So.Cal-- Its On end of the week!
Whose getin sum?
is a Surfline Surf Alert for Southern California effective Monday, August 22, 2005.
As of this Monday afternoon Hurricane Hillary has just entered the Southern California swell window and is centered 300 miles SW of the Baja tip. She is moving WNW at 10 knots and is by far the largest and most intense storm we've seen this season. Although Hillary is forecast to gradually weaken in the next couple of days as she moves over cooler water it looks like we'll see some surf for southeast exposed breaks as we move into the second half of the work week. Exact size and arrival times at your local exposed breaks is still dependent on how Hillary behaves in the next 24 hours.
Last Nights Forcast-The second half of the week looks better as we’ll see the building SE swell (155-165) at select breaks by Thursday and into Friday thanks to Hurricane Hillary, which is now centered 420 miles WSW of the Baja tip and moving WNW at 10 knots. Although Hillary is now weakening and is forecast that trend over the course of the next couple of days (down to 65 knot sustained winds) she was the biggest and best looking storm we’ve seen this season We may start to see the first signs of Hillary at select breaks late Wednesday but Thursday and into Friday will be the best days when the well exposed breaks of Orange County along with select breaks of Ventura and Santa Barbra Counties see waves in the waist-shoulder-head high range. Good breaks, mainly through North OC, are a couple of feet overhead. Those waves will then likely wind down by later Friday and into the weekend. Also, because of the unique and steep angle of this swell most breaks in San Diego, Northern LA and the South Bay will either be bypassed or be blocked from the swell initially. As the swell angle turns more to the SSE to S by Friday and into the early part of the weekend then you can expect to see well exposed breaks in those regions picking up a little bit of surf.
Bout time!!!
