Had some fun surf last weekend- along with great weather- but the swell has since faded. Today we're just left with knee high NW with waist high sets in SD. The wind is light offshore. Looks like a nice day to surf- if only there was surf!
Water temps are still an unbelievably warm 67 degrees- about 5 degrees above normal for mid-November- and we've got big tide swings the next few days- about 5' at sunrise, down to 0' after lunch, and up to 3' at sunset.
So what's up with the rain? Or lack thereof? We've had plenty of moisture north of us but high pressure down here has kept us warm and dry. We've got a couple more days of nice sunny weather then the tail end of a storm up north will give us some light showers Thursday evening into Friday morning. After that- high pressure sets up again over the weekend and it's looking like another mild offshore Santa Ana wind event next week. 80 degrees for Thanksgiving. Go eco and let the sun bake your turkey!
As high pressure breaks down this week, the NW swell will increase. The 'storm' mentioned above will bring some head high sets late Thursday into Friday. Just beware of the junky conditions from the passing cold front.
On it's heels is more NW for Friday afternoon into Saturday morning. The swell will be only be shoulder high but at least the conditions will be clean.
AND THEN... if the mild offshore winds develop early next week as forecasted, we have more overhead NW arriving on Monday. After that, things slow down out in the north Pacific and it's looking pretty small the 2nd half of next week. So until then- live it up!
