Where do I start with today's Surf Check?! First let me say, it doesn't get much better. We've got solid SW swell hitting our beaches today, the sun is out with temps near 70 and the water is almost 70 degrees too. Who needs Tahiti?! Just kidding of course but it's still looking pretty fun out there.
Currently the SW swell is good for head high+ sets in north county SD with overhead sets towards the OC. Wind is SW at 10 and the crowds are minimal as we've had surf all weekend and everyone is surfed out- or opting to get some work/school done. It's a little lined up out there as the NW isn't big enough to really cross it up but you can find a random corner at the beach breaks if you wait long enough. Tides are 4' at 8am, down to 1' at 2pm, and back up to 6' at sunset.
Our weather is pretty darn good too today but changes are coming. We have a weak low pressure system trying to set up shop for the 2nd half of this week into the weekend. We'll only have temps in the mid-60's at the beaches and the clouds may stick around at the coast this holiday weekend. Hopefully the models are wrong and we at least get some clearing mid-day. All in all nothing unusual for this time of year- that's why they call this time of year 'May Gray' and 'June Gloom' of course.
Even though the weather may turn out to be funky this weekend, the surf will keep rolling. The weak low pressure that's setting up shop the next 5 days or so will also kick up some head high NW windswell- good for that walled SW. The NW will peak on Thursday evening and limp into Saturday morning.
Also filling in later this week is yet ANOTHER head high SW swell that was generated a few days ago off Antarctica. That should start to fill in on Thursday and peak Friday before fading on Saturday also like it's NW counterpart. Hopefully the weather behaves and it won't be as ugly as forecasted.
After that things go quiet. The north Pacific and south Pacific are forecasted to take a breather. Unfortunately for Sunday and the Monday holiday it may be weak around here. Hopefully by Monday though the weak low pressure above us will start to break down and we at least have nice beach weather. If we can't have surf- a sunny day is better than nothing.
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