Today’s Slideshow is courtesy of Lucio Gomes – South South Bay last Thursday – Check out more pics
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURF FORECAST UPDATED 2-24-13
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On Monday morning things should taper off, but leave top West facing breaks into the waist to chest high zone from a steep 310-320 degree angle. The tide will slow things down early with a high die of 5.51 feet at 8:37 AM, but the dawn patrollers should be able to get a little action if they don’t hit the snooze button.

Monday
2013-02-25 Mon 02:34 AM 0.96 feet Low Tide
2013-02-25 Mon 06:02 AM Moonset
2013-02-25 Mon 06:27 AM Sunrise
2013-02-25 Mon 08:37 AM 5.51 feet High Tide
2013-02-25 Mon 12:28 PM Full Moon
2013-02-25 Mon 03:10 PM -0.38 feet Low Tide
2013-02-25 Mon 05:47 PM Sunset
2013-02-25 Mon 06:02 PM Moonrise
2013-02-25 Mon 09:25 PM 4.68 feet High Tide

The conditions look good for the morning with winds out of the NE/NNE at 4-8 MPH range until 11AM and West winds in the 8-15 MPH zone in the afternoon. The air temp will hold steady at 66 degrees.
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On Tuesday morning the surf will continue to back down into the waist high plus range, but some fresh 305-310 degree energy should fill in late in the day and be good for chest to shoulder high sets for Wednesday morning.

Tuesday
2013-02-26 Tue 03:10 AM 0.72 feet Low Tide
2013-02-26 Tue 06:25 AM Sunrise
2013-02-26 Tue 06:36 AM Moonset
2013-02-26 Tue 09:13 AM 5.33 feet High Tide
2013-02-26 Tue 03:37 PM -0.20 feet Low Tide
2013-02-26 Tue 05:48 PM Sunset
2013-02-26 Tue 07:03 PM Moonrise
2013-02-26 Tue 09:52 PM 4.90 feet High Tide

The conditions look fair early, with variable, 1-7 MPH winds until 11 and west winds will get up to 8-10 MPH in the afternoon. It should be another decent day with an air temp of 65 degrees.
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By Wednesday morning we should have some surf as a stronger, long interval swell hits stride for the morning session. We’ll see a combo of steeply angled, 305-310 degree with 16-18 second intervals and med interval NW wind swell. The top West facing breaks should see chest to shoulder high sets with a few larger sneakers.

Wednesday
2013-02-27 Wed 03:50 AM 0.54 feet Low Tide
2013-02-27 Wed 06:24 AM Sunrise
2013-02-27 Wed 07:10 AM Moonset
2013-02-27 Wed 09:51 AM 5.01 feet High Tide
2013-02-27 Wed 04:04 PM 0.09 feet Low Tide
2013-02-27 Wed 05:48 PM Sunset
2013-02-27 Wed 08:05 PM Moonrise
2013-02-27 Wed 10:22 PM 5.06 feet High Tide

The conditions look good early with NE/NNE winds in the 5-9 MPH zone until 11AM and 8-12 MPH out of the West in the afternoon. We’ll see an air temp of 67 degrees.
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For Thursday morning it looks like we will see that energy taper off into the waist to chest high zone for the better West facing beaches.

Thursday
2013-02-28 Thu 04:34 AM 0.46 feet Low Tide
2013-02-28 Thu 06:23 AM Sunrise
2013-02-28 Thu 07:46 AM Moonset
2013-02-28 Thu 10:33 AM 4.54 feet High Tide
2013-02-28 Thu 04:33 PM 0.49 feet Low Tide
2013-02-28 Thu 05:49 PM Sunset
2013-02-28 Thu 09:09 PM Moonrise
2013-02-28 Thu 10:55 PM 5.15 feet High Tide

The conditions look good for the morning with winds out of the NE/NNE at 3-11 MPH range until 11AM and mild Westerly winds until sundown. We’ll see an air temp of 70 degrees.
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The current water temps are as follows – Newport 54 degrees, Huntington 56 degrees, the South Bay showed as 57 degrees, Santa Monica 57 degrees and Malibu 52 degrees.
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I’ll be back on Monday with the next update!
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