Had a small NW windswell/SW groundswell combo today for waist high+ waves. Best spots in the OC and south SD had stomach high+ sets. Considering how flat August was, I'll take it.
Tomorrow we'll have a continuation of the SW groundswell as the NW windswell fills in more. Look for most spots to have chest high waves while the best SW spots have shoulder high sets and the best NW spots have shoulder high sets too. Look for north county SD to be chest high from the combo swells.
Tides the next few days are all over the place. We've got a 2' tide at sunrise, coming up to 6' before 10am, then down to 0' at 4pm, and up to 5' at sunset. And water temps are holding at 70- get it while you can since fall is only 4 days away.
Speaking of fall, it's making an early appearance as we have a weak front moving through central CA and it will thicken our marine layer tomorrow. High pressure builds slightly on Thursday/Friday then another weak front will come through and thicken up the clouds for the weekend. Temps at the beaches will be lucky to hit 70 and lows at night will be 60.
Lucky for us, all that activity up north will send us a NW groundswell for the weekend. Spots around town should have some chest high sets while south SD will hit head high.
Even though summer is almost over, the southern hemisphere won't completely die. Even though it didn't crank out a lot of solid swells the past few months, it has given us some little waves to ride on the groveller. Look for more waist high SW swell around the 24th while the OC gets some chest high sets.
But enough talk of the southern hemisphere, the northern hemisphere is where we need to turn our attention for the next 6 months. Charts show yet another fun NW groundswell lining up for late next week giving us more chest high sets here and head high waves in south SD.
All in all nothing big yet but enough SW and NW swells the next week to keep us in rideable waves.
