Oh boy! This whole endless summer thing is nice but I
think we’re all ready for some winter swell!
Hurricane Simon sent some steep S passing most of SD and hitting OC/LA
but we had some pretty fun surf over the past weekend. We’re seeing the rail end of it for Wed morning and it drops off
significantly from waist/chest at the better summer spots to knee high later in
the day. The good news is that the
southern hemi is throwing a little something our way so surf will hit the
waist/chest high range again by Thursday morning. This next SW has much better angle than the previous
swell so more of So Cal will see it.
Swell peaks Thursday and we’ll
probably see a hint of NW windswell as well.
Friday things back down a
little with waist high waves around most of town and slightly bigger sets at
the summer spots. Saturday the SW drops off and a NW groundswell delivers some surf
to the winter breaks for the second half of the day.
Sunday we’ll actually see some small SW. It’s not really aimed our direction
and the energy level isn’t so hot so we’re looking at maybe some waist high
waves out of that. Monday another NW
ground swell makes it way into town. Winter breaks will see more swell in the waist/chest
range. It’s nothing huge but there’s
plenty more activity in the Northern Hemi and
it’s still early! Size holds for Tuesday
and becomes more westerly. That means a little more closed out at the west
facing beaches but still plenty of fun.
Looks like the southern hemi is squeaking out another ground swell but
it’s a solid 10 days away so it’s no “gimme”.
The northern hemi, as I mentioned, is starting to crank up and will
hopefully start firing some doozies at us. I think we’re due for a good winter
of surf. Something tells me…it’s just a gut feeling.
Weather is hot and
sticky! Holy hurricane weather Batman! Post-tropical depression Simon is taking a
turn east at least but like Hurricane Odile is dragging some of that heat and
humidity up with him. I think the worst
heat is past us now (I hope) and we’ll see a slight cooling trend through the
weekend. Then things heat up yet again
for the start of next week. Wind
patterns look pretty typical with calm and slightly offshore winds overnight
and westerly mild to moderate breeze in the afternoon. Water temps are back up after that nice boost
of S swell. We’re looking at low 70s
along most of the SD and OC coast and slightly cooler in LA and down south of
Pt. Loma. Tides are swinging big time
with tonight’s huge full moon. Pretty
spectacular stuff if you can stay awake long enough to watch the full lunar
eclipse Wed at 3am PST. Huge full
mid-morning tides with negative lows late afternoon. Lots of water movement all day so watch those
tides as they’’ll make a big difference in your session.
Looks like more
fun but not huge surf!
Stay wet So Cal!
Mish
A preview of winter surf - unknown surfer at Secret Spot
(Jan. 2010)
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Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with October 8, 2014.
www.saltwatertides.com
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
W 8 Low 3:12 AM 0.2 6:48 AM Set 6:59 AM 99
8 High 9:28 AM 6.3 6:25 PM Rise 6:45 PM
8 Low 3:50 PM -0.5
8 High 10:05 PM 5.2
Th 9 Low 3:49 AM 0.6 6:49 AM Set 8:04 AM 99
9 High 10:04 AM 6.3 6:23 PM Rise 7:28 PM
9 Low 4:35 PM -0.5
9 High 10:53 PM 4.9
F 10 Low 4:25 AM 1.1 6:50 AM Set 9:08 AM 97
10 High 10:41 AM 6.2 6:22 PM Rise 8:14 PM
10 Low 5:22 PM -0.3
10 High 11:43 PM 4.4
Sa 11 Low 5:03 AM 1.6 6:51 AM Set 10:10 AM 92
11 High 11:20 AM 5.9 6:21 PM Rise 9:02 PM
11 Low 6:12 PM 0.0
Su 12 High 12:40 AM 4.0 6:51 AM Set 11:07 AM 85
12 Low 5:43 AM 2.1 6:20 PM Rise 9:52 PM
12 High 12:01 PM 5.4
12 Low 7:09 PM 0.4
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