Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Surf Check 4/17/12



Small but fun today. We've got a NW/SW combo today for waist high waves with chest high sets. Conditions are clean again and the sun is out- so if you have the time- paddle out! Can't beat a nice spring day with a little bit of rideable surf.

We've got a little bit of a tide swing today with high tide around 8 this morning at 4.5' dropping to 0' at 2pm and back up to 5' at sunset.
Buoys in central CA are starting to pick up slightly today with 10'+ swell up there and we'll see that increase down here tomorrow with shoulder high sets around town and head high sets in south SD. That will last through Thursday. The OC will see some leftover waist high+ SW swell.
For the immediate future, the NW swell tomorrow is about it unfortunately. No real storms in either hemispheres is leaving us pretty barren. This weekend looks to be flat but the weather is forecasted to be amazing.

High pressure is in control for the next 5-6 days and we'll have temps around 70 at the beaches with only a slight chance of morning low clouds and fog. High pressure will strengthen a little bit more Friday/Saturday with temps in the upper 70's at the coast. The nice weather will hopefully make up for the lack of surf in the coming days. Models are hinting at showers early next week but it's a ways off so don't hold your breath.
The southern hemisphere is forecasted to come to life this weekend but that won't give us surf until next weekend (i.e. the 28th of April). There is also another storm forecasted a couple days after that one so hopefully we'll have a string of SW swells for the end of this month and the beginning of May. Until then, it's time for spring cleaning around the house!