San Diego Surf Forecast: Small Surf Continues on Thursday

We still won’t be seeing a lot of surf out there on Thursday...it won’t be totally flat but the weak mix of swell isn’t doing much to get our blood racing. It also doesn’t help that we are seeing a pretty extreme tide swing that is draining the shape out of a lot of spots during the dawn patrol.

Swellwise this weak mix of fading/background S-SW swell and local NW windswell will continue on Thursday. Check out what is currently showing on the Scripps Oceanside Buoy...it is going to be pretty similar tomorrow.



Most of the average spots will continue to see surf around knee high with a few knee-waist sets sneaking through. The standout S-SW facing breaks, mostly from North County through La Jolla, will be more consistently around waist-chest high on the sets. You are going to want to find a spot with a good sandbar or something like a pier/jetty to help focus the swell mix, just so you can milk a little more fun from the energy we have in the water.

Winds will be similar to the last few days...light and variable, with overcast skies, through the morning. Afternoon winds come onshore out of the WNW-NW around 10-14 knots.

Like I said above... it won’t be totally flat tomorrow, but it will be pretty small and not all that consistent, which doesn’t really help things. The S-SW facing spots will be slightly better but not much of an improvement over the other areas. I would stick to the small wave gear and try to avoid the extremely low tide that rolls through early in the morning.

Here are the tides...

07:21AM LDT -1.0 L
02:17PM LDT 3.7 H
06:55PM LDT 2.4 L

If you are interested in a longer-range look at the surf you might want to check out my www.Socalsurf.com blog...I posted a long-range forecast outlook today that highlights a few new swells that will be hitting our beaches next week. Here is the link to the post...

http://socalforecast.blogspot.com/2009/05/long-range-outlook-because-talking.html

Have a good one!

Adam