Giving my blog a little more life!

Revamping my blog... 

I'll still do the forecast and report but the page will be more "LIVE" with local weather updates and continuing ocean notes on things I think are important for a happy surfer...clean water, creatures that live in the ocean, clean planet, good healthy food, planet friendly living and of course great surf stories from around the internet.
We'll start with this story...one with a happy ending after a surfer treads water for 27 hours after falling overboard in Indo.  Damn, 27 hours!  

http://www.surfermag.com/features/lost-and-found/

Weather update:
Looks like Tuesday night will be kind of windy as that low pressure moves in.  Mild to moderate south winds all night and through Wed with winds calming Wed night.  That means conditions Wednesday will be messy after the wind blows all night.  Slight chance of showers Wed night but otherwise partly sunny both Wed and Thurs during the day. A few clouds for the weekend but warmer air temps.

Pretty small for SD...some S up north.

Hola campers!  Hope the short work week is treating everyone well.  We’re on the tail end of this latest SSW swell with most of SD in the knee high range for Friday but spots around O’side and north will still be seeing some waist/chest high surf.  (Hope you checked out yesterday’s quick post for pics…sick!)  Things get pretty small for Saturday and Sunday as that SSW poops out and nothing much fills the void.  Late Sun and into Monday it looks like a small NW will actually show up and surf should bump up at the more westerly and northerly breaks in the waist high range.  About the same for Tuesday and smaller for Wednesday.   We’ll see some steep and small background S swell at the same time but like this last swell SD will be left out and any lingering energy will head north to OC and LA. A SW groundswell looks to fill in for the end of next week and into the weekend.  This swell has some energy but got stuck behind New Zealand and redirected so most of the energy isn’t heading our way but we should still see some fun waist/chest surf for midday Thursday and into Friday and the weekend. 

The heat isn’t letting up much for the weekend with daily highs dipping a few degrees but the humidity and mild winds will continue thru the weekend.  More patchy early morning fog clearing to sunny skies by mid morning.  The humidity should taper off a little next week but the heat will remain.  Tides aren’t much  with a little movement through the middle of the day but no swell for it to help out.  Water temp seems to be the biggest  news maker around these parts with some pretty brisk temperatures showing up.  Those S and SE swells pushed the water north and offshore causing for some upwelling which is great for the kelp but means some chilly water temps in the mid to even low 60s in some spots.  COOOOOOOOOLD!  The midday sun helps for sure but just be prepared.  The satellite images show some warmer water moving back in so things should start warming up again but there might definitely be some cooler spots for a few days especially at the lower tides.

Well, looks like SUP sales will be on the rise for a few days as the doldrums continue in SD County.  Folks up north are still grinning from ear to ear (just wait for Winter El Nino swell!).

Get wet San Diego!

Mish

Ocean Notes:

1)       The Indian Ocean is set to rock the house and Reunion Island has been having a heck of a summer.  The Fall should be just as good…if not better!  Check out some pumping swell on Surfline.

2)      And if you’re heading to Indo soon, well, you lucky dog you! 

3)      And if you’re ready for big cold surf check out this Surfline article…big, gorgeous, clean but COOOOOOOLD (and sharky) Southern Oz.  Awesome!

4)      Does it ever end?  More sick coverage of the latest swell.  

5)      And more…we can’t forget Trestles !  Can we?

 

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with September 7, 2012.

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

F    7     High   3:02 AM     2.9   6:28 AM     Set  1:01 PM      65

     7      Low   6:37 AM     2.8   7:05 PM    Rise 11:28 PM

     7     High   2:04 PM     4.4

     7      Low  10:06 PM     1.6

Sa   8     High   3:31 PM     4.3   6:29 AM     Set  1:51 PM      56

     8      Low  11:34 PM     1.4   7:04 PM

Su   9     High   7:13 AM     3.3   6:29 AM    Rise 12:16 AM      47

     9      Low  10:39 AM     3.2   7:03 PM     Set  2:38 PM

     9     High   4:55 PM     4.5

M   10      Low  12:27 AM     1.0   6:30 AM    Rise  1:09 AM      37

    10     High   7:27 AM     3.6   7:01 PM     Set  3:22 PM

    10      Low  11:53 AM     2.8

    10     High   5:58 PM     4.8

Tu  11      Low   1:05 AM     0.6   6:31 AM    Rise  2:04 AM      28

    11     High   7:44 AM     4.0   7:00 PM     Set  4:03 PM

    11      Low  12:43 PM     2.4

    11     High   6:46 PM     5.2

Last of the SW for a while...

Holy melting surf wax Batman!  The good news is this heat is supposed to break this week (yeh, I know…we really shouldn’t complain) but the bad news is that there’s not much swell going on after Wed.  Today we actually saw some fun SW swell. Monday we’re looking at more leftovers in the waist/chest high range out of the S with some NW wind swell lumped on top.  Tuesday is looking smaller with mostly waist high SW and a bit more wind swell and  Wednesday is looking yet smaller with waist high topping off the better sets.  Thursday look for knee high surf with some very steep SE swell hitting the buoys but missing most of SD County.  This will be another swell to head to OC or LA for with only a few stragglers making it into our swell window for the occasional waist high wave.  Same story for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  We’ll see some smaller wind swell on top of the near non-existent SE swell but surf will remain in the knee high range with the rare waist high wave. I’m not seeing any big swell makers in either hemisphere.  Storms are sliding off the ice shelf a little too close to Chile to be much use to us and the N. Pac has a few little squeakers that might actually throw more NW at us (El Nino?) in the upcoming weeks.

As I mentioned at the top of the forecast it looks like things might cool down a bit more this week.  Monday and Tuesday look to be warm and sunny again (high 70s along the coast) but then cooling to the mid70s and even low 70s by the end of the week and into next weekend.  We should also have some cooler nights which will make for better sleeping conditions.  Calm mornings with light to moderate SW winds for the afternoon.  The way the moisture is moving around we’re still going to see a lot of humidity so the beach will still be the place to be to cool things off.  That being said the water temps are a warm 72 degrees around town.  As we come off the New Moon last Friday there’s a low tide for the dawn patrol with a moderate high midday and then another decent low a few hours before sunset.  That should help things out with a little tide push for the sunset session.

Hope you all got some fun surf this weekend.  If you or little ones are heading back to school this week farewell to summer…but remember, we do live in Southern California…land of the Endless Summer (well, until El Nino hits!).

Have a great week everyone and please don’t forget to lather on that SPF!

Mish

Ocean Notes:

1)       With all of this sunshine just blazing away and electricity bills soaring sky high perhaps more of you are thinking of going solar. SDG&E is here to help with their FREE Solar for Homeowners - Getting Started seminar.  Why waste a good thing?

2)       And if you don’t already have it on your phone it’s time to download (or update) the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch App.  It’s got up-to-date recommendations for ocean friendly seafood and now has locations of markets and restaurants where you can find sustainable seafood.

3)      While things aren’t exactly pumping down in Tahiti the pros still make it look better than a day in my office at the Billabong Pro Tahiti. How does it compare to yours?

4)      In the upcoming months San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) will be replenishing the sand at local beaches.  They will start moving equipment at IB this week, start moving sand the start of Sept and then work on North County beaches from early Oct to late November.  For more information and updates check out their beach sand replenishment website. 

5)      And we’ll end on a nice surfy surfy note… Bali surf on YouTube!  

 

Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) starting with August 20, 2012.

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

M   20      Low   5:14 AM     0.3   6:16 AM    Rise  9:28 AM      5

    20     High  11:38 AM     5.3   7:28 PM     Set  9:11 PM

    20      Low   5:45 PM     0.9

    20     High  11:47 PM     4.7

Tu  21      Low   5:46 AM     0.8   6:17 AM    Rise 10:33 AM      12

    21     High  12:16 PM     5.3   7:27 PM     Set  9:51 PM

    21      Low   6:43 PM     1.0

W   22     High  12:42 AM     4.0   6:18 AM    Rise 11:39 AM      20

    22      Low   6:22 AM     1.4   7:26 PM     Set 10:34 PM

    22     High   1:02 PM     5.3

    22      Low   7:54 PM     1.0

Th  23     High   1:56 AM     3.4   6:18 AM    Rise 12:45 PM      30

    23      Low   7:05 AM     1.9   7:24 PM     Set 11:23 PM

    23     High   2:01 PM     5.2

    23      Low   9:23 PM     1.0

F   24     High   3:42 AM     3.0   6:19 AM    Rise  1:49 PM      41

    24      Low   8:10 AM     2.4   7:23 PM

    24     High   3:17 PM     5.2

    24      Low  10:57 PM     0.7