Fall is officially here! Cooler air temps, water temps are under 70 finally, clouds are lingering, breezy conditions and plenty of NW swell. And I'm also guessing we'll see our first true cold front and shot at showers mid-October- always seems to happen a week or so before Halloween.
But let's talk about the near term first- plenty of NW windswell/groundswell in the water today from a weak storm passing by to the north. Most spots around town had shoulder high+ waves and down in SD it was head high plus. There was even a little SW swell underneath the solid NW and wind bump today.
Luckily the NW windswell/groundswell combo will last a couple more days for us.
As the tail end of the weak cold front makes it way through here tomorrow, look for more breezy SW winds and a shot at drizzle. That should be gone by Friday and the weekend is looking similar to last weekend- high pressure sets up, we have weak offshore winds in the mornings, and air temps at the beaches near 80.
Last week I saw a storm forming off Antarctica that I thought was going to send some chest high SW our way for late today. It took longer to form then expected and it looks like it will start filling in late Wednesday and peak on Thursday. Sorry about that.
Once high pressure sets up this weekend, it will effectively kill any storms close to us so it looks pretty small around here towards Sunday and early next week.
The only other swell on our radar right now is another storm in Antarctica taking shape in a few days that is mostly going E to W so we may get some waist high sideband SW energy around here about the 10th and chest high for the OC.
Tides the next few days are 4' at sunrise (6:45), peaking at 5.5' at 9am, down to 1' at 3pm, and back up to 4' at sunset (6:45). Water temps are hovering around 67.
In a nutshell, some more NW the next few days and breezy conditions and a little bit of SW swell on Thursday. Once the weather cleans up this weekend, the swells will diminish unfortunately!
