Our mix of WNW-NW swell (285-300) will hold into Thursday while the S-SW swell (180-210) will actually strengthen just a touch more than we saw on Wednesday. The tidal swings and the locations of the sandbars have been playing a pretty key role in finding quality waves the last couple of days…this will continue on Thursday so keep it in mind when you are selecting a spot.
Most of the average WNW facing breaks and the better combo spots will see some waist-shoulder high surf. Standout NW facing breaks and the excellent combo spot (mostly in Ven/So-Bay/South SD areas) will see surf more in the chest-head high range with some inconsistent overhead sets showing on the lower tides.
It looks like temps will cool off a bit on Thursday…chance for some fog in the morning and some low clouds moving in as well. Winds, fortunately, look pretty good for the morning…expect light and variable to light-offshore flow for most areas. Things get a bit sloppy by the afternoon…W-NW winds 10-15 knots will start to arrive around lunch and peak by mid-afternoon.
Overall Thursday looks fun…not outstanding, but fun and playful at the spots that can pick up more of the swell mix. I think your best bet will be to get out and dawn-patrol…the lighter winds and the lower morning tides (and the eventual tide-push) will offer up the best shape. Watch the winds and the tide…choppy swamp surf doesn’t sound like much fun.
Here are the tides…
03/18/2010 Thursday
05:24AM LDT 0.2 L
11:19AM LDT 3.6 H
04:57PM LDT 1.2 L
11:08PM LDT 5.0 H
6 comments:
super clean and fun this morning wooo...
ultra fun combo action; i think the periods and directions of the two swells decided to make love for our benefit
crapola! south san diego was crap! if you weren't on it at 4 freakin am, then forget about it. wind, sloppy, crossed up closeouts.
echoing the guy above, complete trash by 8 up in oc, didnt see that one coming, too bad cause there was some good combo action.
No clue where the top 2 comments were surfing, but it was crap by 9a!
somewhere between trestles and pico :P
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