THE Surf Report

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SURF:

Had fun surf earlier in the week and it's been a slow decline ever since. Today it's pretty flat with just waist high sets from the SW, S from former Hurricane Frank, and a whisper of NW windswell.

Later tomorrow we get a little bump from the SSW for chest high sets towards the OC that lasts into Sunday. Nothing to really get excited about this weekend but the weather will be great and the water temps even better at 77 degrees.

Tides the next few days are about 4' at sunrise, 2' after lunch, and up rapidly to 6' at sunset.

FORECAST:

We have leftover SW on Monday and Tuesday/Wednesday look small, but we get another small boost of SW from the southern hemisphere towards Thursday. Just expect chest high sets again from this one.

We get another flat spell towards the 7th through the 11th (unless the tropics finally flare up and give us an unexpected hurricane swell)... 

...but charts show another small storm sending SW swell around the 12th of August. All in all nothing exciting for the next couple weeks. Make sure to keep up to date on any developing storms at Twitter/North County Surf. 

WEATHER:

Amazing weather this past week (and most of July for that matter). May Gray and June Gloom are in the rear view mirror at this point. High pressure is going to back off slightly (slightly being a relative term) which will allow the inland temperatures to cool off just a bit- but we'll still be near 80 at the beaches. As high pressure starts to retreat this weekend, tropical clouds will movie in from from Mexico. The mountains and deserts may see a few thunderstorms late this weekend into early next week and a few stray clouds could drift overhead at the coast. All in all great weather and no real fog to speak of.

BEST BET:
I wouldn't say 'best' as the surf won't be firing, but mostly likely fun small surf on Sunday with new SW swell or late next week with another small SW swell and continuing warm beach/water temps.

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

Love all this warm weather we’re having? How about those 77 degree water temps? Mmmmm, nice and toasty. Well, this persistent heat on land AND in the sea this past June has shattered records, yet again.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported this week that June 2016 was 1.62 degrees F above the 20th century average, breaking last year’s record for the warmest June on record by 0.04 degrees F, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. NOAA’s global temperature records dates back 137 years to 1880.

For the year to date, the average global temperature was 1.89 degrees F above the 20th century average. This was the highest temperature for this period, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.36 degrees F.

Some notable events around the world include:

• The globally averaged sea surface temperature was record high for June and the year-to-date (January–June).

• The globally averaged land temperature tied a record high for June, making it the 34th consecutive June with temperatures above the 20th century average. The year-to-date (January–June) average temperature was also record high.

• Much warmer-than-average temperatures contributed to North America’s warmest June since continental records began in 1910.

• Much warmer-than-average conditions engulfed most of Africa resulting in the second warmest June since 1910 for the continent.

• The average Arctic sea ice extent for June was 11.4 percent below the 1981–2010 average. This was the smallest June extent since records began in 1979.

• The average Antarctic sea ice extent for June was 40,000 square miles below the 1981–2010 average, marking the smallest June Antarctic sea ice extent since 2011 and the 13th smallest on record.

PIC OF THE WEEK:

While your living it up in this Hawaiian-like water and 80 degree beach temps, just a reminder on how the other half live.

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
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