Another big S swell graced our shores the past few days- but the big difference between this swell and the April swell was the wind and air temps. April was glassy and 80 degrees- the swell this week was windy as hell and 65 degrees.
Still plenty of head high waves today from the S with a touch of much smaller NW helped break up the lines at the beach breaks. Wind backed off slightly too but it still was breezy from the NW. That was due to a low pressure system parked over us (more on that below). Look for the NW to hang around tomorrow while the S continues to back off with shoulder high sets.
Water temps have dropped slightly to 64 degrees due to all the wind and clouds. Tides the next few days are around -1' at sunrise, up to 3.5' at noon, down to -1.5' late afternoon, and back up to 3.5' at sunset.
As far as our weather goes, ol' man winter is giving it one last try this week. Weak low pressure has set up shop above us and we'll have drizzle, clouds, and breezy conditions through Thursday. Then the low pressure starts to move through on Friday and we get a better shot at showers. Nothing big but we'll take the quarter inch that's predicted. Saturday is a transition day with a return of the sun and cool temps then early next week we're back to temps in the high 70's and clear skies.
As the showers approach on Friday, we also have more SW swell approaching. Looks like head high sets in far north county BUT the showers and breezy conditions will screw things up. The breezy conditions will also kick up some NW windswell on Friday. So we've got peaky conditions from the combo swell but sloppy seas. Awesome.
Charts though show some more solid S swell headed our way towards the 12th of May. Not as big as the early April swell or last Monday's swell, but if it holds true, we'll get overhead waves again. AND the weather should cooperate.
After that, there's one last storm on the charts directly beneath us that may give another shot of shoulder high S swell around the 17th of May. In a nutshell, more SW swell on Friday but junky conditions, a better bigger S swell on Tuesday the 12th, and a smaller S swell around the 17th.
