San Diego Surf Forecast - For Wednesday - 1/13/10

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San Diego will have some new surf on tap for the morning, but it looks like the biggest size won’t hit till later in the day…(the fat morning tide won’t do us any favors either). North County spots will continue to be a bit shadowed by nearshore islands…so expect a little less size and consistency through those areas (which may not be a bad thing as the swell starts to peak).

Once the swell has filled in…look for average spots to run solidly head high to a few feet overhead on the sets. The better WNW-NW facing breaks will see some bigger and more consistent surf, particularly through the south half of the county. Top WNW-NW breaks, the spots that can really focus this swell, will be in the well-overhead range fairly consistently with sets hitting the double overhead+ range…maybe even bigger if the swell really produces. Expect points and reefs to have the best shape…and it might even be worth checking out the really protected spots if you are looking for smaller, more manageable surf.

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.

Light and variable to slightly offshore/sideshore winds set up clean conditions for the morning. Some scattered drizzle and WNW-NW winds around 10-15 knots move in through the afternoon.


01/13/2010 Wednesday
01:18AM LST 2.0 L
07:24AM LST 5.8 H
02:42PM LST -0.8 L
09:03PM LST 3.7 H