These shots were taken at El Porto on 3-8-13 by Jason Goodwin

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURF FORECAST UPDATED 3-13-13
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Thursday morning looks no better. Small, small, small!

Thursday
2013-03-14 Thu 05:40 AM 0.23 feet Low Tide
2013-03-14 Thu 07:05 AM Sunrise
2013-03-14 Thu 08:32 AM Moonrise
2013-03-14 Thu 11:44 AM 4.11 feet High Tide
2013-03-14 Thu 05:27 PM 0.98 feet Low Tide
2013-03-14 Thu 07:01 PM Sunset
2013-03-14 Thu 10:11 PM Moonset
2013-03-14 Thu 11:43 PM 5.08 feet High Tide

The conditions don’t change with continued, mild winds in the 1-4 MPH zone until noon and 9-13 MPH breezes out of the West in the afternoon. The air temp will remain in the mid 70’s.
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Friday morning… Don’t shoot the messenger, continued knee high plus surf most everywhere.

Friday
2013-03-15 Fri 06:24 AM 0.45 feet Low Tide
2013-03-15 Fri 07:04 AM Sunrise
2013-03-15 Fri 09:09 AM Moonrise
2013-03-15 Fri 12:29 PM 3.57 feet High Tide
2013-03-15 Fri 05:53 PM 1.47 feet Low Tide
2013-03-15 Fri 07:02 PM Sunset
2013-03-15 Fri 11:07 PM Moonset

The conditions will mirror those of Thursday with mild winds in the 1-4 MPH zone until noon and 10-12 MPH breezes out of the West in the afternoon. The air temp will dip to 71 degrees.
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Saturday morning there is no swell of significance to report. The top spots will wallow in the knee to waist high zone.

Saturday
2013-03-16 Sat 12:15 AM 4.83 feet High Tide
2013-03-16 Sat 07:02 AM Sunrise
2013-03-16 Sat 07:14 AM 0.73 feet Low Tide
2013-03-16 Sat 09:49 AM Moonrise
2013-03-16 Sat 01:24 PM 3.05 feet High Tide
2013-03-16 Sat 06:17 PM 1.93 feet Low Tide
2013-03-16 Sat 07:02 PM Sunset

The conditions look to be pretty good again with light and variable winds at 1-4 MPH until noon and mild West winds up to 10 MPH in the afternoon. The air temp will remain a comfortable 71 degrees.
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On Sunday morning there’s a slim chance of some short interval, wind swell that could give the better West facing breaks into the waist high plus zone.

Sunday
2013-03-17 Sun 12:01 AM Moonset
2013-03-17 Sun 12:52 AM 4.54 feet High Tide
2013-03-17 Sun 07:01 AM Sunrise
2013-03-17 Sun 08:20 AM 0.99 feet Low Tide
2013-03-17 Sun 10:32 AM Moonrise
2013-03-17 Sun 02:55 PM 2.68 feet High Tide
2013-03-17 Sun 06:42 PM 2.34 feet Low Tide
2013-03-17 Sun 07:03 PM Sunset

The conditions look to be pretty good again with light and variable winds until noon and mild West winds up to 10 MPH in the afternoon. The air temp will top out at 74 degrees on the sand.
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The current water temps are as follows – Newport 57 degrees, Huntington 55 degrees, the South Bay showed as 57 degrees, Santa Monica 55 degrees and Malibu 54 degrees.
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I’ll be back on Thursday with the latest scoop!
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