Kind of looks fun out there today. It's small- but kind of fun. It's amazing how sunny skies and warm water temps will make even the smallest surf look rippable.
The past few days we've had little bumps in NW windswell and SW groundswell and today is no different- we've got a small combination of NW/SW and sets are chest high around town. Throw in some water temperatures near 70, sunny skies near 70, and clear water, and you've got a fun day at the beach. If you're not stuck in the office or school of course.
Tides the next few days are pretty mellow except for the 6' tide just before sunset.
The weather should hold up in the foreseeable future. We have a weak system moving by to the N and it's going to add a little more low clouds in the nights and mornings- but we still should see sun by lunch. The weekend is looking like more of the same- night and morning low clouds, hazy sun in the afternoon, with temps near 70 in the day and 60 at night.
And with the weak front moving through the state the next few days, it will kick up the NW windswell too. Mighty nice of it. We should have chest high waves from it by Thursday in San Diego and waist high+ waves here.
And if that wasn't enough, we had a small storm flare up in the southern hemisphere last week which should arrive on our shores on Thursday too. That is good for chest high waves in the OC and waist high+ waves down here. Combine it with the building NW windswell though and you've got shoulder high sets the 2nd half of this week. Full playground!
For the long term, the charts show some lingering life in the N Pacific- which is hard to believe since summer starts this weekend. But if the models hold up, we may get shoulder high NW groundswell in San Diego the middle of next week and chest high sets here in N county SD.
The charts also show the southern hemisphere trying to get organized the next few days. If that's the case, I'm hoping to see some chest high waves the middle of next week too and head high sets in the OC. Let's hope the NW and SW groundswells live up to their potential the middle of next week. All in all some fun combo surf later this week, small the beginning of next week, and hopefully good again the middle of next week.
