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Sunday 5/18/25 Dawn Patrol

Sunday 5/18/25 Mid Morning

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Report Overview

Report Title:

Sunday 5/18/25 Mid Morning

Reporter:

Tory Strange

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

Maybe a touch smaller

Change From Last Report:

Winds are W at mid morning

Current Wave Size:

1/2 a foot to 1 foot

Surface Conditions:

Glassy

Surf Station Surf Factor:

2.00

2.00 (on a 1-10 scale)
Comments: Worth it if you have nothing else going on.

Surf Reporters 6 Hour Forecast:

West southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east southeast 10 to 15 knots this afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late this afternoon, mainly over the Georgia waters. Waves shin to possibly up to knee high

Dean's Long Range Forecast:

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Swell Info

Form:

Good, just small scale

Wave Size In Body Height:

Shin high

Largest Wave:

Maybe knee high

Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:

still decreasing

Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:

Not much swell to speak of

Swell Direction:

ESE

Current:

Not seeing much early

Swell Interval:

8 seconds

Hard To Paddle Out:

1 (1-5 scale)

Wind Info

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Tides

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Temperature, Critters, & More

Water Temperature:

77.4

Water Clarity:

Fair

Critters:

No new reports

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Local Radar:

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Surf Report Comments

Sunday, May 18

Reporter: Darbs

Surf Reports comments:

6:45 am: The waves are looking pretty similar in size compared to yesterday morning, with waves in the 1/2 a foot to occasionally 1 foot range. Surface conditions are glassy with the wind W @ around 7 mph early. Our marine forecast is calling for increased SW winds throughout the day. On the local buoy, the early morning reading is 1.6 feet at 8 seconds, the same as yesterday morning’s 1.6 feet at 8 seconds. You can see the ocean live on our cams page here.

Reporter: T. Strange

10:30 am: New mid morning photos are up in box #2 and you can see we a super glassy ocean for your Sunday mid morning. Quite small waves overall with only shin to maybe a lower knee high waves. Clean and glassy though, and it’s good to be out there.…..

Left up from yesterday…

6:30 pm: Evening note: After Darby’s good surf photos in box# 2 … for our evening post. the wind turned onshore and it’s small, so instead of showing that, we are posting some more phtos from this morning, in box #3. It as a great day at the 40th Annual Hugh Shaw Memorial Longboard Classic!’

For this evening… you can see the ocean live on our cams page here all the way until dark tonight. .

We will be back tomorrow with a fresh update….. over and out..

Here is a link to Dean’s 7-Day Surf Station Surf Forecast. 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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