San Diego Surf Forecast - For Friday - 1/08/10

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New waves for the morning as the W-WNW swell starts to hit…nothing super huge, and probably some consistency problems as our tides drop away from a pre-dawn 5’+ high tide at 3:30am…but still a bit bigger than we had on Thursday. Average spots will in the chest-shoulder high+ range while the standout South County breaks see some shoulder-head high+ sets.

By the afternoon look for the average spots both in North and South Counties to be holding in the chest-head high+ range while the best W-WNW facing breaks see sets going a couple of feet overhead at times…maybe even a few bigger ones by sundown.

Points and reefs are going to have best shape but you might be able to find semi-workable corner at the beach breaks that have something to break up the swell a bit better.

Winds look good…mostly light offshore for the morning and then light/variable to light onshore for the afternoon. Chance for some patchy fog too but most of it will likely hold off the coast until the winds start to shift around in the afternoon.

Here are the tides…

01/08/2010 Friday
03:25AM LST 5.1 H
10:59AM LST 0.7 L
04:56PM LST 2.8 H
09:35PM LST 1.9 L

San Diego Surf Forecast - For Thursday - 1/07/10

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Since SD is positioned a little further S-SE than the other counties it will take the swell a little longer to push down the coast on Thursday. For the morning we can expect more of the leftover WNW energy and the small SW pulse that continues to stay just above flatline. Most breaks will be in the knee-high range with some rare waist high sets. The standout breaks will be more in the waist-chest high range.

By the afternoon the swell does eventually start to show a little more energy…North County spots won’t change a ton (thanks to shadowing from Catalina and San Clemente islands) but it will bump into the knee-chest high range at the best breaks. South County spots will build into the chest-shoulder high range around sundown…standout breaks will have some head high…maybe even head high+ sets before dark. Definitely expect more energy to arrive overnight and into Friday.

Here are the tides…

01/07/2010 Thursday
02:23AM LST 4.9 H
09:27AM LST 1.2 L
02:56PM LST 2.9 H
08:29PM LST 1.5 L