Still waiting.
SURF:
Had some little combo SW/NW earlier this week and great conditions for chest high sets around town. Air was mid-70's at the beaches and water temps creeped back up to the high 60's in SD and mid-60's in the OC.
Had some little combo SW/NW earlier this week and great conditions for chest high sets around town. Air was mid-70's at the beaches and water temps creeped back up to the high 60's in SD and mid-60's in the OC.
Today both swells are gone and we're left with waist high sets from the SW in far north SD county and the OC. For the weekend we're pretty much left with background waist high SW swell and maybe a touch of waist high NW windswell Sunday afternoon. All in all a pretty mellow weekend with nice weather and not much surf.
Tides this weekend are 3' at sunrise, 1' at lunch, 6' at dinner, and 3' at sunset. Make sure to keep up to date on the waves and weather at Twitter/North County Surf.
FORECAST:
After the small weekend of surf, charts show some NW windswell forming off central CA on Monday for some waist high waves in SD for Tuesday.
We've also had some storms in the southern hemisphere that will send us some waves towards Thursday into the Saturday. Nothing major but some head high sets finally. Long story short- pretty quiet the next 4-5 days and then some fun SW swell after the holiday.
WEATHER:
Just more of the same in the coming week. Some night and morning low clouds and hazy afternoon sunshine with temps in the low 70's. Maybe a little more low clouds/fog for Sunday/Monday but nothing major- just a harder time for the beaches to clear up. The 2nd half of next week shows some weak thunderstorms popping up in the deserts but that's about it for excitement around here.
BEST BET:
Looks like Thursday of next week when that new fun SW groundswell shows up. Until then, pretty quiet.
Looks like Thursday of next week when that new fun SW groundswell shows up. Until then, pretty quiet.
NEWS OF THE WEEK:
Ok- last time I'll talk about rainfall until we get our next real storm- which will probably be late October. But tomorrow is the last day of the rainfall season (It's not a calendar year but rather July 1st to June 30th) so I thought we'd take a look to see how La Nina affected us this past season:
LAX: 7.61". 59% of normal
John Wayne Airport: 6.32". 47%
Oceanside Airport: 8.67" 64%
Lindbergh Field: 8.03". 78%
A couple things to note:
1. La Nina was on track and we received less rain than normal. Indications are though we may have s weak El Nino building later this year so we should have a better rainy season for 2012/2013.
2. San Diego got more rain than LA/OC. That was due to the storm track taking aim a little more south than usual to begin the season.
In a nutshell, make sure to keep those sprinklers to a minimum this summer!
Ok- last time I'll talk about rainfall until we get our next real storm- which will probably be late October. But tomorrow is the last day of the rainfall season (It's not a calendar year but rather July 1st to June 30th) so I thought we'd take a look to see how La Nina affected us this past season:
LAX: 7.61". 59% of normal
John Wayne Airport: 6.32". 47%
Oceanside Airport: 8.67" 64%
Lindbergh Field: 8.03". 78%
A couple things to note:
1. La Nina was on track and we received less rain than normal. Indications are though we may have s weak El Nino building later this year so we should have a better rainy season for 2012/2013.
2. San Diego got more rain than LA/OC. That was due to the storm track taking aim a little more south than usual to begin the season.
In a nutshell, make sure to keep those sprinklers to a minimum this summer!
BEST OF THE BLOG:
The Surfing Madonna is back! And she's ripping at Surfy Surfy. Also make sure to check out Summer Fun on the 101 tonight and Saturday in Leucadia. Live music, a beer garden, and good times. Nothing like a cheap date. And of course a mid-week Surf Check and an in depth THE Surf Report. All of that and more in the blog below!
PIC OF THE WEEK:
Ever heard of Victoria Bitter? "Australia's favourite full strength beer"? As this picture can atest- there's nothing bitter about this place nor too strong. Looks pretty laid back and fun to me.
Keep Surfing,
Michael W. Glenn
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Mad Hops
Had a VB With The Keg On Legs
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Mad Hops
Had a VB With The Keg On Legs
