We finally have some surf filling in today and more is coming. I love fall! (And last week when it was small I said I hated fall). Today we have steep NW groundswell hitting the Point Conception buoy and we should see some chest high sets later today in north county and shoulder high in SD. Water temps continue to drop and are hovering around 64 degrees.
Tides the next few days are 2' at sunrise, up to 5.5' at 11am, and down to 0' at sunset.
As far as the weather goes, just more typical night and morning low clouds and fog with hazy afternoon sunshine. Air temps are high 60's during the day and high 50's at night. High pressure sets up slightly for the weekend for less low clouds/fog and temps getting above the 70 degree mark. Then the fog thickens up again the beginning of next week. Models also show a low pressure system moving our way the 2nd half of next week- which may interfere with Halloween...
So what's the surf looking like later this week? We had some small disturbances in the southern hemisphere a few days ago that shot SW swell our way. The OC will have shoulder high sets tomorrow from the combo NW/SW. Down here in north county SD we'll continue to have chest high waves. And the NW starts to fizzle out in SD by Thursday for waist high+ surf.
Fear not SD- more fun NW is on the charts for late Friday into Saturday. Looks like chest high+ surf for SD and waist to chest high surf in north county SD.
One interesting note: Hurricane Raymond. Currently hugging mainland Mexico, it has winds of 115mph but it's not in our swell window. One model shows it moving due W (in our window) and weakening (not good).
Another model though shows it turning N (towards us- good) and gaining strength again. If that were the case, we could see some good S hurricane swell towards the 29th. Very interesting.
Also interesting is some more chest high+ NW headed our way towards the 29th. Lots of waves on the charts. Keep your fingers crossed they hold up!
And if that wasn't enough... we have a storm in the southern hemisphere today that will send us more SW swell towards the 29th too. (What's up with the 29th?! I'm buying a lottery ticket that day). The OC should see shoulder high sets and north SD county some chest high waves. All in all, looking like some fun surf the next week for us with mild weather until Halloween.
