Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Surf Check 5/16/12


Fun little surf day today. Not exactly firing but there's some SW/NW combo in the water and best spots have chest high sets. Considering the weather is nice and the wind is only 7mph out of the W this afternoon, you can make a day of it.
And did I mention the water is up to 66 degrees already? Is La Nina officially gone? Will we have 70 degree water by the beginning of June? Doh! I just jinxed it! Regardless, there's some fun little waves out there, the sun is out, and the crowds are mellow.
Tides the next few days are 2' at sunrise, up to 4' mid-morning, down to 1' mid afternoon, and 5' at sunset.
The weather should be seasonal the next few days. We've got a weak front moving through Northern California tomorrow and that will increase our low clouds for the early mornings/late nights Thursday/Friday. Weak high pressure then sets up behind the departing front and we've got great beach weather for the weekend with temps near 70.
Winds from the weak front tomorrow will kick up some NW windswell down here on Friday and into Saturday. Nothing big but maybe chest high sets in north county SD and shoulder high sets in south SD.
We even had some weak storms a few days ago in the southern hemisphere and should get a waist high pulse in north county SD on Saturday with chest high sets in the OC. Pretty feeble but with the NW windswell and nice weather, Saturday morning may be fun. In the long range, it's looking pretty bleak. No real storms are happening in the southern hemisphere right now (nor the northern Pacific)and only NW windswell is on the charts for the middle of next week. We're kind of in a holding pattern I guess. I don't think we'll see any real SW swells until at least June.