Today’s Slideshow is courtesy of MD – El Porto during better times
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SURF FORECAST UPDATED 1-17-13
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Todays water temps have Huntington clocking in at 49 degrees!!! Colder than San Fransisco… be careful, you may find some Polar Bears and Penguins swimming around out there!

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For Friday morning, (don’t shoot the messenger), things will remain on the small side with knee high sets for the better West facing beaches. The tides look favorable for the morning session, but there’s just not much swell out there.

Friday
2013-01-18 Fri 02:20 AM 4.61 feet High Tide
2013-01-18 Fri 06:58 AM Sunrise
2013-01-18 Fri 09:29 AM 1.63 feet Low Tide
2013-01-18 Fri 11:02 AM Moonrise
2013-01-18 Fri 03:02 PM 2.82 feet High Tide
2013-01-18 Fri 03:45 PM First Quarter
2013-01-18 Fri 05:11 PM Sunset
2013-01-18 Fri 08:12 PM 1.82 feet Low Tide

The conditions look to be excellent in the AM with NE/NNE winds in the 6-12 MPH zone until around noon and 5-8 MPH breezes out of the West until dark. We’ll see an air temp of 60 degrees.
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For Saturday morning things will start out on the slow side again with continued, knee high plus surf through the prime morning hours, but the good news is that some fresh, long interval, (really long interval, 22-24 seconds), NW swell will start to show mid day and fill in completely for Sunday morning. The Best West facing breaks will see head high plus sets by Sundown from a Westerly 290-300 degree angle.

Saturday
2013-01-19 Sat 12:40 AM Moonset
2013-01-19 Sat 03:23 AM 4.65 feet High Tide
2013-01-19 Sat 06:57 AM Sunrise
2013-01-19 Sat 11:04 AM 1.24 feet Low Tide
2013-01-19 Sat 11:37 AM Moonrise
2013-01-19 Sat 05:12 PM Sunset
2013-01-19 Sat 05:13 PM 2.74 feet High Tide
2013-01-19 Sat 09:21 PM 2.21 feet Low Tide

The conditions look to be excellent in the AM with NE/NNE winds in the 6-12 MPH zone until around noon and 3-6 MPH breezes out of the West until dark. We’ll see an air temp of 73 degrees.
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For Sunday morning we should actually see some thumping lines in the head high to a few feet overhead zone for the better West facing breaks. Due to the long intervals, 20+ seconds, and Westerly direction, I doubt that the beach breaks will cough up much shape so you may have to go elbow to elbow at the points and reefs to scratch up some decent waves, (hopefully not, but that seems to be par for the course as of late). The gets pretty low around noon so I’d get on it early!

Sunday
2013-01-20 Sun 01:35 AM Moonset
2013-01-20 Sun 04:23 AM 4.77 feet High Tide
2013-01-20 Sun 06:57 AM Sunrise
2013-01-20 Sun 12:08 PM 0.77 feet Low Tide
2013-01-20 Sun 12:16 PM Moonrise
2013-01-20 Sun 05:13 PM Sunset
2013-01-20 Sun 06:40 PM 2.95 feet High Tide
2013-01-20 Sun 10:37 PM 2.40 feet Low Tide

The conditions look to be excellent in the AM with NE/NNE winds in the 9-11 MPH zone until around noon and 4-6 MPH breezes out of the West until dark. We’ll see an air temp of 74 degrees.
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On Monday morning we’ll continue to see that ground swell pulse in out of the West. The better West facing breaks should dish up shoulder to head high plus sets.

Monday
2013-01-21 Mon 02:20 AM Moonset
2013-01-21 Mon 05:22 AM 5.35 feet High Tide
2013-01-21 Mon 06:49 AM Sunrise
2013-01-21 Mon 12:50 PM 0.37 feet Low Tide
2013-01-21 Mon 12:55 PM Moonrise
2013-01-21 Mon 05:11 PM Sunset
2013-01-21 Mon 07:17 PM 3.42 feet High Tide
2013-01-21 Mon 11:42 PM 2.36 feet Low Tide

The conditions look fantastic with winds out of the NE in the 7-11 MPH until noon and 4-10 MPH breezes out of the West until dark. We’ll see another warm, sunny day, the the air temp hitting 75 degrees on the sand.
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On Tuesday morning the “open for business” sign will remain perched on the window sill. The exposed breaks will see inconsistent sets in the chest to shoulder high plus zone. High morning tides will undoubtedly have an impact on the early bird, but it will drain out quickly through the morning.

Tuesday
2013-01-22 Tue 03:12 AM Moonset
2013-01-22 Tue 06:08 AM 5.62 feet High Tide
2013-01-22 Tue 06:48 AM Sunrise
2013-01-22 Tue 01:27 PM -0.04 feet Low Tide
2013-01-22 Tue 01:40 PM Moonrise
2013-01-22 Tue 05:12 PM Sunset
2013-01-22 Tue 07:53 PM 3.68 feet High Tide

The conditions look fair with winds out of the N/NNE in the 3-9 MPH zone until noon with afternoon on shores clocking in at 6-12 MPH.. We’ll see a slight cool down with a high air temp 70 degrees.
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The current water temps are as follows – Newport 51 degrees, Huntington 49 degrees, the South Bay showed as 54 degrees, Santa Monica 54 degrees and Malibu 53 degrees.
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I’ll be back on Friday with the next update.
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