Have to bust out the archives now – Here’s some vintage Winter South Bay – pics by Jeff Bell.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURF FORECAST UPDATED 3-15-13
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A little bit of swell snuck in under the radar today and select spots in the South Bay had some lurching, shoulder high sets. Don’t worry, you didn’t miss anything though, it was about 98% closed out even with the tide filling in. It just goes to show you that even with all the technology we have access to, some swell will still manage to slip through the cracks!
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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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Monday morning will continue to be on the small side with knee to waist high surf most everywhere. Late in the day/early evening some 16-18 second interval SW swell will start to fill in. That should be good for waist high plus sets at the best South facing breaks.
Monday
2013-03-18 Mon 12:53 AM Moonset
2013-03-18 Mon 01:41 AM 4.23 feet High Tide
2013-03-18 Mon 06:59 AM Sunrise
2013-03-18 Mon 09:53 AM 1.10 feet Low Tide
2013-03-18 Mon 11:18 AM Moonrise
2013-03-18 Mon 06:08 PM 2.71 feet High Tide
2013-03-18 Mon 07:04 PM Sunset
2013-03-18 Mon 07:22 PM 2.70 feet Low Tide

The conditions should be fair again for the AM, with mild winds in the 1-6 MPH zone until noon and 10-12 MPH breezes out of the West in the afternoon. The air temp hit a high of 64 degrees.
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For Tuesday morning any beach that’s receptive to 190-195 degree angle out of the S/SW will see some small, but long interval swell in the waist high plus range. It won’t be big but should have a little oomph to it.

Tuesday
2013-03-19 Tue 01:41 AM Moonset
2013-03-19 Tue 02:59 AM 4.00 feet High Tide
2013-03-19 Tue 06:58 AM Sunrise
2013-03-19 Tue 10:27 AM First Quarter
2013-03-19 Tue 11:28 AM 0.97 feet Low Tide
2013-03-19 Tue 12:08 PM Moonrise
2013-03-19 Tue 07:05 PM Sunset
2013-03-19 Tue 07:14 PM 3.02 feet High Tide
2013-03-19 Tue 10:28 PM 2.84 feet Low Tide

The conditions won’t change much with variable winds in the 1-6 MPH zone until noon and 10-12 MPH breezes out of the West in the afternoon. The air temp will top out at 63 degrees.
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The current water temps are as follows – Newport 55 degrees, Huntington 55 degrees, the South Bay showed as 59 degrees, Santa Monica 59 degrees and Malibu 55 degrees.
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I’ll be back on Sunday with the latest scoop.
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