So this is it. Swell from Major Hurricane Marie is starting to show in southern California...
This morning we had dropping Tropical Storm Lowell swell for inconsistent shoulder high sets. Then Marie started to show in south facing LA and northern OC mid-morning. Currently they're getting sets up north around 10' with the Wedge seeing 15' sets. And building.
Marie peaked on Sunday with category 5 winds of 160mph and has since declined with 100mph winds today. And as soon as she peaked, she was SSE of us- which is too S for SD- so the OC will see the biggest sets tonight and tomorrow morning. Look for double overhead waves in HB and the odd 20' set at the Wedge. And as Marie came into the SD swell window yesterday, she was already dying. Doesn't mean we won't see solid surf from her. We should get sets a couple feet overhead in north SD by Wednesday afternoon. By Thursday we'll still have head high+ waves in the OC and north SD.
And as the tropics die off this week, the southern hemisphere comes alive. We had a storm flare up a couple days ago which should give us fun chest high+ SW late in the weekend.
We even have some NW windswell building on Sunday so we're on track to get fun combo swell for Labor Day. God bless America.
Further out, models show a good storm taking shape this later this week in the southern hemisphere which would give us shoulder high waves the middle of next week into the weekend.
So what's the weather look like as we head into the Labor Day weekend? First up, high pressure is building today and we'll have minimal low clouds/fogs in the night and mornings as well as beach temps in the mid-70's. Weak low pressure unfortunately moves down the coast over the weekend and the low clouds/fog will hug the coast a little longer than we'd like but we'll still have a shot of hazy sunshine in the afternoons with air temps around 70.
Water temps are still low 70's- which they should be for late August- and our tides the next few days are around 1' at sunrise, up to 5' before lunch, down to 1' again at 5pm, and up slightly to 3' at sunset. Make sure to get some waves tomorrow- but if you miss it- catch the new swell on Labor Day...
