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Saturday 1/18/25 Dawn Patrol

Saturday 1/18/25 Late Morning

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Report Overview

Report Title:

Saturday 1/18/25 Late Morning

Reporter:

Tory Strange

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

Smaller in size

Change From Last Report:

The wind is picking up a little SSW

Current Wave Size:

.5 foot to 1 foot

Surface Conditions:

sem-clean

Surf Station Surf Factor:

1.75

1.75 (on a 1-10 scale)
Comments: It’s ridable, not real good though.

Surf Reporters 6 Hour Forecast:

Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. An increase in our swell from the south is likely later today or tonight

Dean's Long Range Forecast:

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Swell Info

Form:

Fair

Wave Size In Body Height:

Shin to knee high

Largest Wave:

Maybe a thigh high set

Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:

a slight increase

Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:

suck up S swell starting to form

Swell Direction:

ESE

Current:

may come up S

Swell Interval:

4 seconds

Hard To Paddle Out:

1.5 (1-5 scale)

Wind Info

Wind Direction, Speed, & Air Temp:

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Wind Direction / Speed For Florida:

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Tides

Today's Tide Data:

Tomorrow's Tide Data:

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Temperature, Critters, & More

Water Temperature:

Water Clarity:

Good

Critters:

lots of dolphins in the line up!

St. Augustine Weather Station:

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Local Radar:

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Surf Report Comments

Saturday, January 18th

Reporter: Darby

Surf Reports comments:

7:15 am: It’s looking a touch smaller than yesterday, with waves in the half a foot to maybe 1 foot range. It’s dark and gloomy out early, making it a little difficult to see the waves. Conditions are clean, with our local winds currently blowing out of the N @ less than 1 knot, near dead calm early. Our marine forecast is calling for those winds to increase out of the SW throughout the afternoon with rain likely this morning and throughout the day. Our current wave heigh reading is 1.6 feet @ 4 seconds on the local buoy offshore, a shorter period reading than yesterday’s 1.6 feet @ 10 seconds. You can see the ocean live by viewing The Surf Station Cam Page here.

Reporter: T. Strange

11:30 am: New mid to late morning photos are up box #2 with some changes starting to happen at the beach. Is there a little bit of south swell to come up? Goodness there is swell offshore, see the East Canaveral Buoy here. Will some of it work it’s way in here? We will see…

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Dean is calling for more cold weather to start next week, followed by somewhat “milder” (near normal) temperatures and a multi-day swell starting around mid-week in the Surf Station Surf Forecast .

Here is a good link to track near-shore wave height/period/direction and water temperature just off the NE Florida coast: the Fernandina Beach buoy. Located upstream (to the north) and closer to the coast than the St. Augustine buoy, it’s a good indicator of fluctuations in NE Florida surf conditions influenced by winter cold fronts. Here is an overview of a large-scale, real-time wind map to track the shifting winds associated with the fronts and lows that produce our waves.

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