Had some fun surf today with a mix of NW windswell, NW groundswell, and some small background SW swell. Sets were head high here and slightly overhead in SD.
We've got both NW swells dropping tonight and tomorrow we'll be left with chest high surf from the NW/SW combo. Nothing too exciting but at least it's rideable. Water temps are still above average with some buoys in southern California reporting 64 degrees- in winter might I add.
Tides the next few days are 2' at sunrise, up to 4' mid-morning, down to 1' late afternoon, and up slightly to 2' at sunset.
Even though we're technically still in the winter season, it's looking a lot like spring around here, which of course is only 3 days away. As is usual with this time of year, we have weak cold fronts moving by to the north and it kicks up our clouds/fog down here. Not much will change the next week as we have low clouds/fog in the morning and hazy afternoon sunshine with temperatures in the mid-60's.
So what's going on with our surf in the coming week? Nothing of substance unfortunately. We have more NW windswell headed our way which will peak on Friday with chest high sets.
We also had a small storm flare up in the southern hemisphere last week which is sending us some SW swell towards Friday through the weekend. It's looking like waist high waves in north county SD and chest high sets in the OC. Beachbreaks may be fun though with the combo swells. Nothing big, but it will keep us from going completely flat.
After the small weekend surf, models show a better storm taking shape in the north Pacific early next week which would give us head high sets from the NW the middle of next week- if the models hold up that is. So until then, look for some small but fun NW and SW swells as well as boring spring like weather.
