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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURF FORECAST UPDATED 8-5-13
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HURRICANE WATCH 8-5-13

Behind Tropical Depression Gil, a new system strengthened to become Tropical Storm Henriette on Sunday.

For the time being, Henriette is far away from any land, just as Gil was when it formed last week.

The new tropical storm developed from Tropical Depression 8-E that formed in the eastern Pacific early Saturday morning.

This is the track Henriette is likely to take over the coming days.

While the remnants of Gil are expected to track to the south of Hawaii over the next several days, Tropical Storm Henriette likely will take a different path.

Henriette appears like it will take a more northerly path, likely strengthening into a hurricane by Tuesday. As it continues to track to the west-northwest through late week, Henriette will encounter cooler water and weaken.

The storm is projected to reach near Hawaii by late in the weekend, perhaps enhancing showers and stirring higher surf.

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Tuesday morning looks even smaller with inconsistent, waist high surf for the better South facing spots.

Tuesday
2013-08-06 Tue 04:05 AM -0.15 feet Low Tide
2013-08-06 Tue 06:02 AM Moonrise
2013-08-06 Tue 06:09 AM Sunrise
2013-08-06 Tue 10:26 AM 4.27 feet High Tide
2013-08-06 Tue 02:51 PM New Moon
2013-08-06 Tue 03:35 PM 1.86 feet Low Tide
2013-08-06 Tue 07:32 PM Moonset
2013-08-06 Tue 07:49 PM Sunset
2013-08-06 Tue 09:40 PM 5.86 feet High Tide

The conditions looks about the same with variable winds in the 2-3 MPH zone until 10 and 8-10 MPH winds in the afternoon. The air temp will top out at 71 degrees.
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Wednesday morning looks like another rather feeble day for waves with small, inconsistent, SW pulses and some knee to waist high, short interval NW wind swell.

Wednesday
2013-08-07 Wed 04:31 AM -0.10 feet Low Tide
2013-08-07 Wed 06:10 AM Sunrise
2013-08-07 Wed 06:58 AM Moonrise
2013-08-07 Wed 10:51 AM 4.43 feet High Tide
2013-08-07 Wed 04:10 PM 1.75 feet Low Tide
2013-08-07 Wed 07:48 PM Sunset
2013-08-07 Wed 08:05 PM Moonset
2013-08-07 Wed 10:12 PM 5.71 feet High Tide

The conditions look about the same with variable winds in the 2-3 MPH zone until 10 and 10-13 MPH winds in the afternoon. The air temp will top out at 70 degrees.
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Thursday morning should see a small bump in size out of the SW from a 200-205 degree angle. The exposed South facing beaches should see waist high plus sets.

There looks to be continued knee to waist high wind swell energy out of the NW from a 300 degree angle.
Thursday
2013-08-08 Thu 04:57 AM 0.05 feet Low Tide
2013-08-08 Thu 06:10 AM Sunrise
2013-08-08 Thu 07:54 AM Moonrise
2013-08-08 Thu 11:17 AM 4.57 feet High Tide
2013-08-08 Thu 04:46 PM 1.68 feet Low Tide
2013-08-08 Thu 07:47 PM Sunset
2013-08-08 Thu 08:38 PM Moonset
2013-08-08 Thu 10:46 PM 5.43 feet High Tide

The conditions look tolerable with West winds in the 1-5 MPH zone until 10 and 10-13 MPH winds in the afternoon. The air temp will top out at 68 degrees.
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Friday morning looks similar as the SW energy continues to produce waist high plus sets. There’s also a good chance of seeing a slight bump in for the West facing breaks as the wind swell gets up into the waist high plus zone.

Friday
2013-08-09 Fri 05:23 AM 0.29 feet Low Tide
2013-08-09 Fri 06:11 AM Sunrise
2013-08-09 Fri 08:51 AM Moonrise
2013-08-09 Fri 11:45 AM 4.69 feet High Tide
2013-08-09 Fri 05:27 PM 1.64 feet Low Tide
2013-08-09 Fri 07:46 PM Sunset
2013-08-09 Fri 09:11 PM Moonset
2013-08-09 Fri 11:22 PM 5.03 feet High Tide

The conditions look tolerable with West winds in the 1-5 MPH zone until 10 and 10-12 MPH winds in the afternoon. The air temp will top out at 68 degrees.
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The current water temps Newport 63 degrees, Huntington 64 degrees, the South Bay showed as 66 degrees, Santa Monica 64 degrees and Malibu 64 degrees.
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I’ll be back on Tuesday with the 5DAY 4CAST!/strong>
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