All kinds of stuff going on this week. Hurricanes, southern hemi swells, May Gray, windswell, you name it.
Let's have a look at the past few days though. We've had alternating SW/NW swells again and some SW winds due to the May Gray. We got back on track yesterday though with nice weather and fun combo surf.
Today we've got more fun combo swell from a dying NW windswell and building SW groundswell. Spots around town are chest high+ again with head high+ sets towards the OC.
The SW holds tomorrow as we get a reinforcement from NW windswell. Size should hold the same with a little more peaky conditions.
Far north OC will see some shoulder high sets from our old friend Amanda tomorrow too. She unfortunately was just outside SD's swell window but was still fun to look at. Amanda peaked late Sunday with winds of 150mph- the strongest hurricane on record for May. Amanda started to weaken last night and wouldn't you know it- she started to gain strength again this morning and has sustained winds of 125mph. Not a bad start to our upcoming El Nino summer.
After the NW/SW mid-week, it's looking pretty dismal after that- on all fronts. The southern hemisphere has some activity but it's mostly aimed at South America (not N towards us) and the northern hemisphere is all but shut down as summer is only 3 weeks away. We may get a little shot of inconsistent SW swell towards the 2nd of June and some NW windswell too- but this weekend is looking pretty meager.
Speaking of meager, we have nice weather today but a weak low pressure system to our N will kick up our May Gray down here the 2nd half of this week into the weekend. So in addition to the surf getting smaller in a few days, we'll have more clouds and S winds. Awesome.
On a more pleasant note, our water temps have been a fantastic 68 degrees- and along with the nice weather today- trunks and a jacket are possible. Tides the next few days are around 0' at sunrise, up to 4' at 10am, down to 1' at 3pm, and up to 5' at sunset. Have a good week everyone and get it while you can!
