CALIFORNIA SURF FORECAST
Ian Walsh & Kai Lenny MAVERICKS | Raw Look At A Strike Mission To One Of The Biggest Swells EVER!
Southern California Surf 4cast Updated on December 2nd – 2021
Friday Surf Forecast
We will see a little increase in surf with waist to chest high sets for the top West facing breaks from a familiar 295-300 degrees and medium, 13-14 second intervals. Another shockingly high AM tide will definitely put the skids on for the morning session.
Fri 07:38 AM 7.01′ High
Friday
2021-12-03 Fri 01:16 AM 1.51′ Low
2021-12-03 Fri 05:58 AM Moonrise
2021-12-03 Fri 06:43 AM Sunrise
2021-12-03 Fri 07:38 AM 7.01′ High
2021-12-03 Fri 02:46 PM -1.35′ Low
2021-12-03 Fri 04:20 PM Moonset
2021-12-03 Fri 04:44 PM Sunset
2021-12-03 Fri 09:08 PM 4.19′ High
2021-12-03 Fri 11:44 PM New Moon
The conditions look pretty damn good once again with light 1-3 MPH breezes until noon and feeble 5-7 MPH winds into the afternoon. The air temp dips to 63 degrees.
Saturday Surf Forecast
That swell will hang in there for another day from that same 295-300 degree angle with 12-13 second intervals. The tide will be problematic for the dawn patrol but recede quickly later in the morning.
Brutal high tides will continue to haunt the morning sessions! – Sat 08:18 AM 7.20′ High
Saturday
2021-12-04 Sat 01:57 AM 1.75′ Low
2021-12-04 Sat 06:44 AM Sunrise
2021-12-04 Sat 07:14 AM Moonrise
2021-12-04 Sat 08:18 AM 7.20′ High
2021-12-04 Sat 03:34 PM -1.61′ Low
2021-12-04 Sat 04:44 PM Sunset
2021-12-04 Sat 05:13 PM Moonset
2021-12-04 Sat 10:03 PM 4.07′ High
The conditions look stellar again with light 2-4 MPH breezes until noon and 5-7 MPH winds in the afternoon. The air temp bumps up to 66 degrees.
Sunday Surf Forecast
That swell will be on its way out with waist high waves from the same angle and short 11 second intervals. That, coupled with yet another bombing high tide will squash the morning session but the tide will drain out with urgency through the morning.
Holy Moley – Sun 09:01 AM 7.17′ High
Sunday
2021-12-05 Sun 02:39 AM 2.01′ Low
2021-12-05 Sun 06:44 AM Sunrise
2021-12-05 Sun 08:27 AM Moonrise
2021-12-05 Sun 09:01 AM 7.17′ High
2021-12-05 Sun 04:24 PM -1.60′ Low
2021-12-05 Sun 04:44 PM Sunset
2021-12-05 Sun 06:15 PM Moonset
2021-12-05 Sun 11:01 PM 3.95′ High
The conditions look excellent with light 1-5 MPH breezes all day long. The air temp jumps up to 77 degrees.
Monday Surf Forecast
is looking pretty anemic with knee to waist high surf and the impending doom of another fat tide just before 10:00 AM. Go super early or late if you want to find any success and bring a voluminous amount of foam.
Monday
2021-12-06 Mon 03:26 AM 2.27′ Low
2021-12-06 Mon 06:45 AM Sunrise
2021-12-06 Mon 09:32 AM Moonrise
2021-12-06 Mon 09:48 AM 6.89′ High
2021-12-06 Mon 04:44 PM Sunset
2021-12-06 Mon 05:18 PM -1.38′ Low
2021-12-06 Mon 07:24 PM Moonset
The conditions look fair once again with light 1-3 MPH breezes until noon and 5-7 MPH winds into the afternoon. The air temp remains in the steamy zone clocking it at 79 degrees.
Tuesday Surf Forecast
It looks like our run of stellar winds will come to a grinding halt. It doesn’t look terrible, just a bit iffy. The good news is that some steeply angled NW wind swell will kick up waves in the chest to head high zone, (for the better West facing breaks), from a steep 305-310 degrees and 11-12 second intervals
• Decent tide push through the morning
Tuesday
2021-12-07 Tue 12:03 AM 4.11′ High
2021-12-07 Tue 04:30 AM 2.43′ Low
2021-12-07 Tue 06:37 AM Sunrise
2021-12-07 Tue 10:18 AM Moonrise
2021-12-07 Tue 10:46 AM 6.81′ High
2021-12-07 Tue 04:42 PM Sunset
2021-12-07 Tue 06:17 PM -1.19′ Low
2021-12-07 Tue 08:33 PM Moonset
The conditions look a little odd. See projections below… The air temp tops out at 64 degrees.
Water temps
are as follows, (day of 4CAST update), Malibu 60 Santa Monica 60, South Bay 60, Huntington 62 Newport 62
The next 4CAST will be updated on Sunday
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