Looks like things are starting to shape up for us later this week. But before we get to the good stuff, let's talk about the near term.
Today we have some small SW groundswell with a touch of tiny NW windswell for waist high waves around town and some chest high sets towards the OC. Skies are mostly sunny with high clouds and the wind is W at 10. Typical Southern California late winter.
We have a weak disturbance moving through tomorrow night and it may squeeze out some sprinkles but that's about it. By Friday it starts to clear out and the weekend should be sunny with temps in the mid-60's. Pretty darn nice for the first weekend of spring.
Tides the next few days are about 3' at sunrise, down to 0' at lunch, and back up slightly to 3.5' at sunset. Water temps are still 58 degrees- not time for the springuit yet.
So what's going on with the surf later this week? Well it looks kind of small tomorrow but we should have some NW and SW swells headed our way for Thursday through the weekend. First up is the weak cold front moving through tomorrow night. In it's wake it will kick up some NW windswell for us Thursday-Saturday. Best spots in SD will see some chest high waves from it.
And if you've been reading the North County Surf blog lately, you probably saw the solid storm forming off Antarctica about a week ago. That swell is headed our way and we should see some waves filling late Thursday from it and peaking Saturday morning. This looks to be good for shoulder high+ waves here in north county SD and overhead sets in the OC. And as luck would have it, we have clearing skies late Friday for a nice weekend weather-wise AND that NW windswell to cross up the SW lines. There- I jinxed it- the curse of the combo swell. Anyway, if everything holds up, we should have some good surf late Thursday into Sunday morning with nice weather to boot.
And of course all good things must come to an end- the southern and northern Pacific look pretty dormant after the 2 swells mentioned above so it should be pretty small around here next week. But why think ahead? Live in the now and enjoy some good surf this weekend. Let that lawn grow an extra foot and forget taking out the trash for a few days!
