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The largest swell to hit the South Bay so far (for the 2015-16 season) made it’s arrival on Saturday December 5th. Surfers Matt Mohagen, Tyler Hatzikian, Noah Collins, Jake Kirchenbaum, Greg Browning, Flavio Pires, Scott Smith and others scored a few gems. Video courtesy of Brad Jacobson
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURF FORECAST UPDATED 12-9-15
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For Thursdaymorning will be a bit smaller but the West facing breaks will continue to produce shoulder to head high plus waves with a few larger sets sneaking in.

At 07:52 AM We’ll see a 6.07 feet High Tide.

Thursday
2015-12-10 Thu 01:35 AM 1.95 feet Low Tide
2015-12-10 Thu 05:54 AM Moonrise
2015-12-10 Thu 06:48 AM Sunrise
2015-12-10 Thu 07:52 AM 6.07 feet High Tide
2015-12-10 Thu 03:00 PM -0.47 feet Low Tide
2015-12-10 Thu 04:38 PM Moonset
2015-12-10 Thu 04:44 PM Sunset
2015-12-10 Thu 09:21 PM 3.90 feet High Tide

The conditions should be okay early with variable breezes out of the SE/SSE in the 1-4 MPH range until noon and then 4-8 MPH out of the West for a couple hours before strong onshores whip up and continue into Friday. The air temp dips to 65 degrees and there’s a 10% chance of rain.
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For Fridaymorning we’ll see a combination of short interval wind swell and some fresh, potent NW ground swell in the OH to DOH range for the better West facing breaks. Unfortunately we’re anticipating “Victory at Sea” conditions all day long.

Friday
2015-12-11 Fri 02:07 AM 2.02 feet Low Tide
2015-12-11 Fri 02:29 AM New Moon
2015-12-11 Fri 06:49 AM Sunrise
2015-12-11 Fri 06:49 AM Moonrise
2015-12-11 Fri 08:24 AM 6.16 feet High Tide
2015-12-11 Fri 03:34 PM -0.62 feet Low Tide
2015-12-11 Fri 04:45 PM Sunset
2015-12-11 Fri 05:27 PM Moonset
2015-12-11 Fri 09:59 PM 3.91 feet High Tide

The conditions look to be poor with double digit howling, onshore winds in the 10-20+ MPH range all day long. Expect junky, mixed up, jumbled surf with tons of energy. The air temp dips to 64 degrees and there’s a 10% chance of rain.
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For Saturdaymorning will be a bit smaller but the West facing breaks will continue to produce OH to DOH surf for the top spots. The conditions will clean up a bit but will likely still be a little messy.

Saturday
2015-12-12 Sat 02:42 AM 2.10 feet Low Tide
2015-12-12 Sat 06:49 AM Sunrise
2015-12-12 Sat 07:42 AM Moonrise
2015-12-12 Sat 08:57 AM 6.15 feet High Tide
2015-12-12 Sat 04:11 PM -0.67 feet Low Tide
2015-12-12 Sat 04:45 PM Sunset
2015-12-12 Sat 06:21 PM Moonset
2015-12-12 Sat 10:40 PM 3.91 feet High Tide

The conditions are leaning toward mediocrity with N/NW breezes in the 3-10 MPH range all day long. The air temp bumps up to 67 degrees.
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For Sundaymorning things should be much cleaner and the surf looks much more manageable. We’ll still see Head high to well OH sets for the better West facing breaks.

Sunday
2015-12-13 Sun 03:20 AM 2.21 feet Low Tide
2015-12-13 Sun 06:50 AM Sunrise
2015-12-13 Sun 08:33 AM Moonrise
2015-12-13 Sun 09:33 AM 6.03 feet High Tide
2015-12-13 Sun 04:45 PM Sunset
2015-12-13 Sun 04:50 PM -0.60 feet Low Tide
2015-12-13 Sun 07:18 PM Moonset
2015-12-13 Sun 11:25 PM 3.91 feet High Tide

The conditions look much cleaner variable breezes out of the East at 3-6 MPH until noon and a mild 5-8 MPH out of the West in the afternoon. The air temp dips to 65 degrees and there’s 40% chance of rain.
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The current water temps Newport 64 degrees, Huntington 62 degrees, the South Bay showed as 64 degrees, Santa Monica 64 degrees and Malibu 64 degrees.
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I’ll be back on Thursday with the latest scoop!
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