San Diego Surf Forecast - For Friday - 1/15/10

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San Diego likes the W-WNW swells and will continue to pull in lots of surf despite the slow drop in the swell mix. North County will continue to be a little bit more shadowed and less consistent than South County but expect rideable, even good-sized surf at pretty much any exposed break. The high-tide will make things a little funky through the morning but conditions will stay nice throughout the day so we will be able to wait out the tide drop a little better than days where it is a race between the wind/tide.

Sizewise the average W-WNW facing spots will be in the shoulder-overhead range on the sets…with some occasional bigger waves still mixing in at times. The standout WNW-NW facing spots, mostly through South County, will be running consistently overhead with waves going several feet overhead on the biggest sets. Points/reefs will continue to have the best shape…most of the pure beach breaks will be pretty walled up unless there is some sort of structure or buried treasure to break up the swell.

Look for clean conditions with E winds around 10-15+ knots for the morning and some gusts near 20+ knots near passes and canyons. It will be pretty chilly in the morning but hopefully it will warm up through the middle of the day. Look for light and variable winds through the afternoon…likely keeping things pretty surfable throughout the day.


01/15/2010 Friday
02:27AM LST 1.7 L
08:30AM LST 5.8 H
03:38PM LST -0.7 L
09:53PM LST 3.9 H

San Diego Surf Forecast – Wednesday – NW swell and clean conditions continue

The Swell
NW swell (290-300), some WNW-NW leftovers, and some small SW swell (200-220) will continue to hold on Wednesday...but may lose a little steam by the afternoon. Look for the NW swell to show better in the south half of the county…and the SW’er to show a little better as you get closer to the county line.



Waves
Average spots are going to see surf in the waist high range on Wednesday with a few inconsistent chest high sets mixing in at the better NW combo breaks. The standout NW facing breaks in South County will be in the chest-shoulder high range with some occasional head high sets showing at the spots that can pull in a bit of the SW combo.

Winds
Look for E-NE winds around 10-12 knots for the morning…strongest near the passes and canyons in South County. Winds come onshore out of the WNW around 10-12 knots for the afternoon but may lay down to light/variable by the end of the day.

San Diego County Tides
11/25/2009 Wed
04:10AM LST 4.1 H
10:21AM LST 2.4 L
03:26PM LST 3.5 H
09:55PM LST 1.2 L