THE Surf Report- Early Edition

Swell of the CENTURY this weekend!

SURF:

Alright alright. I used that joke last week. But I can now activate the Emergency Boardriding System alert because we finally have good waves. New SW started showing on the buoys last night and filled in further today with shoulder high sets in town and head high+ waves towards the OC. The swell builds further on Friday and tops out in the afternoon with head high sets and overhead waves at best SW spots. That holds into Saturday morning. Swell unfortunately is a little lined up as we don't have much NW windswell in the water to cross things up. Sunday drops off to the chest high range but it's still rideable- along wth nice weather this weekend.

Water temps are holding at 70 and tides the next few days are mellow; about 3' at sunrise and almost 5' at supper time.

FORECAST:

The beginning of the work week starts off pretty small but more SW heads our way towards the end of the week. Friday looks to have chest high waves again with maybe a shoulder high set in the OC.

Models also show an early season small NW hitting about the same time for waist high sets and slightly bigger in SD. There's also a small hurricane forecasted to form mid-week which may give us waist high+ surf in north county SD by the weekend and chest high+ sets in the OC. All in all, next Friday through Sunday will have a variety of swells for fun waves.

Further out  there's another early season Aleutian storm on the charts which could give us chest high waves from the NW towards the 18th.

And after that... models show a good storm off Antarctica which MAY give us overhead+ SW towards the 23rd. Make sure to keep up to date on any developing storms at Twitter/North County Surf.

WEATHER:

Pretty typical weather around here for the next week. High pressure builds slightly this weekend for less clouds and temps in the mid-70's. Then low pressure comes back early next week for a little more clouds and cooler temps. Then weak high pressure returns late next week for less clouds again and temps, wait for it, about mid-70's. I wish I had a job as a weatherman in San Diego. Easy money.

BEST BET:
Tomorrow with peaking SW.

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

Amaze your friends with these amazing facts!

• Sandy beaches are mostly made of silica (SiO2) in the form of the mineral quartz.
• The size of the sediment found on a beach is a good indication of the wave and wind energy in the area. Shorelines that are protected from waves and winds usually have finer sediment than exposed coastlines where small sediment is suspended within the turbulent waters.
• Steep beaches have a strong wave backwash that pulls material down the beach slowly making the slope gentler. Waves on beaches that have a gentle slope run up the beach powerfully, before falling back gently, therefore depositing material at the top, which slowly makes the beach steeper.
• The longest beach in the world is arguably Praia do Cassino (Casino Beach) in the city of Rio Grande, Brazil. It is approximately 132 miles long.
• Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia, is the largest sand island in the world covering around 630 square miles and has a beach 40 miles long.

• Around 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans.
• The world’s oceans contain enough water to fill a cube with edges 621 miles in length.
• While there are hundreds of thousands of known marine life forms, there are many that are yet to be discovered, some scientists suggest that there could actually be millions of marine life forms out there.
• The largest ocean on Earth is the Pacific Ocean, it covers around 30% of the Earth’s surface.
• The Pacific Ocean’s name has an original meaning of ‘peaceful sea’. Which is accurate considering how small the surf has been the past few weeks.
• Located to the east of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, the Mariana Trench is the deepest known area of Earth’s oceans. It has a deepest point of around 36000 feet.

• The Pacific Ocean contains around 25,000 different islands, many more than are found in Earth’s other oceans.
• The second largest ocean on Earth is the Atlantic Ocean, it covers over 21% of the Earth’s surface.
• The Atlantic Ocean’s name refers to Atlas of Greek mythology.
• The third largest ocean on Earth is the Indian Ocean, it covers around 14% of the Earth’s surface.
• During winter the Arctic Ocean is almost completely covered in sea ice.
• While some disagree on whether it is an ocean or just part of larger oceans, the Southern Ocean includes the area of water that encircles Antarctica.
• According to the Guinness World Records, the tallest sandcastle ever made was constructed in Connecticut, USA, in May 2011 and was 37 ft 10 in tall.

PIC OF THE WEEK:

You know how warped this wave is? The photo seems tilted when you look at the wave then you see the horizon is actually straight. That wave is sucking below sea level so hard it's draining off the reef like a waterfall. Yikes.

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
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