San Diego Surf Forecast – Friday – Smaller WNW-NW swell mix…but still fun

The Swell
The mix of WNW-NW swell (280-300 but with more energy in the 290-300 range) and some weak SW swell (200-220) will back down on Friday. Look for the biggest, most consistent surf through the morning and further shrinkage by the afternoon.



Waves
Average WNW-NW facing spots, like most of North County, will be in the waist-chest high range through the morning…with a few chest-shoulder high sets sneaking through before the tide gets too high. Top NW facing spots through South County will have surf in the chest-shoulder high range with some head high…maybe even head high+ sets early in the morning but will become smaller and less consistent as we head towards the afternoon.

Winds
Look for light and variable winds through the morning…even a few pockets of light E-ESE-SE offshore winds in some areas. Increasing clouds and light/moderate NW winds 10-14 knots move in through the afternoon. Chance for some light showers later in the night.

San Diego County Tides
11/20/2009 Friday
03:46AM LST 2.7 L
10:00AM LST 5.3 H
05:44PM LST 0.1 L

San Diego Surf Forecast – Thursday – WNW-NW swell peaks

The Swell
WNW-NW swell (280-300 but with most of the energy around 290-300) will peak on Thursday as it mixes with some background SW swell (200-220).



Waves
With the steeper swell angle on the incoming surf it looks like North County could miss out on a lot of the new energy…oh it will have some bigger surf compared to the last couple of days…but the South County breaks are really going to be the ones that see most of the bigger energy. Average spots, mostly north county breaks, will be in the waist-shoulder high range…maybe a few head high sets on the lower tides. The top NW facing breaks in Central and South SD will be in the shoulder-head high+ range pretty consistently with some overhead+ sets mixing in on the lower tide.

Winds
Look for light and variable to light offshore winds for the morning, some patchy fog in spots as well. Variable…mostly onshore…flow builds in through the afternoon but stays around 5-10 knots.

San Diego County Tides
11/19/2009 Thursday
03:12AM LST 2.5 L
09:25AM LST 5.7 H
04:59PM LST -0.3 L
11:35PM LST 3.4 H