| Change from yesterday: | Similar in size |
| Change from last report: | The increased offshore wind is beating down the surf |
| Report of the Day: | 2 |
| Time of Report: | 9:20 am |
| Current Wave Size: | 1 foot. Still occasionally a little bigger... but getting beaten down |
| Surface Conditions: | windblown |
| Form: | only fair |
| Form Direction: | better as the wind is offshore but worse as it's becoming increasingly windblown |
| Wind Direction: | SW |
| Wind Speed: | 13-17+ knots |
| Wind direction/speed for Florida: | Click Here |
| Today's High Tide: | 12:17 pm |
| Today's Low Tide: | 6:10 am and again at 6:16 pm |
| Additional Tide Info/Predictions: | Click Here |
| Water Temperature: | 74° |
| Air Temperature: | 71 (...real early it is/was we do not measure air tempuratures throughout the day) ° |
| Weather: | Partly Cloudy with some sun |
| Local Radar Link: | Click Here |
| Wave Size (in body height): | Knee high |
| Largest Wave: | thigh high |
| Surf is on the increase or decrease: | decrease |
| WindSwell / GroundSwell / Combo: | mostly windswell at this point |
| Additional Form Info: | windblown |
| Swell Direction: | SE |
| Estimated Angle: | 105 |
| Secondary Swell Direction: | some misc. south mix |
| Current: | moderate, from the S |
| Water Clarity: | fair |
| Critters?: | no new reports |
| Swell Interval: | short and close together windwaves |
| Hard to Paddle Out? | 1 on the 1-5 scale
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| Surf Station Surf Factor: Click here for the Surf Station Surf Factor | 1.50 |
| 6 Hour Forecast: | The increased offshore wind will blow the surf smaller as the day goes on. The early morning thigh high peaks will become knee high or less by the end of the day. |
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Comments:
6:45 am ... Not looking any bigger or better. Sectiony lumpy small scale south swell mostly around knee to thigh high is what it looks like at the dead low tide real early. The wind is SSW sideoffshore (check the wind here). The local buoy is reading around 4.3 feet at 6 seconds, changed from yesterdays 3.3 feet at 5 seconds. The marine forecast calls for strong SW winds today. 7:45 am... Early morning surf and beach photos are up in box #1 and you can see it's small overall. Mushy leftover ESE to SE lines and short peaks. the tide is starting to push in so we could see some improvement as the morning goes on...
9:25 am.... The projected increased offshore wind is starting to happen. Stronger and gustier SSW turning to SW wind. This is already beating down the surf, even with incoming tide. Becoming more and more windblown and thus the surf is looking smaller. Oh gosh is it going to blow it flat?
Ryan R. will be here next with your Mid Day or Early Afternoon report. He's going to take over the reports for the rest of the day, and Kristina will be here for your dawn patrol report super early tomorrow morning...
misc... Speaking to Tom K. in the shop yesterday and he and his wife are going to help out in Jacksonville this weekend to the They Will Surf Again - Surf Clinic. Here is a link to the website of the Life Rolls On Foundation if you want to check it out. And here a link to the sign up form if you want to join in.
*Plug! An amazing batch of Simon Andersons are in! All the way from Australia!*
* New Channel Islands Surfboards by Al Merrick just arrived including new Biscuits, Fishcuits, and deep concaved T-Knox models!* * On the Surf Forecast and Letters page: The Crescent Beach Challenge is coming up is our 'letter of the Day'. Below Dean's surf forecast
* Inside the messageboard: Some photos from a Nicaragua trip are up in the in the Photo Gallery section...
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The Surf Station Surf Forecast:
2-Day Wind/Wave Discussion (5/09/08): Small-scale surf Thursday into Friday morning, followed by a west-wind beat-down leading into the weekend. Here is the NWS marine discussion: THU-SUN...RIDGE AXIS IS FCST TO SLIP SOUTH OF THE WATERS BY LATE WEEK. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF OFFSHORE FLOW IS FCST TO BEGIN FRI AND CONTINUE THRU THE WEEKEND. SEA BREEZE (may not) DEVELOP LATE FRI AFTERNOON (but could develop) SAT AFTN. Just in: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE AREA TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH BY MIDDAY (hammering the small swell down). For details on the small scale work week swell, followed by a hot offshore west wind beat-down to near flat for the weekend, please see the 5-Day Forecast. -Dean |
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| Quote of the Day: | Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.
Ogden Nash
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| One year ago today: | 4 to 5, semi glassy. Seriously, if you didn't make this day, you don't want to see this......Click here for photos of 05/09/07 |
| Report given by: | T. Strange, Riphound |
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Additional Surf Forecasts: |
| Long term surf forecast link: Click Here |
| Movie version of above: Click Here |
| Another movie version, with wind data added (Goes out 7 days!): Click Here |
| The Surf Station's 5 Day Surf Forecast: Click Here |
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