Surf for Tuesday – Fading SW swell and more wind issues

Tuesday won’t be a surf day...but there may be a couple of OK moments through the early morning.

Tuesday we are going to see a mix of fading SW swell (200-220) and holding WNW-NW windswell.



Most spots will be dropping into the knee-waist high range on Tuesday...maybe a few rare waist high+ sets on the lower morning tides. Top SW facing spots, again mostly in the South OC/North SD areas, will have some more consistent chest high sets, with a few inconsistent bigger waves through the early morning tide push. Overall there will be some waiting around between waves...and then the tide starts to kill it as it gets too high by midmorning.

Winds will still be sort of an issue...we aren’t quite in full-blown eddy mode but there is definitely some of the eddy influence pulling our winds into an onshore groove. This will continue on Tuesday...expect a light start to the morning with sort of variable onshore flow in the 5 knot range. Onshore flow builds to 8-10 knots by midmorning and then tops out WNW 12-15 knots by the afternoon.



It won’t be totally awful tomorrow, but it won’t be all that fun either...below average I guess would be a good term. You might be able to up the fun-factor by sticking to the top spots, brining your small wave gear, and finding something to break up the wind...but at the same time I wouldn’t drive very far for tomorrow's surf (Especially since gas is suddenly $3.00+ a gallon again...well ok not suddenly.)

Here are the tides...

03:40AM LDT -0.4 L
09:59AM LDT 3.8 H
02:52PM LDT 2.2 L
08:52PM LDT 5.8 H

Friday's Surf - not really doing it for me

After the last few days of surf I don't think Friday is going to be much of a surf day. In fact it is going to be on the poor side shapewise for a few areas...especially compared to what we had at the beginning of the week.

We are going to have a mix of backing down SSW swell, fading WNW energy, and increasing local NW windswell.

Most spots are going to be in the waist high range while the more exposed breaks will be running chest high...with a few inconsistent chest-shoulder high sets mixing in.

There should also be some tropical SE swell starting to show some new waves later in the afternoon, but really I am looking for most of that energy to arrive after sunset.

Conditions are what screw us up...looks like onshore winds (similar to Thursday but increasing in strength)...will move in through the morning. There might be a semi-surfable area around N. LA in the morning but most other spots will have onshore winds around 5-10 knots. Afternoon winds build out of W-NW around 10-15+ knots for most areas and stronger gusts at the more exposed breaks.

Really I would plan on taking it easy on Friday...maybe drying out a little bit (I know my ears could take a couple days off, freaking surfer's ear). I wouldn't get up and burn gas or time early tomorrow...I don't think you are going to beat the wind. Personally I am going to do a cam check in the morning (later in the morning...my pillow sounds really nice right now)...just to make sure that I am not missing anything...then start watching the buoys for that tropical swell in the afternoon. Not planning on much surfing tomorrow.

Here are Friday's Tides if you need them

01:06AM 0.5' Low
07:32AM 4.4' High
01:12PM 2.0' Low
06:51PM 4.8' High