While our water quality and local winds improve the swell drops leaving us with a nice weekend to build sandcastles or sit around and watch football. New swells do start to arrive slowly on Sunday, which will drive up the surf as we head into Monday.

Ugly weather, but without too much wind, will push through the next couple of days while we see a mix of SW and NW energy. Expect to hunt around for some more sheltered spots on Tuesday when the funkiest weather rolls through. Cleaner conditions and smaller surf will be on tap through the end of the week.

The run of combo swell continues as we head into the weekend…the size drops a little but more reinforcing swells from both Hemispheres keeps us surfing. Weather gets a little funky on Friday/Saturday but cleans up again by Sunday and into early next week…just plan on working around the tides and winds (like we usually do).

Good waves, great weather, and even a little combo Southern Hemi will continue to make people angry that they have to sit in offices and won’t get to enjoy the real Southern California summer. The rest of us will get to ride playful waves…with the cleanest conditions hitting in the morning.

I (heart) Fall so much…it has always been my favorite season. Football, less crowded beaches, Santa Ana winds, combo swells…soooo much to love. If you read the Swell Alert for the North Pacific you should already know that our Fall Season is starting right on schedule.

So the bigger S-SW swell mix is on the way down, but thanks to some smaller swells that trailed behind the larger system our surf isn’t going to drop too fast. The NPAC is finally getting its act together…there is a much bigger and better looking system is threatening to form up out the back

The new SSW-SW swell is already filling in here on Thursday…and will peak Friday and Saturday before slowly fading out. It looks like this storm had some duration so I expect some rideable surf to continue into early next week.

Tuesday will sort of extend our funky mix of minor swell and early onshore bump…but things start to clean up by Wednesday and a bigger S-SW swell fills in throughout the day on Thursday. Things look pretty fun by Friday and Saturday…so start working on your excuses for taking Friday off.

Finally the small slop is going to take a break…conditions are going to start cleaning up and a new S swell will start to arrive over the weekend. It won’t be much, but it will be an improvement over the last few days (or weeks depending on where you live). After this S swell fades a much stronger S-SW swell (180-210) starts to arrive later next week and it looks like plenty more on tap after it rolls through…maybe now Fall can actually start!

Holy weaksauce Batman! Most of this week is going to be weak and textured…the combo of eddy and small S-SW swells will keep the surf in the “marginal” range through Thursday. Fortunately the weather and the swell start to slowly improve on Friday and will continue to get better through the weekend. Long-range is looking A LOT BETTER thanks to a re-energized South Pacific

Weak leftover Southern Hemi swell and some steeply angled NW windswell will try and keep us in the water this weekend…but I have to be honest…it may be a bit of a struggle at some of the more sheltered areas. More storm activity is finally forming out the back…

Mostly clean, slightly inconsistent, and sometimes playful surf will be on tap for the next couple of days. Look for the overall blend of background/leftover Southern Hemi swells and the local windswell to drop off later in the week so may want to plan to do more chores around then.