THE Surf Report- Early or Late Edition

Depends on how you look at it.

SURF:
Was on a surf trip up north last week and didn't have much time to get to THE Surf Report. But you already knew it was good around here. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

Today there was some new fun NW filling in for chest high sets around town and shoulder high sets in SD.  Main concern with the swell today (and tomorrow) is the extreme tide swings.

We've got a 6' tide right after sunrise and drops quickly to -1' at 2:30 in the afternoon and back up slightly to 1' at sunset. What currently looked fun will change drastically in about an hour with the rapid tide change. For tomorrow through Wednesday the NW drops off and looks pretty small by Wednesday morning. There's also some small background SW in the water today but it will be gone by the beginning of the week. Water temps are low 60's and a 3/2 fullsuit will suffice. Make sure to keep up to date on the waves/weather at Twitter/North County Surf.

FORECAST:

After the NW backs off the next few days, the north Pacific starts to get back into shape. Currently there's a good storm brewing and it's taking a more southerly track than usual. What will result is a W swell Thursday morning for overhead set waves and some overhead++ surf at the top spots in SD. Should be interesting to see what spots hold with the unique W angle. Unfortunately there's also a weak cold front being generated by the same swell producing storm so we may get light S winds during this swell- all the way through the weekend. Nothing strong but don't expect offshore winds and sunny skies. Once the Thursday swell arrives, some reinforcements show up behind it for surf about the same size- but of a more NW angle- and the good surf should last through Monday morning. Not a bad 2nd half of the week starting to take shape. Just beware the light rain! More on that below...

WEATHER:

As mentioned above, we've got some light rain headed our way- but let's talk about the near term first. For tomorrow we've got more of these stubborn clouds/fog and cool conditions at the beach. Then weak high pressure tries to assert itself on Tuesday for nice weather and that lasts into Wednesday morning. After that we've got a trough of low pressure setting up shop in the northwest and weak cold fronts will rotate around it, taking aim at southern California starting late Wednesday. At this time we should only get light showers and it may last through the weekend. Hopefully it won't screw up the good surf headed our way.

BEST BET:
Hard to say- we've got lots of good surf coming Thursday to Monday but also light showers accompanying the swells. Make sure to pick and choose your windows to surf based on the showers and winds!

NEWS OF THE WEEK:
Now that El Nino has shunned us for the upcoming season, how's our current rainfall situation looking? Here's the latest:
-John Wayne Airport (Newport Beach): 0.58" = 27% of normal
-Oceanside Airport: 1.22" = 58% of normal
-San Diego Lindbergh Field: 0.88" = 56% of normal
Not looking like a good start to the winter. We should get a little rain the 2nd half of this week but it won't be much help. Let's hope Santa brings some storms this December.
PIC OF THE WEEK:

I have no idea where this is. Seriously. A quick search on the internet claims it's in China. But we all know 'Made In China' doesn't produce goods like this. Plus there's like 500 trillion people in China and this line-up doesn't have 1 person out there. It just doesn't add up! Even this pic has me stumped.

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
Overseer
Undefeated
Trained With Buzzy For The North Shore Season