to high 80s this weekend and even low 90s to kick off the work week.  No clouds thru the weekend but as Odile marches up the Baja Peninsula she’s gonna be dragging some humidity and clouds with her.  By Tues we should see some clouds and the air temps will drop back into the low 80s by the end of the week.  The forecast is showing more heat for the end of next weekend though.  We’ll just have to see how that develops.   Watch those tide swings too because they’ll make a big difference.  We’ll see a moderate swing and then much less tidal movement as we move through the week.  Medium low early morning rising up to a pretty high tide midday and then racing back out for the sunset session.  Beach water temps are in the low 70s up and down the coast.  With the hurricane swell we may see some upwelling and temps cool a little more but hopefully the southern hemi will keep pushing the warm stuff up.  Interestingly enough, the uber warm water is actually going to allow Odile to get pretty close to us here in SD.  The forecast shows her hugging the Baja coastline all the way up.  We could have some interesting weather!  Or just more muggy heat.  We can complain, this isn’t NY!

The endless summer rolls on!  Stay wet So Cal!

Mish

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with September 13, 2014.

www.saltwatertides

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Sa  13     High  12:49 AM     4.1   6:32 AM     Set 11:26 AM      81

    13      Low   6:20 AM     1.6   6:58 PM    Rise 10:24 PM

    13     High  12:46 PM     5.3

    13      Low   7:39 PM     0.8

Su  14     High   2:02 AM     3.6   6:32 AM     Set 12:24 PM      72

    14      Low   7:09 AM     2.2   6:57 PM    Rise 11:11 PM

    14     High   1:42 PM     5.0

    14      Low   8:59 PM     1.1

M   15     High   3:47 AM     3.3   6:33 AM     Set  1:18 PM      62

    15      Low   8:21 AM     2.7   6:55 PM

    15     High   2:54 PM     4.7

    15      Low  10:33 PM     1.1

Tu  16     High   5:48 AM     3.5   6:34 AM    Rise 12:01 AM      52

    16      Low  10:03 AM     2.9   6:54 PM     Set  2:08 PM

    16     High   4:19 PM     4.5

    16      Low  11:51 PM     0.9

W   17     High   6:52 AM     3.8   6:34 AM    Rise 12:51 AM      42

    17      Low  11:35 AM     2.8   6:53 PM     Set  2:53 PM

    17     High   5:35 PM     4.6