Here’s some recent pics of the South Bay courtesy of Lucio Gomes 3-3-13 – Check out more pics
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURF FORECAST UPDATED 3-5-13
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For Wednesday morning we’ll see a combination of fresh, 16-18 second interval, NW swell, NW wind swell and the Southern Hemi swell, (from a liberal, 200 degree angle). Pretty much every break should see some energy from this scenario. The top West facing breaks should see chest to head high sets and the South facing beaches will see sets in the chest high zone, (and many will get a little boost from the wind swell that’s out there).

Wednesday
2013-03-06 Wed 02:18 AM Moonrise
2013-03-06 Wed 04:20 AM 5.12 feet High Tide
2013-03-06 Wed 06:15 AM Sunrise
2013-03-06 Wed 11:47 AM -0.32 feet Low Tide
2013-03-06 Wed 12:52 PM Moonset
2013-03-06 Wed 05:54 PM Sunset
2013-03-06 Wed 06:27 PM 3.62 feet High Tide
2013-03-06 Wed 11:18 PM 2.03 feet Low Tide

The conditions should be okay for spots that can handle a Southerly wind. On paper, we’re looking at breezes out of the SE at 4-9 MPH winds until 11AM and west winds will get up to 10-12 MPH in the afternoon. The air temp will remain a chilly 59 degrees.
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For Thursday morning the surf will be in the head high plus range for the top NW facing spots as the energy continues to throw 14-16 second intervals from that same 300 degree angle. We will also see a smaller version of SW swell and NW wind swell. The weather looks a little iffy as a stronger onshore flow moves in, but there will definitely be some waves out there.

Thursday
2013-03-07 Thu 03:08 AM Moonrise
2013-03-07 Thu 05:30 AM 5.39 feet High Tide
2013-03-07 Thu 06:14 AM Sunrise
2013-03-07 Thu 12:36 PM -0.63 feet Low Tide
2013-03-07 Thu 01:57 PM Moonset
2013-03-07 Thu 05:55 PM Sunset
2013-03-07 Thu 07:06 PM 4.06 feet High Tide

The conditions shouldn’t be too bad with variable, onshore breezes in the 3-6 MPH zone until 11AM and up to 10-15 MPH in the afternoon. There’s a 20% chance of showers and we’ll see an air temp of 58 degrees
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On Friday morning the SW swell will cough up a few small, inconsistent, straggler sets and the NW ground swell and wind swell will back off into the chest high zone.

Friday
2013-03-08 Fri 12:20 AM 1.54 feet Low Tide
2013-03-08 Fri 03:54 AM Moonrise
2013-03-08 Fri 06:13 AM Sunrise
2013-03-08 Fri 06:27 AM 5.63 feet High Tide
2013-03-08 Fri 01:18 PM -0.80 feet Low Tide
2013-03-08 Fri 03:03 PM Moonset
2013-03-08 Fri 05:56 PM Sunset
2013-03-08 Fri 07:40 PM 4.47 feet High Tide

The conditions look mediocre early with 2-5 MPH variable winds until 11AM and mild West winds up to 11-16 MPH in the afternoon. There’s a 40% chance of rain and the air temp will top out at 57 degrees.
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Saturday morning the NW swell will continue to taper off and hit the waist high plus mark for the better West facing breaks.

Tuesday
2013-03-05 Tue 01:22 AM Moonrise
2013-03-05 Tue 02:55 AM 4.95 feet High Tide
2013-03-05 Tue 06:17 AM Sunrise
2013-03-05 Tue 10:44 AM 0.09 feet Low Tide
2013-03-05 Tue 11:49 AM Moonset
2013-03-05 Tue 05:35 PM 3.17 feet High Tide
2013-03-05 Tue 05:53 PM Sunset
2013-03-05 Tue 09:52 PM 2.37 feet Low Tide

The conditions look okay with variable winds in the 2-6 MPH range until 11AM and 8-12 MPH West winds in the afternoon. We’ll see an air temp of 60 degrees on the sand.
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By Sunday morning we’ll be left with knee to waist high surf at the better spots.

Tuesday
2013-03-05 Tue 01:22 AM Moonrise
2013-03-05 Tue 02:55 AM 4.95 feet High Tide
2013-03-05 Tue 06:17 AM Sunrise
2013-03-05 Tue 10:44 AM 0.09 feet Low Tide
2013-03-05 Tue 11:49 AM Moonset
2013-03-05 Tue 05:35 PM 3.17 feet High Tide
2013-03-05 Tue 05:53 PM Sunset
2013-03-05 Tue 09:52 PM 2.37 feet Low Tide

The conditions shouldn’t be too bad with variable winds in the 2-6 MPH range until 11AM and 10-16 MPH West winds in the afternoon. We’ll see an air temp of 64 degrees.
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The current water temps are as follows – Newport 56 degrees, Huntington 57 degrees, the South Bay showed as 58 degrees, Santa Monica 59 degrees and Malibu 55 degrees.
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I’ll be back on Wednesday with the next update.
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