Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Surf Check

 
Another beautiful day. But it will end soon. More on that below. But first up- we still have fun clean surf out there!
Our long period, and inconsistent, NW groundswell from Japan has been slowly winding down but we still have some shoulder high sets out there and it's a little lined-up. Make sure to hit the reefs, points, piers, or jetties for a little shape. Tomorrow looks to be a little smaller but you'll probably find some chest high waves in SD. Luckily for us we have some storms out in the Pacific and it's sending a couple swells our way.
The next swell is slated for Thursday morning and we'll have some head high sets. And luckily for us it formed a little closer than the current 'Japan' swell so it will be more consistent for us. That lasts into Friday. Then we get a slight break and another swell is due for Saturday afternoon- about the same size as this Thursday's new swell. All of that is good news of course BUT... we have a little weather coming our way.
Nothing drastic- and we do need the rain- but the calm winds and sunny skies will start to go away on Thursday. By Friday we have a shot at light showers and by Sunday we have a better chance at rain. All in all nothing too wet or strong but it will be a 180 of the current weather we have. After that it looks like we take a breather for early next week and then charts show another swell for late in the week.
Tides the next few days are 5' at sunrise, down to 0' at 1:30 in the afternoon, and up to 2' at sunset. And with all the nice weather lately, the water temps have been trying to rebound slightly. It's still cold but up to 56 degrees. Not time to start wearing boardshorts yet...