THE Surf Report

Doesn’t it feel good to surf again?!

SURF:
No offense to all the shapers out there who make a great groveller board (like the SUPERbrand Fling- shameless plug- sorry) but I was OVER riding tiny waves. It had been like 6 months (exaggeration) since I saw a wave you could do a real turn on. For the true power surfers like Cram, Knox, BK, Sarlo, Kong, Gomes, and Glenn, I’m surprised they didn’t give up surfing altogether.

But Poseidon came through last weekend with a solid SW swell (and a touch of NW) to save humanity.

That surf has since left the building but we do have a little SW that filled in today and some NW filling in tomorrow. Look for chest high sets from the combo swells this weekend and great weather.

Water temps have pretty much peaked for the rest of the season at 70 degrees (get it while you can) and tides the next few days are pretty mellow with 4’ at sunrise, down to 2’ at lunch, and up to 5’ at sunset.

FORECAST:

After a fun weekend of small but rideable waves, we get a better boost of SW on Tuesday for head high sets followed by more chest high NW windswell on Wednesday.

Models then show another NW arriving towards Thursday into Friday.

And then… forecast charts show a couple storms off Antarctica forming late this weekend which should give us shoulder high SW again around the 23rd. Hopefully we won’t be waved starved anymore. If anything changes between now and then, keep up to date on the waves and weather at Twitter/North County Surf. 

WEATHER:

High pressure is great for beach weather but awful for the fires inland. Personally I’m not a big fan of Santa Anas for that reason. On that note, looks like our cool weather today is being replaced by high pressure again this weekend and will increase our fire danger once more. Good news is that if we can sneak by this weekend without any additional damage to Orange County or Napa, there’s a chance of rain up north by Tuesday and maybe some sprinkles down here by Wednesday. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

BEST BET:
Tuesday-Thursday with fun NW/SW. Need to wax up that shortboard again!

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

This Day In Southern California Weather History! Amaze your friends (with what a nerd you are!)…

2015: Unseasonable high pressure and warm ocean waters led to very warm October days and the warmest October nights on record from 10/10 through 10/15. In San Diego, five out of the six highest October minimum temperatures on record occurred. The highest minimum temperature in any October was 76° on 10/10 and again on 10/13. This is only two degrees off the highest minimum temperature for any time of year! (Only seven nights in history recorded 77 or 78°, all of which occurred during September, meaning these October nights were warmer than any night in July or August in San Diego). On 10/10 the highest minimum temperature in October was also recorded in Chula Vista (73, only three degrees off all-time highest), Oceanside Harbor (74, only two degrees off all-time highest), and El Cajon (tied 69). On 10/13 Santa Ana recorded 78°, the highest October minimum temperature on record. The top six warmest October nights on the Chula Vista record occurred this month, and the top five in El Cajon occurred this month.

1987: A prolonged period of showers from the remnants of Hurricane Ramon started on 10/5 and ended on this day. Rainfall amounts ranged from 0.75 inch at the coast to two inches in the mountains. 2.14 inches fell at Camp Pendleton, 2.08 inches in Fallbrook and 0.69 inch fell at Lindbergh Field. Minor flood damage occurred.

1985: A thunderstorm produced wind gusts close to 80 mph near Encinitas. Tree and power pole damage was widespread, and the roof was ripped off a duplex.

1950: Strong high pressure brought record high temperatures. It was 93° in Idyllwild, the highest temperature on record for October. This also occurred on 10/1/1980.

1924: An early season cold snap gripped Southern California from 10/11 to 10/13. On this day it was 34° in Santa Ana, the lowest temperature on record for October. This also occurred on 10/21/1949 and on 10/31/1935. It was 32° in Escondido, the earliest freezing temperature of the season on record. It is also the lowest temperature on record for October, which also occurred the next day on 10/13.

1889: A monsoon-type thunderstorm brought 7.58 inches of rain to Encinitas in eight hours from 10 pm this day to 6 am on 10/13. 0.44 inch fell in San Diego.

PIC OF THE WEEK:

The beachbreak isn’t much to look at- but who cares when you have a point like that out the back.

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
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