Today’s Slideshow is courtesy of Jeff Bell – These are all archived shots from the South Bay.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURF FORECAST UPDATED 2-7-13
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For Friday morning a new front will move in bringing with it some larger surf but also a healthy dose of onshore winds. The top spots should see some sloppy chest high to overhead surf.

Friday
2013-02-08 Fri 01:08 AM 1.43 feet Low Tide
2013-02-08 Fri 05:15 AM Moonrise
2013-02-08 Fri 06:44 AM Sunrise
2013-02-08 Fri 07:21 AM 6.44 feet High Tide
2013-02-08 Fri 02:20 PM -1.37 feet Low Tide
2013-02-08 Fri 04:11 PM Moonset
2013-02-08 Fri 05:31 PM Sunset
2013-02-08 Fri 08:40 PM 4.46 feet High Tide

The conditions look to be poor with all day long onshore winds. The West winds will start off light at dawn but quickly pick up through the morning and get as high as 20+ MPH in the afternoon. There’s also a 50% chance of rain and we’ll see an air temp of 57 degrees.
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By Saturday morning the conditions should/could clean up for the morning session. The surf will dip in size but we should see chest to head high waves through the morning. The tide hits a whopping 6.45 feet at 8:07 which will definitely figure into the equation.

Saturday
2013-02-09 Sat 01:57 AM 1.09 feet Low Tide
2013-02-09 Sat 05:59 AM Moonrise
2013-02-09 Sat 06:44 AM Sunrise
2013-02-09 Sat 08:07 AM 6.45 feet High Tide
2013-02-09 Sat 02:57 PM -1.33 feet Low Tide
2013-02-09 Sat 05:18 PM Moonset
2013-02-09 Sat 05:32 PM Sunset
2013-02-09 Sat 09:15 PM 4.73 feet High Tide
2013-02-09 Sat 11:22 PM New Moon

The conditions should clear up for the morning session with N/NNE winds in the 4-8 MPH range until around 11AM and 7-9 MPH West winds into the afternoon. We’ll see an air temp of 56 degrees.
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On Sunday morning there will be another drop off in size but the exposed West facing breaks should continue to dish up waist to chest high sets.

Sunday
2013-02-10 Sun 02:43 AM 0.83 feet Low Tide
2013-02-10 Sun 06:40 AM Moonrise
2013-02-10 Sun 06:43 AM Sunrise
2013-02-10 Sun 08:51 AM 6.24 feet High Tide
2013-02-10 Sun 03:32 PM -1.10 feet Low Tide
2013-02-10 Sun 05:33 PM Sunset
2013-02-10 Sun 06:24 PM Moonset
2013-02-10 Sun 09:49 PM 4.91 feet High Tide

The conditions look pretty good for the morning session with variable winds out of the East in the 7-9 MPH range until around noon and mild West winds into the afternoon. We’ll see an air temp of 59 degrees.
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The current water temps are as follows – Newport 54 degrees, Huntington 57 degrees, the South Bay showed as 57 degrees, Santa Monica 57 degrees and Malibu 56 degrees.
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I’ll be back on Friday with a look into next week!
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