Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Surf Check 1/17/12


Had a little surf the last few days but not much. Yesterday morning a new small fun NW started to fill in before the cold front blew it to bits in the afternoon. Sets were chest high around town if you didn't mind the W wind.

Today things have cleaned up and it's just barely on the rideable scale. We've got that dying NW with a touch of small SW. Waves are waist high with maybe a chest high set at the best combo spot at peak high tide.

Tides the next few days are around 5' at sunrise, 0' at lunch, and up to 3' at sunset. Water temps are still a winter like 58 degrees.

Looks like nice weather the rest of the week but flat conditions. On the bright side, we've got more NW headed our way this weekend. On the dark side, we've got our first real winter storm headed our way (which is a bright side I guess if you snowboard). Models have some clouds arriving Saturday morning. The NW picks up slightly too but only about waist to chest high.

Then things start to kick into gear Sunday with head high surf in the afternoon and a fairly strong and wet system coming through the day. By Sunday evening we should have overhead storm surf with heavy rain and wind. That should last into Monday. Rainfall totals may be in the range of 1/2" to 1". So we've got all that going for us. Best bet may be Sunday morning as the swell fills in and the rains hold off until the afternoon.