THE Surf Report

 

It's On Like Donkey Kong. 

SURF:

Nothing too exciting earlier this week- plus cool water temps and red tide- has now given way to clear water, temps around 64, and combo swell! It's on like Donkey Kong! (That was an arcade game for you youngsters out there. Kind of like Minecraft on your Xbox but you had to put quarters in this 6 foot phone booth looking thing- what's a phone booth AND quarters you ask? Never mind). 

Lots of activity in the Pacific this week has resulted in head high+ surf this evening from the NW and SW. For tomorrow, look for it to pick up a notch from both directions and the result is overhead groundswell with best spots looking SOLID. Look for more of the same on Saturday BUT... low pressure moves by to the N of us and the W winds kick in along our coast- hopefully later in the day. Looking to be a bit bumpy by Sunday with wind gusts over 30 mph! Regardless, I'm turning on the Emergency Boardriding System for at least Friday. And here's the tides, sun, and water temps for the next few days:

• Sunrise and sunset:
• 5:56 AM sunrise
• 7:35 PM sunset  

• Constant SW winds this week have rebounded our water temps 7 degrees in 7 days. Awesome. Most beaches are sitting in the 63-64 range. Time to break out that 3/2 fullsuit. 

• And here's the tides this weekend:
• 2' at sunrise
• 0.5' mid-morning
• and back to 3' at sunset

FORECAST:

For Monday, the SW is still strong- but new NW windswell is stronger- along with the winds again. Tuesday should be a transition day with winds subsiding and lots of NW windswell left and dying SW for more head high surf. Wednesday looks to be clean (?) with more head high NW windswell and just a touch of leftover SW. For the 2nd half of next week, looks like the SW is gone and we'll just have smaller NW windswell. Models though do show more chest high SW showing mid-month and bigger SW around the 3rd week. 

WEATHER:

Good weather Friday and then Saturday gets breezy late. A low pressure trough moves through the interior west and kicks up our low clouds and winds Sunday through Tuesday. Wednesday should be a transition day with slightly better weather and less winds. The 2nd half of the week looks to have more sun and temps near 70. If anything changes between now and then, make sure to follow North County Surf on Twitter!

BEST BET:

• Friday (and hopefully EARLY Saturday) with SOLID NW/SW groundswell 
• Wednesday with more NW windswell and dying smaller SW groundswell for shoulder high sets

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

We are officially sold out for the 2022 North County Board Meeting Golf Tournament on May 13th! Wanted to say thank you to everyone involved- from players, to the companies who donated product, to our food and drink sponsors, to the hole sponsors, to Goat Hill Park, to our title sponsor Venture LLP- and everyone in between- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Much appreciated by the North County Board Meeting and our beneficiary Folds of Honor who provide scholarships to spouses and children of America’s fallen and disabled service members. And for those of you who are playing next Friday the 13th or sponsoring a hole, here is the schedule:

• 6 AM to 7 AM set up
• 7 AM to 7:30 AM check in
• 7:45 AM word from Goat Hill Park
• 8 AM to 12:30 PM play golf! 
• 12:30 PM lunch/awards/prizes

And if this is your first time playing our tournament, we'll be doing our usual raffle ($5 tickets or 5 for $20) and new this year- A LIVE AUCTION- so be prepared to battle it out! Prizes include:

• Sunset Surfboards
• Surhouse staycation
• Electra bike
• Signed Padre's Manny Machado baseball
• Envroll putter
• and more! 

Thanks again to everyone involved and please feel free to reach out to me at northcountyboardmeeting@gmail.com with any questions. And I'll see you Friday the 13th! 

PIC OF THE WEEK:

Hope you get some of these this weekend. Positive thinking everyone! 

Keep Surfing, 
Michael W. Glenn
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