Sun was out early this morning then of course the skies clouded back up. Are we ever going to get a full sunny day ever again?! Surfwise we've got a little bump from the SW/NW today and clean conditions. October has been pretty meager but tomorrow should be a little better- if the weather holds up. More on that later.
This morning we had a 6.5' high tide around 8AM that shut things down a bit and it was hard to see any surf- especially since it's so small. Best bet was a flat beachbreak until the tide starting dropping and the reefs start showing their potential. Water temps are low 60's.
We've got a little bump from small NW groundswell trying to fill in today with waist high waves in north SD and chest high waves in SD. That peaks today but there is some NW windswell behind it that should form tonight due to a weak cold front moving down the state. That swell peaks tomorrow afternoon with chest high sets in north SD, shoulder high sets in south SD, and waist high waves in the OC. But don't fret if you live behind the Orange Curtain- there's some new small SW filling in today that should give you shoulder high sets by tommorrow at the best spots. North SD should see some chest high sets.
All of this sounds fun but the fly in the ointment is the weak cold front I spoke about above. Nothing major but enough to give us drizzle tonight, a little SW wind tomorrow, and overcast skies (again). Weather models show high pressure setting up towards Thursday through the weekend for better conditions (maybe sun at the beaches in the afternoon?!) but our swells drop too. Typical.
Further out, we've got a good storm lining up in the Aleutians which should give us a solid NW by early next week. The south Pacific on the other hand is looking pretty quiet.
Charts show a small blip forming early next week for maybe small SW towards November 7th- but that's a long time to wait for a small swell- don't hold your breath.
