THE Surf Report- Lite

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SURF:
Got a quick one today. So get in, sit down, buckle up, and hold on tight.

Had a little southern hemi swell this week. Good weather too. Nothing to write home about. Today we just have leftover waist high sets and that's dead by the weekend. Charts show a little NW windswell filling in tomorrow but SD will be the call with waist high+ waves down there. The weather will be great though, so you can look forward to that.

Water is still an incredible 75 degrees as we head into October and tides the next few days are 5' at sunrise, down to 1' after lunch and up to 5' at sunset.

FORECAST:

After a small weekend, we get a little bit of help next week. A small storm in the southern hemisphere sent us SW swell that's marching up the Americas today. Look for waist to chest high surf Tuesday.

After that the northern hemisphere makes it mark with a little NW late Wednesday into Friday morning. Look for chest high waves with slightly better sets in SD.

The tropics have some clouds flaring up so maybe we'll get a storm by mid-week and more hurricane swell next weekend.

The models also show a solid storm off Antarctica in a few days that may give us good SW towards the 7th of October but we're kind of past the southern hemisphere season so I'm taking it with a grain of salt. Make sure to keep up to date on the waves/weather at Twitter/North Couny Surf.

WEATHER:

Thank goodness all that winter rain is gone as we head into summer. Wait, scratch that. I meant summer rain as we warm up into fall/winter. That still doesn't make sense. Anyway, no rain in sight and great weather this weekend with beach temps in the 80's. Look for a slight cool down next week with the return of low clouds in the nights and mornings.
 
BEST BET:
The 2nd half of next week with fun NW.

NEWS OF THE WEEK:
Just a quick follow up on last week's story about the unusual amounts of summer rain we had here in San Diego. The local National Weather Service office reported last week that with a climate of very dry summers, and during one of the worst droughts on record, San Diego managed to harvest the greatest summer rainfall  on record (June 22nd to September 22nd). Exactly 3" of rain fell in San Diego this summer, breaking the old summer record of 2.13" in 1977. This July in particular had the greatest July rainfall on record with 1.71", and this September witth 1.24" is tied for the 4th wettest September on record.

So we're due for more record rains this winter in California, right? Well all El Ninos are different of course. The good news is that in most cases of strong El Ninos, southern California gets above average rainfall. Northern California- flip a coin. The 65/66, 91/92, and 72/73 El Ninos were mostly below average for Northern California. The 57/58, 82/83, and 97/98 El Ninos were above average for our neighbors to the north. So what's in store for them this winter season? I don't know of course. If I did, I'd be a Powerball winner.  Let's just hope rain, snow, AND above average surf is on tap for everyone in California this winter.

PIC OF THE WEEK:

Poor little guy looks so lonely. We need 100+ people on that so we can turn it into Lowers 2.0.

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
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