I'm activating the Emergency Boardriding System. God bless America!
SURF:
Whoever said patience is a virtue obviously didn't surf. I'm not a big fan of small swells and overcast conditions (but who is), so it's been a pleasure to watch the forecast models this past week and finally see the potential for solid surf. But before I get too far ahead of myself, let's talk about the surf for the upcoming weekend. We've got a little background SW/NW for waist high+ surf today (and better towards the OC from the SW swell). For tomorrow the NW windswell will pick up a touch to the waist high+ range with chest high sets towards SD.
Speaking of warm water, we're at 67 degrees this morning and may warm up to 70 by Sunday (towards SD). AND... if the sun's out, it may be time for a jacket and boardies in the afternoons. And here's more info to plan your weekend:
Tides this weekend are:
- 3' at sunrise
- 2' after lunch
- 6' at sunset
- 5:45 AM sunrise
- 8:00 PM sunset
After a small but sunny weekend, we start to see some REAL waves on the horizon- and that's when we activate the Emergency Boardriding System.
New SW swell fills in on Monday for chest high surf and peaks on Tuesday for shoulder high sets.
Wednesday backs off to the chest high range and the 4th of July has consistent chest high surf from soon to be Hurricane Barbara. If the models hold up, the OC should have head high+ surf by Friday the 5th.
On Barbara's heels is a major storm taking shape off Antarctica this weekend which would give us well overhead SW swell starting on the 5th and lasting through the 7th.
AND THEN... models show Hurricane Cosme forming off Mainland Mexico next week which would give us chest high+ surf again in north county SD and overhead surf in the OC around the 10th. So waiting patiently this past month may actually pay off for us. Make sure to keep track of the waves and weather at Twitter/North County Surf.
WEATHER:
WEATHER:
Great weather this weekend (after the clouds burn off) will give us our 1st real taste of summer. Look for temps in the mid to high 70's at the beaches and a typical afternoon sea breeze. By the middle of next week, the clouds may linger at the coast a little longer (unfortunate for the 4th of July) but we still should see a little sun late in the day. All in all the usual weather around here for late June/early July. The only thing to watch out for is what the moisture from Alvin, Barbara, and Cosme do once they start breaking up...
BEST BET:
Where do I start? Seriously. Maybe Tuesday with new fun SW swell, July 5th compliments of Hurricane Barbara, next Saturday with solid SW swell, or the 10th of July if Hurricane Cosme comes together. And did I tell you we should be wearing trunks and a jacket by then?!
NEWS OF THE WEEK:
BEST BET:
Where do I start? Seriously. Maybe Tuesday with new fun SW swell, July 5th compliments of Hurricane Barbara, next Saturday with solid SW swell, or the 10th of July if Hurricane Cosme comes together. And did I tell you we should be wearing trunks and a jacket by then?!
NEWS OF THE WEEK:
On this day in history, a heat wave on the order of a 20 year event enveloped the West and Southern California from this day to 6/30. Death Valley hit the highest U.S. June temperature ever recorded: 129°. Do you even know how hot that is?! Let's just say that 90 degrees is hot and is uncomfortable if you're doing any type of physical exertion outside. Now add 40 more degrees to that. You heard me right.
And if you're wondering, Death Valley famously holds the record for hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth of 134 degrees on July 10, 1913. Is that even possible? Maybe I shouldn't complain then when it's cloudy and 65 degrees for months on end here in San Diego (which happens to be almost 70 degrees cooler than Death Valley's record. Yikes). And if you're wondering, the hottest temperature ever recorded in San Diego is 111 degrees, which occurred on September 26, 1963.
Also on June 28th in weather history, Palm Springs and Thermal reached 122°, which tied or set new June records and came within one degree of the all-time highest temperature on record on this day. Also on 6/29 in Borrego Springs it was 120°, two degrees off the highest all-time.
And while we're on the subject of extremes, the coldest temperature ever recorded on earth was at the Soviet Vostok Station in Antarctica on 21 July, 1983 with a mind blowing -129 degrees. That's a 263 degree difference between Death Valley's 134 degree record high. (And the coldest it's ever been in California was at Boca with a numbing -45 degrees on January 20th, 1935).
And the temperatures on Saturday in San Diego are supposed to be 62 degrees for the low and 77 for the high. Perfect.
PIC OF THE WEEK:
Hoping to see some of this in the near future.
Keep Surfing,
Michael W. Glenn
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