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THE SWELLMAGNET SO CAL SURF FORECAST

Southern California Surf 4cast Updated 3 – 17 – 2024 

The Surf Forecast will be updated Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. 
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MONDAY Surf Forecast 

It is shaping up to be another super fun morning with shoulder to head high surf for the top West facing beaches as that NW energy from 295-300 degrees continues to deliver.  Smaller SW swell will remain in the mix , but be on the fade throughout the day.

The tides look are clocking around to “Fat” early again, but should be good by first light.

Monday
2024-03-18 Mon 03:31 AM Moonset
2024-03-18 Mon 05:08 AM 4.53′ High
2024-03-18 Mon 06:59 AM Sunrise
2024-03-18 Mon 01:03 PM -0.16′ Low
2024-03-18 Mon 01:06 PM Moonrise
2024-03-18 Mon 07:04 PM Sunset
2024-03-18 Mon 08:15 PM 3.66′ High

The conditions – It looks clean through the morning with very light and variable breezes until noon and stronger winds out of the West into the afternoon! The air temp bumps up to 70 degrees.

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TUESDAY Surf Forecast 

Things look to drop off into the waist to chest high zone with remnants of that previous swell and a new, (but discriminatingly steep), NW swell moves in from a crooked, 305-310 degrees

Tuesday
2024-03-19 Tue 12:42 AM 2.69′ Low
2024-03-19 Tue 04:16 AM Moonset
2024-03-19 Tue 06:25 AM 4.69′ High
2024-03-19 Tue 06:58 AM Sunrise
2024-03-19 Tue 01:47 PM -0.32′ Low
2024-03-19 Tue 02:06 PM Moonrise
2024-03-19 Tue 07:05 PM Sunset
2024-03-19 Tue 08:37 PM 3.88′ High

The conditions – The sea surface may have a little ruffle to it, but should be predominately clean until noon with light SW winds into the afternoon. The air temp holds at 70 degrees.

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WEDNESDAY Surf Forecast 

While there will be nothing to Write Home About, there will be inconsistent, chest high waves for the better West facing beaches  fron 305 + degrees and some smallish, yet potent, SW swell from 205-215 degrees with 15-16 second intervals. That should produce some nice little waist high + sets for beaches receptive to that angle.

Wednesday
2024-03-20 Wed 01:32 AM 2.25′ Low
2024-03-20 Wed 04:53 AM Moonset
2024-03-20 Wed 06:56 AM Sunrise
2024-03-20 Wed 07:18 AM 4.89′ High
2024-03-20 Wed 02:22 PM -0.38′ Low
2024-03-20 Wed 03:06 PM Moonrise
2024-03-20 Wed 07:06 PM Sunset
2024-03-20 Wed 08:57 PM 4.06′ High

The conditions – It looks clean through the morning with very light and variable breezes until noon and mildly stronger winds out of the SW into the afternoon. The air temp holds at 69 degrees.

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THURSDAY Surf Forecast 

Things look to drop off  into the waist to chest high zone with the West facing breaks continuing to be the best bet.

Thursday
2024-03-21 Thu 02:08 AM 1.83′ Low
2024-03-21 Thu 05:25 AM Moonset
2024-03-21 Thu 06:55 AM Sunrise
2024-03-21 Thu 08:00 AM 5.04′ High
2024-03-21 Thu 02:49 PM -0.33′ Low
2024-03-21 Thu 04:05 PM Moonrise
2024-03-21 Thu 07:06 PM Sunset
2024-03-21 Thu 09:15 PM 4.22′ High

The conditions – The sea surface looks to be nice and smooth with light and variable winds until noon and 6-9 MPH onshore breezes into the afternoon. The air temp tops out at 67 degrees.

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FRIDAY Surf Forecast 

Ehh… there should still be something to surf if you have the foam and inclination. The morning high tide will do us no favors, but if you can work around that there may br some waist high leftovers out there!

Friday
2024-03-22 Fri 02:39 AM 1.44′ Low
2024-03-22 Fri 05:53 AM Moonset
2024-03-22 Fri 06:54 AM Sunrise
2024-03-22 Fri 08:34 AM 5.08′ High
2024-03-22 Fri 03:12 PM -0.21′ Low
2024-03-22 Fri 05:02 PM Moonrise
2024-03-22 Fri 07:07 PM Sunset
2024-03-22 Fri 09:31 PM 4.40′ High

The conditions – It looks mostly clean through the morning with light and variable breezes until noon and mildly stronger winds out of the W/SW into the afternoon. The air temp dips to 66 degrees.

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Water Temps are as follows, (day of 4CAST update), Malibu 55, Santa Monica, 57, South Bay 58,
Huntington 58, Newport 60.

I will be back on Wednesday with the next update.

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