San Diego Surf Forecast - For Tuesday - 1/12/10

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The surf will continue to be pretty solid in San Diego on Tuesday. The biggest size will stick mostly through the south half of the county, but there is enough energy coming in from all over that the whole county will have rideable surf once the tide drops off a bit.

Look for the average spots, and most of North County, to see surf in the chest-head high range. Standout WNW-NW facing spots will be in the shoulder-overhead range with some sets going a couple-feet+ overhead on the bigger sets (and the lower tides). Shapewise the points/reefs will have the best shape…but there may be a few beach breaks that have enough junk (piers/jetties/rocks) to punch a couple of corners in the mostly lined up swell.

Winds look good…mostly light and variable to light offshore for the morning…then variable onshore starting around brunchtime and holding through the afternoon. Keep an eye on conditions around sunset…it looks like those winds may lay down as the sun starts to slip out.


01/12/2010 Tuesday
12:37AM LST 2.1 L
06:47AM LST 5.7 H
02:12PM LST -0.7 L
08:37PM LST 3.6 H

San Diego Surf Forecast – Tuesday – Playful but slowly fading

Our WNW-NW swell (285-300+) and minor SW swell (200-220) will continue to fade on Tuesday. It won’t drop super fast, thanks to some small NW reinforcements, but expect a noticeable drop in size and consistency as we move throughout the day.



Waves
Average spots will be in the waist-chest high range on Tuesday…with a couple of bigger sets mixing into the average NW combo spots through the morning low tide. The top NW facing spots though South/Central County will be in the chest-shoulder high range with some inconsistent bigger, near head high, sets mixing in on the morning tide push. Swell periods are starting to shorten up as the swell fades…so expect even the top breaks to start to lose some of the “pop” that it had over the last couple of days. Expect smaller and less consistent surf by the afternoon.

Winds
Clean conditions on tap for Tuesday. Mostly light and variable winds with just a few areas of minor texture for the morning. Look for some light/moderate W-WNW winds in the 10-12 knot range for the middle of the day and then lighter winds setting back up as we get close to sundown.

San Diego County Tides
11/10/2009 Tuesday
04:22AM LST 4.4 H
10:08AM LST 2.2 L
03:36PM LST 4.4 H
10:22PM LST 0.4 L