Wednesday, August 7, 2013

How we get waves from hurricanes and more Surf Photos from Rick Briggs

We have a couple of new stories up on www.Solspot.com

There is a visually stunning new photo gallery from our new friend Rick Briggs. He shoots a lot of beautiful Central American and Mexico lineups and with only a few years under his belt has some amazing water shots from many of the top tier breaks  in the region.

Check out his IN FOCUS Article


 

Once you have got your warm water fantasy gallery out of the way...you can also geek out (weather-nerd style) and check out the new post from Adam Wright on "How we get waves from Hurricanes"



Monday, June 3, 2013

SWELL ALERT – AN INTENSE SOUTH PACIFIC STORM IS BLASTING OUT A LARGE SOUTHERN HEMI SWELL FOR THIS WEEK



If you have been reading the long-range forecasts or even remotely paying attention to the swell models you probably already know that a strong storm is currently tearing up the South Pacific storm track and is already starting to send out a hefty dose of Southern Hemi swell for the middle of next week. This system is big enough and moving along such a good track, that its swell will light up breaks all over Central California, Southern California, Mexico, and Central America.

While it will be good sized everywhere, each region has some differences in overall height and timing of the swell’s peak, so we thought it would helpful to break it down by the different surf zones.

 Click Here to get all the details on the incoming Southern Hemi Swell

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Long Range Surf Forecast for Southern California - 03/14/2013

Southern California Daily Surf Forecast Overview
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Spring-ish weather returns but so do the waves…a little combo swell teaser for the weekend with some potential for bigger swells out the back.

Mar 14, 2013 06:48 pm | Adam Wright

Lake Pacific has been a bit brutal the last couple of days…the small surf was bad enough but record breaking heat inland was basically just twisting the knife, (Mother Nature sure likes to mess with your head). Anyway it looks like things are starting to swing back our way…we have some small but playful pulses of WNW and S-SSW swell moving in this weekend, slowly bringing the wave heights out of the cellar and back into occasionally rideable/fun shape. This trend will continue through most of next week, as more WNW and some decently sized S-SSW swells move in…of course the weather may go sideways on us…but I would rather have swell and work around the weather, than perfect sun and a flat ocean.  

Make sure to click on your home region below to read the rest of the forecast!


Santa Barbara

Ventura

North Los Angeles

South Los Angeles

North Orange County

South Orange County

North San Diego

South San Diego

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Santa Barbara
Ventura
North Los Angeles
The South Bay
North Orange County
South Orange County
North San Diego
South San Diego



NORTHERN/CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

26th Avenue Santa Cruz


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Santa Monica Pier
North Huntington Beach
Northside HB Pier
Southside HB Pier
HB Waterfront Overview
South Huntington Beach
Upper Newport Beach Jetties
Orange Street Newport Beach
Prospect Street Newport Beach
56th Street Newport Beach
28th Street Jetty, Newport Beach
Blackies Newport Beach
Blackies South Peak Newport Beach
Newport Pier
Laguna Beach
Oceanside Harbor
Tamarack Ave Carlsbad
Ponto Carlsbad
Cardiff State Beach
Del Mar Beach
Tourmalin San Diego
Pacific Beach San Diego
Mission Beach San Diego

HAWAII

Hanalei Bay Kauai
Turtle Bay North Shore Oahu

EAST COAST

Kennebunk Beach Maine
Jacksonville Beach Florida
Ormond Beach Florida
Jupiter Beach Florida
Boca Raton Florida
Fort Lauderdale Florida

GULF OF MEXICO

Pensacola Beach Florida
Pensacola Pier Florida

INTERNATIONAL

Monuments Baja Mexico
Puerto Escondido Mexico
Punta Roca El Salvador
Popoyo Nicaragua
Playa Hermosa Costa Rica
Balneario Camburiu Brazil

EUROPE

Mundaka Spain
San Sebastian Spain
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Southern California Forecast Overview - 03/14/2013

Southern California Daily Surf Forecast Overview
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Slight increase in our surf for Friday but it may be hard to find in the fog.

Mar 14, 2013 06:57 pm | Adam Wright

Forecast Overview

The surf finally starts to crawl out of the cellar on Friday. It will still be on the small side through the morning (and then get slowed down by the midday tide) but the wave heights will slowly build through the day.

The Swell

New WNW energy (280-300) slowly fills as we move through Friday while another new (but small) pulse of S-SSW swell (190-210) increases throughout the day. Again the swell mix starts off pretty slow, but the surf will get a little peppier and more consistent as the swell moves in.

The Surf

Again look for lots of spots to be small…in the ankle-waist size range on Friday, particularly in the morning since the swell starts off slow. A few of the very best top spots, or breaks that have good exposure to the blend of WNW-NW swell will have knee-chest high sets on the morning tide push but even those will be a bit inconsistent. The swell would have improved as we moved through the day but the high tide will mush it out at least through lunchtime and then the winds start to get to it by the afternoon.

Get more details on how this swell will affect your favorite spots in the Surf Region Forecasts:

The Weather

Friday will be a cooler day for beach temps…the marine layer will stick around longer and the fog, while scattered, will remain pretty thick in the areas it does settle over. Winds will be calm in the morning but then turn onshore out of the SW-W around 10-knot for the afternoon.

The Skinny

Clean but small conditions on tap for Friday…it will be a little more surfable through the morning than the last couple of days but that fog will make it hard to see anything. Once the high tide sets in around lunchtime it will soften up the surf, which is about the same time the winds shift onshore…so the afternoon, which will see slightly bigger surf, will also see the conditions start to fall apart keeping the peppier swell from being all that surfable. Your best bet may be to hunt down a good combo sandbar and bust out the bigger board to pick off a few little peaks before the tide starts to bog things down, just remember that you will be waiting a while for the bigger waves to show (bigger being a relative term of course).

 

Want even more details about how the swell and conditions are going to affect your breaks? Make Sure to Click on your favorite regions in the Socal 5-day Surf Forecasts over in the right column! 
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Santa Barbara
Ventura
North Los Angeles
The South Bay
North Orange County
South Orange County
North San Diego
South San Diego



NORTHERN/CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

26th Avenue Santa Cruz


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Santa Monica Pier
North Huntington Beach
Northside HB Pier
Southside HB Pier
HB Waterfront Overview
South Huntington Beach
Upper Newport Beach Jetties
Orange Street Newport Beach
Prospect Street Newport Beach
56th Street Newport Beach
28th Street Jetty, Newport Beach
Blackies Newport Beach
Blackies South Peak Newport Beach
Newport Pier
Laguna Beach
Oceanside Harbor
Tamarack Ave Carlsbad
Ponto Carlsbad
Cardiff State Beach
Del Mar Beach
Tourmalin San Diego
Pacific Beach San Diego
Mission Beach San Diego

HAWAII

Hanalei Bay Kauai
Turtle Bay North Shore Oahu

EAST COAST

Kennebunk Beach Maine
Jacksonville Beach Florida
Ormond Beach Florida
Jupiter Beach Florida
Boca Raton Florida
Fort Lauderdale Florida

GULF OF MEXICO

Pensacola Beach Florida
Pensacola Pier Florida

INTERNATIONAL

Monuments Baja Mexico
Puerto Escondido Mexico
Punta Roca El Salvador
Popoyo Nicaragua
Playa Hermosa Costa Rica
Balneario Camburiu Brazil

EUROPE

Mundaka Spain
San Sebastian Spain
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