Winter is right on time- 4 days after the start of spring! Go figure. Had some fun surf today from the SW with a touch of tiny NW- if you didn't mind the cloudy conditions and SW winds.
Actually had much of the same the past week- some fun off and on NW or SW swells and cloudy/breezy conditions.
Water temps have been a nice 63 degrees and tides are starting to swing again- about 5.5' at sunrise, down to -1' at lunch, and up to 4.5' at sunset.
And if you liked the clouds the past few days then you're going to love the next 7 days. We have a weak low pressure system moving down the coast tonight and we'll get some showers out of it tomorrow- about 1/4" at the coast- and breezy conditions. Should have S winds in the morning about 15mph and peaking at 25mph mid-day from the SW. That clears out Thursday with more 20mph NW winds. High pressure sets up for the weekend though with sunny skies and temps near 70. Models then show another weak cold front coming through late Monday into Tuesday next week.
And along with the weak cold front tomorrow, we'll get some messy NW windswell for surf in the head high range. So yes- there will be surf. And yes- it will be junky.
Once the weak storm exits the region on Friday, the swell will depart with it. Saturday looks small but Sunday we start to get more NW from the next storm headed our way. We should have shoulder high sets by sundown. Monday afternoon looks junky again and we'll have more jumbled overhead NW by Tuesday.
The southern hemisphere is starting to come to life again and we have a small but fun storm on the charts (similar to the current SW we've had in the water this week). That starts to show Monday afternoon with chest high sets here and shoulder high sets in the OC- just in time for that next storm. Darn! Regardless, we have some surf coming our way- if you can handle some showers and breezy conditions.
