The Northern Hemi stirs...

With the last day of Summer as we transition into Fall I’ll report that the northern hemisphere is waking up and I think things are going to cool off a little faster than we’d all like. Then again, if it brings on some nice winter swells then I don’t think we’ll be doing much complaining.  The second half of this summer has been pretty nice!  In the short term, while the hemispheres are transitioning and trying to figure out if it’s summer or winter it’s just going to be kind of small and messy for the next few days.  We’ve got some WNW windswell Tuesday with some background SW groundswell that’s not really aimed directly at our window but we’ll get some residuals either way.  Look for waist high waves at most beaches as both swells roll thru town.  

Wednesday looks for more of the same  and then by Thursday it looks like we’ll start seeing a little more of another shorter period WNW groundswell  start to fill in. Waves bump up a smidge at the better West and NW facing beaches with some waist/chest high waves by nightfall.  About the same for Friday and slightly smaller waves for Sat and Sun and the swell tapers off. Monday looks like the last of the WNW with knee/waist high waves.  There’s a small SW that should show at the summer spots in the knee high range…so really not much.  The good news is that a pretty decent storm looks to roll out from behind New Zealand and send us a nice shot of late southern hemi ground swell late next week.  There’s also a bit more activity brewing in the NW Pacific and even a new tropical depression down off of Mainland Mex.

The weather looks to remain about the same for the next week with air temps bumping up a bit into the high 70s along the coast and starting each day with some clouds.  The best part is the slightly cooler fall evenings.  Nighttime temps in the mid 60s.  Winds look fairly predictable with mostly calm winds in the morning picking up out of the NW by the afternoon.  Things clear up and heat up next week so enjoy the cool for now.  Tides are swinging a lot through the day as we have the New Moon Wednesday night.  We’ll see a big high tide slow things down mid-morning, draining out to about a 0.5’ low late afternoon.  Water temps are definitely cooling down in some spots.  North County, OC and LA are still decently warm in the mid-70s still but there are some cooler low 70s/high 60s down past La Jolla and Pt. Loma.

Looks like some ok surf…enough to keep you paddling and in the water.

Stay wet So Cal!

Mish

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with September 23, 2014.

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

Tu  23      Low   3:08 AM     0.6   6:38 AM    Rise  6:07 AM      1

    23     High   9:23 AM     5.2   6:44 PM     Set  6:27 PM

    23      Low   3:24 PM     0.8

    23     High   9:31 PM     5.2

W   24      Low   3:32 AM     0.7   6:39 AM    Rise  7:01 AM      0

    24     High   9:47 AM     5.3   6:43 PM     Set  7:00 PM

    24      Low   3:56 PM     0.6

    24     High  10:04 PM     5.0

Th  25      Low   3:57 AM     0.9   6:39 AM    Rise  7:56 AM      0

    25     High  10:12 AM     5.4   6:42 PM     Set  7:35 PM

    25      Low   4:31 PM     0.5

    25     High  10:39 PM     4.7

F   26      Low   4:22 AM     1.2   6:40 AM    Rise  8:52 AM      2

    26     High  10:39 AM     5.4   6:40 PM     Set  8:12 PM

    26      Low   5:08 PM     0.6

    26     High  11:18 PM     4.3

Sa  27      Low   4:47 AM     1.6   6:41 AM    Rise  9:49 AM      6

    27     High  11:08 AM     5.3   6:39 PM     Set  8:53 PM

    27      Low   5:51 PM     0.7