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Today’s Slideshow is courtesy of Jeff Bell – The South Bay Archives – If you see a shot you like contact Jeff directly at [email protected]
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURF FORECAST UPDATED 2-7-14
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lo res white sharkIf you haven’t seen the Video of the Great White Shark encounter, at El Porto, from 10-16-13
Check it out!
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Saturday morning should be okay with waist high plus surf for the best West facing breaks.

Saturday
2014-02-08 Sat 01:58 AM Moonset
2014-02-08 Sat 04:37 AM 4.80 feet High Tide
2014-02-08 Sat 06:45 AM Sunrise
2014-02-08 Sat 12:15 PM 0.37 feet Low Tide
2014-02-08 Sat 12:33 PM Moonrise
2014-02-08 Sat 05:31 PM Sunset
2014-02-08 Sat 06:55 PM 3.23 feet High Tide
2014-02-08 Sat 11:16 PM 2.34 feet Low Tide

The conditions look decent early with light and variable breezes in the 1-5 MPH zone until 11AM and then 10-13 MPH out of the West in the afternoon. The air temp tops out at 62 degrees.
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Sunday morning should go waist high plus at the exposed West facing breaks with 8-10 second interval swell continuing from a 285 degree angle.

Sunday
2014-02-09 Sun 02:48 AM Moonset
2014-02-09 Sun 05:35 AM 4.96 feet High Tide
2014-02-09 Sun 06:44 AM Sunrise
2014-02-09 Sun 01:00 PM 0.05 feet Low Tide
2014-02-09 Sun 01:20 PM Moonrise
2014-02-09 Sun 05:32 PM Sunset
2014-02-09 Sun 07:35 PM 3.48 feet High Tide

The conditions look okay with light and variable breezes in the 2-5 MPH zone until 11AM and then 10-12 MPH out of the West in the afternoon. The air temp tops out at 64 degrees.
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For Monday morning we’ll see a similar scenario with a slight boost in wind swell. The best spots should go waist to chest high. The tide starts off a bit high at 6:21AM but recedes quickly after that.

Monday
2014-02-10 Mon 12:12 AM 2.21 feet Low Tide
2014-02-10 Mon 03:36 AM Moonset
2014-02-10 Mon 06:21 AM 5.15 feet High Tide
2014-02-10 Mon 06:43 AM Sunrise
2014-02-10 Mon 01:35 PM -0.18 feet Low Tide
2014-02-10 Mon 02:10 PM Moonrise
2014-02-10 Mon 05:33 PM Sunset
2014-02-10 Mon 08:04 PM 3.67 feet High Tide

The conditions should be fair with variable winds in the 1-6 MPH range until 1PM and 8-10 MPH in the afternoon. The air temp tops out at 67 degrees.
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For Tuesday morning we’ll dip back into the waist high plus range with 8-10 second interval energy out of the NW.

Tuesday
2014-02-11 Tue 12:54 AM 2.01 feet Low Tide
2014-02-11 Tue 04:19 AM Moonset
2014-02-11 Tue 06:42 AM Sunrise
2014-02-11 Tue 06:59 AM 5.32 feet High Tide
2014-02-11 Tue 02:04 PM -0.32 feet Low Tide
2014-02-11 Tue 03:02 PM Moonrise
2014-02-11 Tue 05:34 PM Sunset
2014-02-11 Tue 08:29 PM 3.83 feet High Tide

The conditions look good with 3-6 MPH winds out of NE/NNE until 11AM and 10-12 MPH Westerly breezes until Sundown. The air temp dips down to 71 degrees.
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The current water temps Newport 58 degrees, Huntington 59 degrees, the South Bay showed as 59 degrees, Santa Monica 59 degrees and Malibu 58 degrees.
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I’ll be back on Sunday with the next update!
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