We've got amazing conditions today and great surf (in the OC). Surf around town has chest high sets from a S/NW combo towards far north county SD and the OC has head high sets. Sun came out early today and the winds have been calm for the most part. As of 11am this morning, winds are still only 8mph from the SW and air temps are already mid-70's before lunch going to a high of 80 later in the afternoon.
Speaking of the weather, high pressure is setting up over the 4 Corners area this week and we'll be warm at the beach (maybe 85 by Friday) and the deserts downright deadly with Death Valley potentially hitting a high of 126 late in the week. Nuts. At least the fog at the beaches will be kept to a minimum. Back to the surf though- we've got some extreme angled S swell today that's mainly passing SD county with the OC looking like your best bet- typical summer.
We do though have a small SW swell coming towards Friday/Saturday with some knee-waist high NW windswell filling in too. With the beaches hitting the mid-80's on Friday/Saturday and the small chest high combo swell, it could be a fun start to the weekend. Water temps are also holding at 70 in SD and 67 in the OC.
Tides the next few days are pretty mellow- about 2' at sunrise, up to 5' after lunch, and down to 2' again at sunset.
As far as the tropics go, we have Tropical Storm Gilma on the radar. Unfortunately Gilma is forecasted to MAYBE make it as a minimal category 1 hurricane (and briefly at that) and also move WNW away from us. If anything, the OC may see some waist high waves towards the weekend but it will be overrun anyway from the new chest high SW.
We've got a sizeable storm forming due S of us tomorrow in the southern hemisphere but it's so far S (almost under Peru at that point) that the swell angle may not make it to us. If anything, it would be similar to today's swell- coming in at 170 degrees- and mainly hitting the OC mid-month. So in the meantime, enjoy the fun little swells this weekend and great weather.
