San Diego Surf Forecast - For Wednesday - 1/20/10

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The large W-WNW swell will continue to push through on Wednesday…we will actually see the first “peak” of this week’s swell mix…with another pushing through later on Thursday and into Friday. Shape is going to continue to be pretty crappy…but there might be a little bit of a cleanup for some areas early in the morning as the next storm front pulls the winds around from the S-SSE before it hits.

Sizewise we can expect more overhead to well 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 several feet overhead to double-overhead pretty consistently…with some bigger bomb sets lurking around inconsistently throughout the day.

Winds might be semi-manageable for the early morning but the weather/wind models are still calling for S winds around 10-20 knots…possibly a little more SSE in a few areas. Building S winds continue through the afternoon eventually topping out around 20-25+ knots late in the day. More rain and a chance for thunderstorms will hold through the evening and overnight into Thursday.

01/20/2010 Wednesday
05:37AM LST 1.8 L
11:06AM LST 3.9 H
05:45PM LST 0.7 L