Man was that a doozy today. Solid surf, no wind, some weird high clouds drifting overhead. Seemed surreal. Good news is that more is on the way. But first things first.
Started to see some signs of building W swell back on Saturday then it just kept coming and coming and peaked today with well overhead sets in north county SD and almost double overhead surf in south SD. Look for the swell to go down a notch tomorrow with more head high waves here and overhead sets in SD. Friday looks to be smaller but still fun with shoulder high sets around town.
Water temps are holding at 58 and the tides are pretty mellow the next few days; just 2' at the 7am sunrise, up to 3.5' at lunch, and down to 1' at the 5pm sunset.
As far as our weather goes, high pressure is still in control with temperatures well above normal for this time of year (low 70's at the beaches in January- man we got it good) as high clouds drift overhead. We may get a quick return of fog Wednesday night/Thursday morning but it will be short lived as high pressure strengthens again and we get sunny skies and beach temps in the mid-70's. Just in time for that next solid swell...
So by now you've heard about that big 'monster' storm forming in the Pacific. Well it is a doozy with seas forecasted to peak around 50'. But I'm taking it with a grain of salt since this isn't an El Nino year and the storm will die waaaaay before it gets even close to us. With that said though, we should get some building W swell Friday afternoon and peaking swell Saturday morning with 10' sets here in north county SD and double overhead surf in SD (with best spots going 15'+++). Pretty solid but I don't think it's going to be one of those 25' La Jolla Cove El Nino swells. Would be nice though. Hope I'm wrong.
After the big surf over the weekend, the north Pacific takes a little breather and we get some chest high waves towards Tuesday. So you can finally put that step-up away in the closet.
