THE Surf Report

It's like Cheyne Horan finally won a world title.

SURF:
Is it just me or did it seem forever since we had some surf around here.

We finally had some fun surf show up yesterday in the form of chest high sets from the SW with a touch of building NW- while towards the OC there was an odd shoulder high set. We've got peaking SW/NW today for more chest high+ waves in north county SD and head high sets in the OC. Wind this morning is 5 mph from the SW and skies are overcast but clearing.

Sunday the swells drop but there's still waist-chest high waves from the SW with the odd better set in the OC as well as pulses of little NW windswell the next few days. Water temps are starting to head towards the fall season and are running in the low to mid-60's in OC to mid to high 60's in SD.

Tides the next few days are about 4' at sunrise, 2' mid-morning, 5.5' at 5pm, and down to 4' at sunset. Make sure to keep up to date on the waves/weather at Twitter/North County Surf.

FORECAST:

After a fun weekend of surf, we have another smaller reinforcement out of the SW showing on Monday. Waves in north county SD will be waist high with chest high sets while the OC will see a shoulder high set.

There's another little storm that will try to form this weekend in the southern hemisphere that should send us more chest high waves towards the middle of next week.

We also get a boost of good NW windswell at the same time.

The tropics are also trying to make a push again with some clouds organizing off mainland Mexico. If anything comes together, it will be late in the weekend with maybe some S swell towards the middle part of next week.

WEATHER:

High pressure builds this weekend for less low clouds and fog with sunny skies and temps in the mid-70's at the beaches. And not thunderstorms in our mountains/deserts in a long time. Low pressure then brushes by to the north early next week and gives us another shot of cooler temps and low clouds/fog- similar to what we had earlier this week. It will feel more like fall next week than summer.

BEST BET:
A couple options here- today with the peaking SW swell and smaller NW- or Wednesday with the new little SW and better NW windswell. 

NEWS OF THE WEEK:

Came across a really cool website this week. It's called the 'Historical Hurricane Tracks' run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The site, developed by the NOAA Coastal Services Center in partnership with NOAA's National Hurricane Center and National Climatic Data Center, offers data and information on coastal county hurricane strikes through 2012. It also provides links to detailed reports on the life histories and effects of U.S. tropical cyclones since 1958, with additional U.S. storm paths traced as far back as 1851. The site contains global hurricane data from as far back as 1842.

Of note, the online tool now incorporates the path of and details on Hurricane Sandy. Barreling up the U.S. Atlantic coast, the super storm made landfall in New Jersey on October 29, 2012.  It was one of the costliest storms in American history, affecting parts of 24 states, and killing scores of people. Total U.S. damage estimates from the storm exceed $50 billion.

In addition to showing tracks of storms, the site provides insight on the increasing numbers of U.S. citizens and infrastructure at risk from hurricanes, detailing population changes for U.S. coastal counties from 1900 to 2000.

For fun, have a look at the category 5 storms we've had on record in the north east Pacific. You'll notice how close Dora got to us in 2011 and the unbelievable path Guillermo took. Unfortunately have nothing of the sort this year happening off Baja but there's always next year. 

BEST OF THE BLOG:

The circus known as the ASP world tour is back in town and as usual- it's anyone's to win. Who would have thunk Bede could make the final a few years ago?! Is it finally time for someone progressive like Jordy, Julian, and John John to hoist the trophy? Check out clips of each to help you place your bets. All of that and more, plus the mid-week Surf Check and
an in depth THE Surf Report at www.northcountysurf.blogspot.com

PIC OF THE WEEK:

Some of the best vacations are the ones where you stay at home. Seriously- how many good days have you missed at your local break due to that thing called work? Simple way to fix that- just spend your vacation days at home! No costly plane flights or pesky tropical diseases to deal with. Of course Swami's will still have 150 guys in the line-up when the swell shows up. But what do you care? You're on 'staycation'!

Keep Surfing,

Michael W. Glenn
Colonel
Dreamweaver
Zap Spongers with my Laser Zap