Happy Valentines Day to all of you in love with your surfboards. As the late great Mark Foo said "My board rides shotgun and chicks that don't like, don't ride". Classic. Today we just had a little waist high+ leftover SW in the water while NW was building off the Oregon/CA border.
As you can see in the graphic above, the winds are blowing around 43 knots (over 50 mph) off the WA/OR coasts. There is also some life in the nor-Cal buoys as the California buoy is 13' this evening and central Cal is around 7-9'. That should give us a little bump tomorrow for chest high waves in the afternoon from the NW.
The real story though are the storms headed our way for Tuesday night until at least Saturday. In the image above, the swell generated by it will build Wednesday and really hit our beaches on Thursday. Unfortunately it's going to be stormy but expect well overhead surf in all locations. Right now the storm is bearing down on nor-Cal and the Sierras have a high wind watch. Gusts up to 120 mph at the top of the ridges are forecasted. That would translate to a category 3 hurricane. Solid. We should get less wind down here but expect some 30mph gusts. Rain totals over the few days may be a couple inches. Hopefully there will be some little rideable waves tomorrow before everything goes to hell!
