The lack of surf and cool conditions is really starting to get on my nerves. Nothing to report the last few days as it's been cloudy, small, and cold water to deal with.
Luckily for us we have a new SW filling in today. Really only showing in the OC right now but we should have chest high sets tomorrow around here. I was hoping it would fill in yesterday but it took it's sweet time getting from Antarctica to Southern California so I can't blame it for the long haul.
On it's heels we have NW windswell taking shape from a weak cold front coming our way tomorrow (more on that below). We should see some chest high sets from the NW filling in on Thursday that will last through the weekend. Along with the SW tomorrow, it may be kind of fun on Thursday with the combo swell- except for the low clouds/fog (more on that below).
As the NW hangs around this weekend, we get a reinforcement from the SW on Friday. Nothing big but head high sets in the OC and shoulder high sets in far north county SD from the combo swells.
AND THEN... the models show that the north Pacific hasn't died yet as 2 new NW groundswells are on the charts for next week. Hoping to see some chest high sets towards Monday and maybe shoulder high sets around Wednesday if everything comes together.
And last but not least, the models show a monster of a storm forming around the 20th which would send some fun waves about the 25th and peaking with overhead sets on the 28th- with bigger waves in the OC. Unfortunately the models have over hyped every storm 7-10 days out so I won't hold my breath with this one. I should though have a better idea on this Friday's THE Surf Report.
So now that you've read all that, what's the weather doing? Well, we've got weak high pressure starting to break down today and we'll get more persistent low clouds/fog tomorrow as a weak low pressure moves by to our north. Look for temps in the low-mid 60's at the beaches and stubborn clouds hugging the coast all day. Weak high pressure sets up again for Easter Sunday and we've got sunnier skies and temps near 70. That lasts through Tuesday. Then models show another weak trough moving by to the north for more low clouds/fog the middle of next week. This time of year is so boring around here.
As far as our water temps go, all that WNW wind the past few days hasn't helped and we're sitting at a chilly 58 degrees. Tides the next few days are around 3' at sunrise, up to 4.5' around 11am, down to 1' about 4pm, and up slightly to 3' at sunset. Have a good week and good luck wave hunting!
