12@16

This weekend is looking retardo. Sunny, less than 10 mph wind, and ranging from 8.5@20 to 8.5@10 to 12@16.

What bouys are you looking at Gonzo?

ha sorry not bouys - wetsand report. i'm too JV for bouys.

http://magicseaweed.com/Ocean-Beach-...dLongRange/us/

bouys:

25 ft at 17 sec at 46004 – Middle Nomad Canada

14ft at 21 sec at 46036 – South Nomad Canada

Sunday is going to be a very good day in Santa Cruz. First deep powder day of the season as I explained to my DH friends. I missed the swell two weekends ago so I'm not counting that one.

Two weekends ago was meh compared to what looks like will be coming in. It was okay for a day, short lived and a bit sloppy.

I would say around 8-10@17 can be expected. Wetsands sometimes over states the swell. Still that can produce 15-20 faces at the right breaks.

This stormed formed well west of the dateline and held together for days. We should get a pretty high set wave count from this guy. SS is saying that the Bay Area may be a bit shadowed from the pure swell, hence the smaller heights.

Fore runners are looking to have a 20-23sec period. I love when you get a 3.5'@23sec swell. Real funky. It is like nothing going to overhead in .5 seconds. Those things just explode on the reefs.

Should be good out there. Be careful. These are the kind of swells that can sneak up on you and pin you to a cliff.

I wonder if this is what just came through Kauai. Super clean, consistant head high+ waves all day long. One of my best powder days in the ocean ever. So stoked!

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bouy 59 went up to 25 second period 3 hours ago.

Not sure how much of the recorded 7.5-9 foot height has to do with this period, but holy geez. First deep powder day for sure.

Edit - stayed at 25 seconds for eight hours. Pt. Reyes CDIP at 8.3@20. Monterey spectral showing 4@25 component.

I bet a lot of these are ghost readings, but I am heading out. Just got off the phone with my buddy who wants to wait till low tide. I think he may have had too much to drink last night.

http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/images/nocal.gif

Today was a great day in So Cal. Surfed the low tide at Sunset Cliffs in SD. Glassy with nice shoulder to the occasional over head set rolling through. Water was still warm and it was sunny. Just a great day to be in the water.
Hope it is fun Sunday, as the south part of the swell has really diminished in size.

OB was hudge yesterday and last night. Looking south from the beach chalet you could see the bombs lining up to hit sloat. going to be grande again today. Not a lot of people trying to get out and way fewer actually making it. Went out at linda mar yesterday but it was pretty much closed out - apparently the jetty was surfable by mere mortals but pretty crowded.

Well, I surfed more lousy N sea windswell this afternoon. Sets were in the double-over-calf range. Still a fun day with lots of birdies, a lineup full of girlies, sunny, and warm.

looking south from cliff house - there's a guy out there. could only spot 3 guys from here
http://lh5.ggpht.com/wrwebb/SQS6nPuQ...0/IMG_6733.JPG
bombs on the horizon heading to sloat. this was crazy - those are FAR away and you could clearly see them.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/wrwebb/SQS6oOK7...0/IMG_6735.JPG
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BBQ + bonfire till the cops kicked us off
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Scott's looked pretty big yesterday. Well well overhead. A quickly dropping tide and a NW breeze on the cliff had me convinced conditions would deteriorate, and gave me reason to puss out and head down to 3 Mile.

It was head to overhead. Warbled. Crowded. Ultimately pretty weak (unless of course it was closing out on you). Heard town was pretty small, weak and a mess.

Too many and too much swell all at once. So now I am about to pack the car and head back up north. I will bring the big boards so I have no excuse. Thing is, I am not in the mood to get hammered.

Gonzo - did you look at Deadman's or Fort Point? Wonder how those were holding up.

i didn't but may go for a long run in that direction today - will bring camera...

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Originally Posted by gonzo

OB was hudge yesterday and last night. Looking south from the beach chalet you could see the bombs lining up to hit sloat. going to be grande again today. Not a lot of people trying to get out and way fewer actually making it. Went out at linda mar yesterday but it was pretty much closed out - apparently the jetty was surfable by mere mortals but pretty crowded.

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Pretty crowded? There had to be 150 people in the water. I drove by on the way back from Sloat(12-14', IMHO), and just started laughing. I was in the crowd that never made it out at Sloat. Put my hand into a jellyfish 200' offshore.

Much smaller today. Forgot the camera, but I'd saw a few feet overhead up the coast. Surfed Artie's for an hour or so until the tide got too low. Still a very solid and thick swell. My last wave I felt lucky to come out of the pit on. The entire thing was just heaving over.

Should have some surf left tomorrow, and it looks down from there. At least there is a a decent small storm in the gulf right now, which should bring it back up a bit a few days out. Then a chance of rain by Thurs/Fri... Don't think that storm is much of a swell producer though.

From this afternoon - very windy up here but a bit protected here. ~5 people out
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