Monday’s stormy mess – Mc Sloppiness

Yeah Monday isn’t expected to see any real improvements over what we had over the weekend.

W-WNW winds are expected to be blowing right through the dawn patrol and then strengthen up into the 15-25 knot range by the afternoon. Our surf is mostly SW windswell and water quality is definitely poor…particularly near river mouths, storm drains, and harbors.

Basically even if winds lay waaaay down tonight it will still have a bit of a fugly bump to it tomorrow just due to the nature of the swell. Your best bet is to stay in bed, or go to the gym, or stare at the wall. Though if you have to surf for some reason…definitely check the cams in the morning, and try to focus on spots that will have some protection from the wind.

Unfortunately it looks like conditions will stay a little sloppy through at least Wednesday…but there is a chance at some clean-up (and a new longer-period swell mix) later this week.

Friday’s Surf – Yeah more storminess!

Sorry gang I wish I had better news…but it looks like Friday is going to be another sloppy day. In fact it looks a little worse than Thursday, which had a couple of semi-clean spots in the morning.

Friday the mix of windswell and WNW/SW energy will continue to rise but shape looks poor thanks to the continued storm S-SW winds. Winds will range around 10-25 knots with some stronger gusts mixing in. There is a chance for San Diego and parts of OC to see some SE winds early in the morning but expect those to turn more onshore by mid-morning.

High tide continues to slam us through mid-morning as well. Personally I may go look at the surf if I am sick of being inside but I won’t be bringing my gear…poor water quality and poor conditions are pretty much a deal breaker for me.

Further Out…Saturday is looking about as bad as Friday, winds will slowly shift more SW-W and blow most of the day. Windswell will be up but shape will continue to be poor. Sunday the winds will back slowly down but the whole region will be unstable and we can expect consistent onshore flow for most of the day.

I won’t be updating tomorrow…my little brother is getting married and I have some serious partying to do!

I will probably shoot out another update on Sunday afternoon…check back then.

Thursday’s Surf – More stupid storm

Thursday isn’t looking very good…probably worse than Wednesday (which had a little pocket of surfiness in the morning).

Thursday wave heights will be on the way up thanks to a mix of increasing W storm swell and some background SW energy. Most spots will see waist-chest high+ surf but with poor shape thanks to increasing onshore winds out of the S-SW. Standout breaks will have some bigger sets but be plagued with similar issues. Rain is supposed to be heavy at times tonight so watch out for deteriorating water quality along all of our beaches.

Things are not expected to improve as we move into Friday or Saturday.

Personally I will be avoiding the surf…getting the “ass flu” from poor water quality just isn’t that appealing…and there won’t be that many spots that can avoid the increasing winds. If you have to surf look for spots that face more NW or are at least protected from the S-SE winds that push through in the morning. Areas like some of the Ventura beach breaks, the South Bay, spots around Dana Point in OC, and around La Jolla in San Diego all have some degree of protection from these winds…also remember the more SE they are the cleaner it will be.