THE Surf Report

Cruisin'.

SURF:
Man that was a good SW swell last weekend. A little lined up but the reefs, points, and jetties were darn good; if they could hold the size. The swell slowly tapered off this week but we still had some background SW swells keeping us in rideable waist high+ waves. And with the bump up in NW windswell yesterday, the beaches had some fun chest high sets from the combo peaks.

Today the NW is peaking and there's still some background SW swell for waist high+ sets. The wind unfortunately is already blowing from the SW at 5 and it's overcast again. Water temps are finally rebounding towards the high 60's and the sun should come out again mid-morning for mostly sunny skies. Looks fun out there if you can skip out of work early for a little late afternoon Friday session. Tomorrow both swells back off but we get a little bump again from the SW on Sunday. Nothing big but we should have chest high sets again.. If you plan your session accordingly this weekend you may get some fun little waves.

Tides the next few days are about 0' at sunrise, up to 4' at 3pm, and down to 2' at sunset.  Make sure to keep up to date on the waves/weather at Twitter/North County Surf. 

FORECAST:

After a little weekend of combo surf, the waves look pretty small Monday and Tuesday. Fortunately we should have another little SW bump towards Wednesday for waist high waves in SD county and chest high sets in the OC.

Also on the charts is a sizeable NW windswell trying to form towards Wednesday off Central California. If everything comes together, south SD county should see some shoulder high sets towards Thursday. North SD county and south OC county should see some fun chest high+ waves from both the SW/NW combo swells.

After that, the southern hemisphere is trying to come to life- if it does- expect some fun SW swell towards the 25th and the 28th.

WEATHER:

Just typical June weather on tap the next few days- summer isn't here yet so weak cold fronts are slowly drifting by to the north making minor fluctuations in the marine layer down here. Some days the clouds clear from the coast- other days they don't. Thankfully the models don't show any thick/cold low clouds hugging the coast so we should at least be near the high 60's each day with a shot at partial clearing. Considering it's technically still spring, can't complain. This pattern should hold through next week.

BEST BET:
Nothing too exciting but if we get a little bump from the SW towards Wednesday of next week and then that fun NW windswell shows Thursday, could be some fun surf the 2nd half of next week. 

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

Wasn't that early 70 degree warm water a bonus for the end of May? All that S wind pooled up the warm water along our shores and made wearing trunks as easy as taking candy from a baby. Then of course the wind switched W at the beginning of June and it was back to short sleeve fulls and 65 degree water. Looks like it's starting to come back around again with temps today near 67; just in time as summer is a week away. But just what is normal water temperatures around here? Below is what NOAA considers the averages, per month, in Oceanside, CA:
-January 58
-February 58
-March 58
-April 59
-May 64 
-June 64
-July 69
-August 69
-September 68
-October 66
-November 63
-December 61
Based on the averages, we're not doing too bad for June (we're at 67 and average is 64). Normally in May we have a lot of weak cold fronts blowing through the area with W and NW winds which creates upwelling and colder water. But with the mild winter/lack of rain storms we just had, there wasn't many weak fronts blowing through in May and we've had mild water temps so far. Even though it's not an El Nino year, hopefully we can continue the above average water temps and cruise into July in the low 70's.

BEST OF THE BLOG:

Man there's been a lot of stories the past few years about man made waves. From Kelly Slater and Greg Webber's competing pools, to Dion's Dubai diamond, to artificial reefs- no one can seem to get it right unfortunately. So what about the original man made wave- The Wedge- to today's flavor of the month- the Wave-Garden in Spain? They both had big premieres this month- a doozy of a southern hemisphere swell to kick off the summer season at the Wedge and improved technology made the Wave-Garden bigger and longer. Who's the winner? Check the full story on the North County Surf blog- plus the mid-week Surf Check AND an in-depth THE Surf Report. All of that and more in the blog below!

PIC OF THE WEEK:

Definitely one of the oddest Pics of the Week I've ever had. Nothing odd about waves and pine trees- Raph and Sepp Bruhwiler made that kosher in Vancouver. What's odd about this set up is that it's in the MIDDLE of a forest. Thanks to the Wave-Garden, anything is possible now. What's next? Barrels in Dubai? Already done that you said? Then the door has been officially shut on 'The Search' I guess. Sorry Tom.

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
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