Holding pattern.
SURF:
Had some fun surf mid-week (despite the June Gloom in August) from a SW/NW swell combo. Today we have more of the same as the SW has held and the NW has picked up slightly. Most spots are waist to chest high with maybe a shoulder high sets on the best SW sets. Lots of peaks out there today; looks fun. 
Currently we have a strong eddy circulation off our coast so the wind was blowing out of the SSE early this morning around 5mph. Shouldn’t get too blown today and may glass off this evening. Those swells hold into tomorrow with maybe a another foot out of the NW (south SD may see chest high waves from it) then the swells drop off slightly on Sunday. Hurricane Greg hit our swell window yesterday with winds at 90mph- then promptly dropped to tropical storm status this morning with 65mph winds. He wasn’t a big storm and he was headed due west, so I don’t expect any real swell from him. He’ll probably keep SD in waist high+ waves on Sunday with chest high sets in the OC- you pretty much won’t notice a change from the current SW swell. We’ve got some waves this weekend so I can’t complain. BUT… the sun’s not really out, the water isn’t above 70, and the surf isn’t that big. Sheesh, I sound like Debbie Downer. Anyway, there will be some fun little waves around town, just not that exciting. Tides the next few days are 2’ at sunrise, 5’ at 3pm, back to 3’ at sunset. Water temps are holding around 68; they’d be warmer if the sun was out. Make sure to keep up to date on the swells and conditions at Twitter/North County Surf.
FORECAST:
Nothing really exciting but the southern hemisphere and tropics haven’t been exactly flat either. After the little swells this weekend, we get another small SW for the beginning of the work week- probably waist to chest high in far north SD and the OC. High pressure is forecast to build towards Monday so it should shut off our NW windswell pipeline unfortunately.
We also have another area of clouds forming off Mex and it’s a long way from becoming a hurricane but if it does, I’d assume it would hit our window towards Monday and maybe get some surf towards Wednesday- if everything goes according to plan. All in all, a little bit of surf next week with the emphasis on the word little.
WEATHER:
Kind of over this June Gloom in August. Normally we get low clouds/fog in May/June/July then by August it clears up with warm air and water temps. But it’s been consistently cloudy now at the beaches for almost 2 weeks and our water temps are hovering in the high 60’s. Wearing trunks is not an option! Models are hoping for high pressure over the Four Corners to build towards Monday and maybe by mid-week we could have nice weather with some high tropical clouds overhead. But that was the forecast a couple weeks ago and it never materialized so I’m taking it with a grain of salt. Long story short- look for cool overcast conditions at the beaches this weekend with maybe some sun next week.
BEST BET:
Looks like the SW will be biggest today but the NW biggest tomorrow. So the best bet is… If you live in the OC, surf today as the SW is biggest. And if you live in SD, surf tomorrow as the NW will be biggest! NEWS OF THE WEEK:
This day in weather history!!!!!!1997: Hurricane Ignacio produced 20 foot+ surf at the Wedge.
1983: The lowest maximum temperature on record of 74° in Riverside remarkably occurred on the same day as the highest minimum temperature of 70° for this day.
1986: Santa Ana hit 96 degrees.
1961: Thunderstorms hit Barstow, Redlands and Calimesa. Roads and highways were eroded. A few homes in Redlands were sitting in two to three feet of water.
1959: It was 31° in Idyllwild, making this the earliest date in the season to reach freezing temperatures.
1945: What is believed to be a decaying tropical storm hit the region. 1.75 inches of rain fell in Escondido on this day, the greatest daily amount on record for August.
1906: A tropical storm came up into the Gulf of California and the southwestern United States, giving the mountains and deserts heavy rainfall . Needles received 5.66 inches of rain, twice the normal of seasonal rainfall. This occurred during the El Niño of 1905-06.
BEST OF THE BLOG:
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It’s hurricane season and we’ve had some activity on both coasts this past week. Two summer time magnets for progressive surfing, girls, and good waves are Lowers on the west coast and Sebastian Inlet on the east coast. With barrels like these at Sebastian, you wish it was summer all the time (except of course for black ball, crowds, sunburned tourits, and sting rays). For more east coast dreaminess, check out the kings of the east coast at ESM
Keep Surfing,
Michael W. Glenn
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