On Saturday we are going to see a mix of playful overlapping S-SW swells (190-205) and some background but slowly building NW windswell. The average spots will see surf in the knee-waist high range while the better S-SW facing breaks see some chest high sets. Standout combo spots, mostly in San Diego, see some chest-shoulder high sets but stay inconsistent throughout the morning.
Conditions on Saturday look decent as well. Mostly light and variable to light offshore winds for most spots through the morning. W winds will increase to about 10-15 knots by the afternoon.
Sunday on the other hand looks like the wheels start to come off. Our swell mix will be building...the S-SW'er will actually stay about the same but we will have a new WNW'er (280-300) and some increasing local NW windswell piling in on top of that. Wave heights will build for most spots...pushing up into the waist-shoulder high range while the top W facing breaks in Ventura, South Bay, and San Diego see some overhead sets.
Unfortunately the winds go sour on us...and the same junk that is building up the WNW energy will move right over our area. Look for W winds around 10-15+ knots through the morning and gusts hitting close to 20-knots for the afternoon. Check out the Sunday morning COAMPS forecast...not pretty
Daddy why is the ocean bleeding?
Since Saturday is the most awesome day in the history of time I will be out looking for a few waves in the morning, probably not too early so that I can avoid the AM chilly, but early enough that I can beat the onshore winds. I am not expecting a ton of surf but it should be playful at least.
Sunday I think our best bet is taking it easy in the morning but keeping an eye on the winds, they might not build in as fast as the models are indicating, possibly opening a surf window in the morning. I wouldn't hold your breath but at least keep in mind there is a chance. (more like one in a million Lloyd...)
Here are the tides...
Saturday (awesome)
05:32AM LST 4.7' High
11:50AM LST 1.7' Low
05:20PM LST 4.0' High
11:33PM LST 1.0' Low
Sunday
05:54AM LST 5.2' High
12:30PM LST 1.0' Low
06:14PM LST 4.1' High
