We got surf! Finally. Man was this weekend a bummer. The predicted sun never came out and to make it worse, the surf sucked. Luckily for us the surf is getting better today, even though the 'June Gloom' is still hanging around.
Today we have a building small NW windswell that was generated by a weak cold front yesterday (and hence our ugly cold beach weather today) and also a building S swell generated by a storm off Antarctica last week.
The NW windswell will peak tonight and tomorrow morning should have some waist high sets- with a couple better waves in SD. The S that was generated last week though is still building today and best spots in far north county have head high sets and the OC is overhead.
Water temps are a pleasant 63 degrees and tides the next few days are about 1' at sunrise, dropping to -1' mid-morning, back up to 4' mid-afternoon, and settling at 2' at sunset. The S continues to build tomorrow and most spots around town will have inconsistent overhead sets with the OC a couple feet overhead. Tomorrow should be the day as the combo swells will make for some fun peaks at the beachbreaks.
As advertised above though, the weather stinks as a weak cold front has kicked up the low clouds and the wind this afternoon is blowing SW at 10. The weather cleans up tomorrow and we should have sunny skies and temps in the high 60's finally. High pressure continues to build this week and forecast charts show the beaches hitting the low 80's by Friday.
Unfortunately our small NW windswell will be gone by the weekend and the S will have passed it's peak. Maybe some chest high sets though for the OC but by the Saturday it's pretty small around here.
Next week is looking small too as there just isn't much activity on the models from either the S or the N. Looks like though a storm may flare up again off New Zealand around the 7th of May which would give us surf around mid-May. So until then, enjoy the good surf and weather the next couple days!
