May was a wild 30 days- biggest hurricane on record for the month, 100 degree temps at the beach, wildfires, great combo swells, warmer than usual water temps, you name it.
And then June hit. Our swells died, the low clouds and fog have returned, and our air temps are back to normal. The good news is that our water temps are still hovering at 70.
We've had consistent NW windswell the past few days and today a small inconsistent SW filled in. Nothing big but we had waist high+ waves around here and chest high waves in the OC. That holds the next couple of days then it's looking pretty small on Friday and Saturday.
At least the weather will be nice. There's a weak low pressure trough to our north and high pressure to our south and we're in-between. So not blazing weather but not bad June Gloom either. Look for the typical night/morning low clouds and sunny skies in the afternoon for temps in the mid-70's all the way through the weekend.
So what's our surf doing in the next week or so? We've got more NW windswell for the next 5+ days that will peak this weekend with waist high+ waves and maybe a chest high wave in SD. After that we have more SW swell headed our way for late Sunday. With the NW in the water too, we should have fun chest high+ waves late Sunday into Monday. The OC should see some shoulder high sets from the SW.
After that it's looking pretty ugly next week. No storms in the southern or northern hemispheres mean no surf for us. Just more NW windswell but that will only be good for waist high+ waves and that doesn't sound appealing.
On a side note, Tropical Storm Boris is plowing into Salina Cruz in mainland Mex and it's dumping wind and rain down there. We won't get any surf from it but it's worth noting- I can see this thing cross the peninsula and turn into a stronger storm in the Gulf of Mexico which would affect the southeastern United States next week. Yikes.
Tides the next few days are pretty mellow- just like the surf. Tides start off around 2' at sunrise, down to 0' at 9am, up to 4' late afternoon, and down slightly to 3' at sunset. Have a good week and good luck wave hunting!
