Waves for the weekend – on the weak side

Saturday and Sunday will both be clean and small but the combo of high tides and general lack of waves will keep it from being very surfy.

Not much surf on tap this weekend…just minor pulses of NW (290-300), some SW (200-220) leftovers as well as a tiny touch of windswell.

Saturday Morning Swell



Sunday Morning Swell



Average spots that can pick up some of the swell mix are going to hang in the knee high range through the weekend with a few rare waist high sets sneaking through on the lower tides.

Standout NW facing spots and the good NW/SW combo breaks will be more consistently in the knee-waist high range…again with a couple of waist-high+ sets on the lower tides.

Overall we can expect shape to be soft, slow, and close to shore at the best of times. When the high tides peak many spots will be almost completely unrideable…turning into mostly shorebreak lappers… so you are going to want to avoid them if you can…if not, well try and stick to spots that can handle a lot of extra water (particularly in the morning).

Winds look ok for the next couple of days…sort of light/variable to light offshore in the mornings, with a touch more onshore texture on Saturday morning. Afternoon winds stay on the moderate side…right in the NW 10-14 knot range.

Saturday Morning Winds



Sunday Morning Winds



I wish we had more surf coming through this weekend…it is a shame to have nice conditions without much to ride. It won’t be completely flat if you can stay away from the high tides…but definitely plan on bringing your small wave gear…longboards will probably be best if you weigh over 100-lbs.

Here are the tides…gave a good weekend and a great Halloween! (Oh and the time change is this weekend...make sure to change your clocks).

Saturday
01:45AM LDT 1.2 L
07:52AM LDT 5.6 H
02:41PM LDT 0.3 L
08:38PM LDT 4.2 H

Sunday
01:11AM LST 1.4 L
07:17AM LST 5.9 H
02:16PM LST -0.2 L
08:20PM LST 4.1 H

Thursday’s Surf – More of the small stuff

Thursday will be another weak/small surf day.

There will be a touch more WNW swell in the water...but overcoming the high tide is going to pose some real problems throughout most of the day.

On average we are going to see knee high surf for most of the exposed areas. The standout spots will have a few bigger waves...right in the waist high range with a few chest high sets at the top NW facing spots. Overall it is going to be pretty soft and inconsistent throughout the day.

The weather will be nice...winds will be light and offshore through the morning and mostly variable through the afternoon. Sunny skies for most areas as well. Good beach weather...just no real swell to go with it.

Plan on using your small wave gear...and keeping a really open mind...basically it will be good for washing off the dirt (hahaha...you hippies) and that is about it.

Here are the tides...

12:13AM LST 4.6 H
06:07AM LST 1.5 L
11:42AM LST 4.4 H
06:22PM LST 0.3 L

As for the weekend forecast...it is still looking about the same as the post I threw up yesterday. I still think that the swell models are overcalling this swell...the satellites are showing smaller swell heights than WavewatchIII (the swell model) is calling for, which isn't good. That being said there will be plenty of waves, especially compared to the current flatness...just nothing really huge.