Daily forecast update, new WNW-NW swell, weak SW swell, building local windswell, clean morning, bumpy afternoon, San Diego

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New WNW-NW swell (285-300) will be arriving on Monday…mixing with a smaller but slowly building SW swell, and some increasing local windswell. Conditions will be clean for the morning but the high-tide swampthing will screw with the surf shape as it peaks around 9-10am.

North County’s average breaks will be in the knee high range with some inconsistent waist-high+ sets sneaking in at the better NW facing spots that light the higher tide. A few of the standouts will have more consistent waist high waves with some inconsistent chest high+ sets. By the afternoon look for the average spots to be more around waist-chest high while the NW standout breaks see some shoulder high+ sets.

Average South County breaks will be fairly playful…most spot will be in the waist-chest high range with some shoulder high+ sets showing at the NW standouts. By the afternoon look for chest-head high surf at the average breaks while the standout NW spots see some shoulder-overhead sets. Shape won’t be great by the afternoon thanks to building winds but there will be some waves out there if you can find a spot with a little bit of wind protection.

Look for light winds…mostly variable below 5 knots for the morning. NW winds do start to fill in fairly early…picking up around lunchtime and we can expect them to top out around 13-15+ knots by the afternoon. Chance for some fog through the morning as well.

Here are the tides…

03/29/2010 Monday
03:15AM LDT -0.5 L
09:14AM LDT 5.2 H
03:23PM LDT -0.3 L
09:30PM LDT 5.9 H