Goodness…what fun swell we are having! That SW groundswell that graced Teahupoo and the Hawaiian Islands the past few days has finally made it to our shores. We’re seeing surf in the chest/shoulder high range out of the SW this evening with bigger sets at the better summer spots. There is some lingering NW windswell in the background so things aren’t quite as clean as they could be but it doesn’t seem to be hampering the surf any. The new swell continues to fill in Monday as it peaks late morning. Surf in the shoulder/HH range around most of town with HH/OH+ sets not uncommon at the south facing beaches. I would imagine some of the better known summer spots will be a wee bit crowded for most of the day. Plenty of surf Tuesday even as the swell backs off just a little. Shoulder/HH surf throughout the day and on into Wednesday as a new little SW moves in to give the surf a continued boost. Wednesday we’ll see some new WNW windswell move in as a small system that’s sitting offshore right now pushes it’s way east. That will be accompanied by yet another SW groundswell. Plenty of surf in the shoulder/HH and OH range for Thursday and finally starting to drop off for Friday. Saturday looks to be the smallest day of the week with surf starting off in the waist high range but we’re looking at another medium sized SW swell that will send a little surf our way for the second half of the holiday weekend. Wave heights look to bump back up onto the chest/shoulder range through the day Saturday and into Sunday. Some smaller surf on the way after that swell as the S. Pacific starts to quiet down for a bit.
The good weather news is that we’ve got some pretty nice weather for most of the week. The best stuff is at the start of the week with mostly sunny skies after some early morning clouds. That will be the story through Wed when a small low pressure system butts its head in and a few more clouds move I for the second half of the week. We should still see plenty of midday sunshine though. Air temps along the coast in the low 70s to start the week and down into the high to mid 60s for the middle and end of the week. As it’s still technically Spring we’re going to continue to see some SW winds pickup by midday. The morning’s look fairly calm so the dawn patrols should be pretty clean for this new swell. As we head towards the Full Moon this weekend we’re looking at some more extreme tidal movement. There’s a medium high in the early morning for the dawn patrol that goes to a medium low midday. Then we’ll see a moderate tide push for the late afternoon/early evening sunset session with a fairly decent high tide.
Some fun surf all week for everyone and for the holiday weekend as many kids kick off the start of summer vacation!
Stay wet this week!
Mish
Tides for La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf
Day High Tide Height Sunrise
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
M 20 Low 12:25 AM 1.4 5:46 AM Set 2:28 AM 66
20 High 6:11 AM 3.6 7:45 PM Rise 3:11 PM
20 Low 12:01 PM 1.0
20 High 6:39 PM 5.0
Tu 21 Low 1:12 AM 0.6 5:46 AM Set 3:04 AM 76
21 High 7:11 AM 3.7 7:46 PM Rise 4:15 PM
21 Low 12:43 PM 1.1
21 High 7:15 PM 5.5
W 22 Low 1:56 AM -0.2 5:45 AM Set 3:44 AM 85
22 High 8:05 AM 3.9 7:46 PM Rise 5:20 PM
22 Low 1:25 PM 1.1
22 High 7:51 PM 6.0
Th 23 Low 2:40 AM -0.8 5:45 AM Set 4:28 AM 92
23 High 8:55 AM 4.0 7:47 PM Rise 6:28 PM
23 Low 2:07 PM 1.2
23 High 8:30 PM 6.3
F 24 Low 3:24 AM -1.4 5:44 AM Set 5:18 AM 97
24 High 9:45 AM 4.0 7:48 PM Rise 7:36 PM
24 Low 2:50 PM 1.3
24 High 9:12 PM 6.6
