Tuesday’s Surf – Morning fun…afternoon winds

Tuesday is looking surfable…at least in the morning.

So there will be some surf on Tuesday…we will have a mix of WNW energy (mostly local windswell and a bit of long-period NW energy from 290+) and some S-SW swell that is holding in the background.

Most spots will be around knee-chest high. Standout breaks, mostly in San Diego, Ventura, parts of Orange County, and the South Bay will have some shoulder high sets in the morning.

Conditions in the morning should be OK…there is supposed to be an eddy keeping the winds light along the coast…maybe a touch of SW for San Diego and a bit of N-NW for Santa Barbara but lighter in Ventura, LA, and the OC. The tide will be a bit of an issue in the middle of the day but we should have a decent tide push for the dawn patrol. Strong onshore winds are expected by the afternoon…maybe even a few showers for the northern areas.

For the most part I think we can all get out and pick off a few fun ones Tuesday morning…about the only thing that I am a little worried about is the wind. We are going to be pretty dependent on the eddy to shut down the onshore winds…or at least lesson the effect enough to give us rideable surf. So a lot is going to depend on exactly where the eddy decides to anchor itself.

Personally I am going to wake up and check the cameras in the morning, maybe wait for a couple of text messages from my dawn patrol buddies before totally committing to a surf session (can you say lazy…hahahaha). Another good resource is the COAMPS Southern California Wind Analysis…the post an update around 5am, which is close enough to sunrise to still be applicable. Here is a shot of this mornings update…you can see the strong winds in the outer waters and then variable winds (set up by the eddy) close to shore.



Here is the link if you want to check it out live tomorrow!

http://www.weatherflow.com/navair/analysis.html

Wednesday’s Waves – More wind…but expect cleaner conditions later this week!

NW winds are expected to pick up on Wednesday. Conditions are forecast to be pretty blown out most of the day. This being said sometimes, if it gets really cold overnight, we can see the winds stall a little bit before developing. This is expected to happen tonight so there may be a little surfable pocket for the dawn patrol.

Surfwise it will be about waist-chest high at the average spots while the best W facing breaks and a few of the better combo spots in all regions see some shoulder high sets. Wave shape won’t be great…it will definitely feel very windswelly…but there may be a few fun dumpy corners on some of the better sandbars.

Again I would check the cameras in the morning…if the wind is blowing then just stay home and click on the google ads at your favorite blog site. (Psst…they are over on the right hand side…hahahaha…sorry couldn’t resist). If your spots look clean then it will probably be worth a check…don’t drive very far though. San Diego will be the biggest overall but each region will have spots with similar sizes.

Thursday is looking much cleaner at this point…good chance at a small combo swell mix to go with the improvement in weather as well. Check back tomorrow I will give you a better update.