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SURF FORECAST UPDATED 1-6-13
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Monday morning should have a little size with overhead sets for the top West facing breaks as the new NW swell starts to hit stride. This energy will move down the line from a favorable angle of 290-33 degrees with 14-16 second intervals. The winds look a bit unstable so I’d check the cams before doing any extensive driving.

Monday
2013-01-07 Mon 02:31 AM Moonrise
2013-01-07 Mon 04:56 AM 5.75 feet High Tide
2013-01-07 Mon 07:00 AM Sunrise
2013-01-07 Mon 12:20 PM -0.13 feet Low Tide
2013-01-07 Mon 01:12 PM Moonset
2013-01-07 Mon 05:01 PM Sunset
2013-01-07 Mon 06:38 PM 3.35 feet High Tide
2013-01-07 Mon 11:13 PM 1.92 feet Low Tide

The conditions look mediocre at best with winds out of the West in the 5-15 MPH zone all day long. We’ll see an air temp of 67 degrees.
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On Tuesday morning the ground swell will back down, but still be able to dish up some chest to shoulder high sets for the top spots. We should see some locally brewed wind swell jump into the mix, so hopefully, the beach breaks will have some decent peaks. High morning tides will remain in play so expect a slow start to the morning.

Tuesday
2013-01-08 Tue 03:38 AM Moonrise
2013-01-08 Tue 05:49 AM 6.24 feet High Tide
2013-01-08 Tue 07:00 AM Sunrise
2013-01-08 Tue 01:08 PM -0.82 feet Low Tide
2013-01-08 Tue 02:07 PM Moonset
2013-01-08 Tue 05:01 PM Sunset
2013-01-08 Tue 07:31 PM 3.68 feet High Tide

The conditions look to bounce back with NE/NNE winds in the 2-7 MPH zone until 11:00AM and relatively calm breezes out of the West in the afternoon. We’ll see an air temp of 66 degrees.
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Wednesday morning will be smaller and less consistent with waist to chest high sets. We’ll have a suffocating high tide of 6.65 feet right around first light but that will recede quickly through the morning.

Wednesday
2013-01-09 Wed 12:12 AM 1.82 feet Low Tide
2013-01-09 Wed 04:44 AM Moonrise
2013-01-09 Wed 06:38 AM 6.65 feet High Tide
2013-01-09 Wed 07:00 AM Sunrise
2013-01-09 Wed 01:53 PM -1.33 feet Low Tide
2013-01-09 Wed 03:08 PM Moonset
2013-01-09 Wed 05:02 PM Sunset
2013-01-09 Wed 08:17 PM 3.99 feet High Tide

The conditions look pretty good early with winds out of the NE/NNE in the 2-5 MPH zone until 11:00AM and 4-7 MPH out of the West in the afternoon. We’ll see an air temp of 63 degrees.
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For Thursday morning things will start off with waist high plus sets for the better West facing beaches and we’ll see some fresh, shorter interval wind swell move in through throughout the day. The most exposed West facing beaches should go head high to overhead by mid to late morning, (hopefully it shows even earlier).

Thursday
2013-01-10 Thu 01:06 AM 1.65 feet Low Tide
2013-01-10 Thu 05:44 AM Moonrise
2013-01-10 Thu 07:00 AM Sunrise
2013-01-10 Thu 07:26 AM 6.91 feet High Tide
2013-01-10 Thu 02:36 PM -1.63 feet Low Tide
2013-01-10 Thu 04:15 PM Moonset
2013-01-10 Thu 05:03 PM Sunset
2013-01-10 Thu 09:00 PM 4.25 feet High Tide

The conditions look to be fair in the early AM with variable winds in the 1-4 MPH zone at first light and stiff 10-25 MPH breezes out of the West until dark. We’ll see an air temp of 57 degrees.
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The current water temps are as follows – Newport 56 degrees, Huntington 54 degrees, the South Bay showed as 55 degrees, Santa Monica 57 degrees and Malibu 56 degrees.
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I’ll be back on Monday with the next update.
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