Had some fun surf earlier in the week. That little SW wouldn't die and the NW windswell was bigger than expected.
Today we have a continuation of the NW windswell that is peaking and there's new SW in the water too.
The SW was churned out by some unimpressive small storms last week. We're only getting waist high waves here in SD from the combo swell and the OC is getting a rare chest high set today.
Wind is currently blowing WSW at 10 and water temps are surprisingly warm at 70 degrees today. Pretty awesome for spring. Even though the W wind has been blowing this past week, it isn't the NW 'death' wind which causes upwelling and cold water. I also think the lack of May Gray/June Gloom has helped the sun stick around longer and warmed our water temps up this spring; as well as the building El Nino being a benefit to us also. How warm is our water going to be this August?! Tides are a bit funky the next couple days with 2' tides at sunrise, down to 0' around 9am, up to 5' late afternoon, and down to 2' again at sunset.
Speaking of a lack of June Gloom, it looks like we'll be that way at least through the weekend. Sure we'll have low clouds and fog in the nights/mornings, but we've had sunny skies at the beach by 9am this past week. That's been fantastic. High pressure will build slightly this weekend and we'll have plenty of sun by mid-morning and air temps in the mid-70's. We may have a weak cold front move by to the north towards the middle of next week which may help the clouds stick around a little longer at the coast, but we should have sun most afternoons at the coast.
So when are we getting good surf again? Well, first up is some more NW windswell filling in towards Friday and peaking on Sunday. Look for waist high NW on Friday building to chest high on Sunday.
Right on it's heels is some more SW for waist high waves on Friday with chest high sets in the OC. Behind that is a better storm which will give SD chest high sets around the 23rd and head high sets for the OC. This weekend should at least be fun with the peaking NW and building SW for shoulder high combo sets. So until then, get your work done and get some waves on Saturday and Sunday with nice weather and warm water temps. A good way to kick off the 1st day of summer.
