If you think it's messy now, just wait. The shot above was from this morning. Not too out of control and the wind was only blowing
S at 5mph.
If you got up early, you probably got some fun chest high waves. Then the clouds got thicker, the rain started to come down and now the wind is blowing 10mph from the WSW and will hit 25mph tonight. Along with the wind will come big jumbled stormsurf.
Models show 15-18' surf offshore tomorrow and most likely 8-10' whitecaps here.
Not that you'd want to surf any of it tomorrow as the water will be dirty from the rain runoff. Rain will get heavier tonight with up to 1/2" possible and 6-12" of snow in the local mountains above 4,000 feet and almost 24" above 7,000 feet. Winds will also cause problems with gusts over 30mph at the coast and over 60mph in the mountains. This should all clear up by Wednesday evening with cool clear conditions the rest of the week.
Tides the next few days are about 5' at sunrise, down to 0' after lunch, and back up slightly to 3' at sunset.
The stormsurf should be gone late Thursday and by Friday/Saturday it will be considerably smaller. By Sunday, the chart above shows a N swell coming down the coast and we may only get a glancing blow for chest high sets.
The southern hemisphere has been trying to get it's act together recently but just hasn't put been that impressive yet. The chart above shows a broad system forming tomorrow but it's not that big, organized, or aimed N at us. If we do get anything, maybe the OC will have some chest high waves around the 26th. All in all some messy surf the next few days; maybe wait for late Thursday or late Sunday for a couple clean little waves.
