QuikCAST
Surf Forecast - Southern California
5 Day Surf Forecast
Forecast Updated:
Thursday, February 2, 2012 8:02 PM
Surf Scale: 3 ft = waist high, 4 ft = chest high, 5 ft = head high, 10 ft =double overhead
Swell Direction is direction swell is coming from. 90°=East, 180°=South, 270°=West, 360-0 = North
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Southern California Surf Forecast
(Centered on Dana Point) |
| Day |
Trend |
Wind
(kts) |
Details
(Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile) |
Waves
(Set wave max face height) |
Swell Direction |
Friday
2/3 |
Down some |
NE 10 early |
Swell #2 fading from Dateline swell fading from 3.3 ft @ 15 secs |
5.0 ft
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294-296 degrees |
Saturday
2/4 |
Down some |
NE 10+ early |
West Dateline swell fading from 3.0 ft @ 14 secs |
4.0 ft
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294-296 degrees |
Sunday
2/5 |
Up some |
NE 10 early |
New Gulf swell 3.4 ft @ 14 secs |
4.5 ft
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291 & 303 degrees |
Monday
2/6 |
Holding |
NE 5 early |
Local swell fading 3.4 ft @ 14 secs early |
4.5 ft
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291 & 302 degrees |
Tuesday
2/7 |
Down |
S 5 late AM |
No real swell of interest forecast |
2 ft or less
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Extended
Outlook |
Up some |
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Another gale tracked from the dateline to the Gulf of Alaska Wed with seas 26-30 ft. Swell arrival on Sat PM (2/4). And another tiny gale is forecast just off the North CA coast Fri-Sat with seas to 27 ft , setting up possible swell for Sun-Mon. And yet another stronger gale is forecast pushing from Japan crossing the dateline Fri-Sat (2/4) with 34 ft seas, fading then redeveloping into a large complex gale circulating and filling the Gulf of Alaska just off California with 40 kt winds and 26 ft seas over a broad area, then and moving onshore Tues (2/7) with wind and rain and snow in higher elevations. And yet another one is forecast right behind tracking from the dateline to a point just north of Hawaii with 41 ft seas late Mon (2/6). No shortage of swell potential. Looks like the Active Phase of the MJO is having some positive affect as it tries to make headway into the West Pacific. |
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Surf Height Animation: Northeast Pacific - South CA
Wind Animations: US West Coast - South CA
Local Model: Surf - Wind
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