San Diego Surf Forecast - for Friday - 1/22/10

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W-WNW swell will peak on Friday…though conditions don’t look particularly appetizing. Granted a lot is going to depend on how fast this last storm front moves through the area but at this point it looks like SW winds around 15-20 knots and more rain on tap for the morning. The winds eventually shift more W’erly by the afternoon but that won’t really help things that much.

One thing to watch is the speed of the front. If the front stalls out we could see more SE flow in the morning which could at least set up some cleaner surf at a handful of protected breaks, mostly around La Jolla. Sizewise we can expect more well-overhead to douple-overhead surf for most of the W facing beaches…even the better exposed ones in North County will have plenty of size. The standout South County breaks will be going double-triple overhead pretty consistently… as well as some inconsistently bigger sets at times.

Overall the storm surf doesn’t look all that fun…but if you are willing to brave the poor water quality, and potentially hazardous surf, you might spend a few minutes checking out spots that can handle the mix of wind/weather/swell.

01/22/2010 Friday
01:04AM LST 4.3 H
08:07AM LST 1.7 L
01:12PM LST 2.6 H
06:34PM LST 1.7 L