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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURF FORECAST UPDATED 2-21-14
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Saturday morning we’ll dip into waist high plus zone for the better West facing beaches. It’ll be nice and clean but the swell will continue to drop through the day.

Saturday
2014-02-22 Sat 12:24 AM Moonrise
2014-02-22 Sat 01:55 AM 4.66 feet High Tide
2014-02-22 Sat 06:30 AM Sunrise
2014-02-22 Sat 09:16 AM Last Quarter
2014-02-22 Sat 09:46 AM 0.87 feet Low Tide
2014-02-22 Sat 11:06 AM Moonset
2014-02-22 Sat 04:15 PM 2.68 feet High Tide
2014-02-22 Sat 05:44 PM Sunset
2014-02-22 Sat 08:05 PM 2.27 feet Low Tide

The conditions should be fair with light and variable winds in the 1-3 MPH range until 11AM and 8-10 MPH in the afternoon. The air temp tops out at 67 degrees.
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For Sunday morning we’re looking at continued small surf in the knee to waist high range.

Sunday
2014-02-23 Sun 01:24 AM Moonrise
2014-02-23 Sun 03:16 AM 4.83 feet High Tide
2014-02-23 Sun 06:29 AM Sunrise
2014-02-23 Sun 11:05 AM 0.34 feet Low Tide
2014-02-23 Sun 11:59 AM Moonset
2014-02-23 Sun 05:45 PM Sunset
2014-02-23 Sun 05:46 PM 3.02 feet High Tide
2014-02-23 Sun 09:55 PM 2.31 feet Low Tide

The conditions should be pretty good again with variable winds out of the East in the 2-5 MPH range until 11AM and 6-9 MPH in the afternoon. The air temp drops down to 65 degrees.
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Monday morning looks pretty feeble with small, long interval, (14-16 seconds), surf limping in from the NW, (from a 300 degree angle), and putting the most exposed West facing breaks in the waist high plus zone.

Monday
2014-02-24 Mon 02:23 AM Moonrise
2014-02-24 Mon 04:33 AM 5.18 feet High Tide
2014-02-24 Mon 06:28 AM Sunrise
2014-02-24 Mon 12:02 PM -0.24 feet Low Tide
2014-02-24 Mon 12:59 PM Moonset
2014-02-24 Mon 05:46 PM Sunset
2014-02-24 Mon 06:35 PM 3.46 feet High Tide
2014-02-24 Mon 11:18 PM 2.02 feet Low Tide

The conditions look fair early with variable 1-3 MPH breezes until 11AM and 6-9 MPH out of the West in the afternoon. The air temp tops out at 65 degrees.
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Tuesday morning looks pretty small again with continued, tiny, 14-16 second interval swell for the best West facing breaks. That will result in inconsistent waist high plus sets. Looks like a real snoozer!

Tuesday
2014-02-25 Tue 03:18 AM Moonrise
2014-02-25 Tue 05:37 AM 5.60 feet High Tide
2014-02-25 Tue 06:27 AM Sunrise
2014-02-25 Tue 12:48 PM -0.72 feet Low Tide
2014-02-25 Tue 02:04 PM Moonset
2014-02-25 Tue 05:47 PM Sunset
2014-02-25 Tue 07:14 PM 3.93 feet High Tide

The conditions look okay with variable breezes out of the East in the 4-6 MPH range until 11AM and mild winds out of the West in the afternoon. The air temp tops out at 66 degrees.
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The current water temps Newport 60 degrees, Huntington 60 degrees, the South Bay showed as 60 degrees, Santa Monica 61 degrees and Malibu 58 degrees.
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I’ll be back on Sunday with the next update!
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