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Friday 4/18/25 Dawn Patrol

Friday 4/18/25 Afternoon

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Swell Info
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Report Overview

Report Title:

Friday 4/18/25 Afternoon

Reporter:

Tory Strange

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

Similar in size

Change From Last Report:

onshore winds continuing

Current Wave Size:

1/2 a foot to 1 foot , occasionally a tad bigger

Surface Conditions:

semi-choppy to choppy

Surf Station Surf Factor:

1.5

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

Surf Reporters 6 Hour Forecast:

Small surf continuing with onshore winds and choppy conditions. Wave size around knee high with only a hope for an increase

Dean's Long Range Forecast:

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Swell Info

Form:

only fair at best

Wave Size In Body Height:

shin to knee high

Largest Wave:

Knee high plus; we will have to see if there is a thigh high wave later today

Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:

up and down with the lulls and surges of the swell

Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:

NE to E windswell

Swell Direction:

NE to E

Current:

not much

Swell Interval:

4 seconds on the local buoy

Hard To Paddle Out:

2 (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:

71.6

Water Clarity:

Good

Critters:

No new reports

St. Augustine Weather Station:

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Local Radar:

Wunderground Wundermap Radar

Surf Report Comments

Friday, April 18

Reporter: T. Strange

Surf Reports comments:

6:45 am: Good Friday morning! The wind remained onshore overnight. It didn’t build the surf much just yet, although the local buoy is inching upward a tad in close period easterly swell. Wave size 1/2 a foot to 1 foot on the first early morning look and call. The wind is E/SE @ 9-12 mph creating semi-choppy conditions. The marine forecast calls for the wind to be SE today. On the local buoy, the early morning reading is 2.3 feet at 4 seconds, up a tad from yesterdays 1.3 feet at 6 seconds. Upstream in our ESE swell window, the Canaveral East buoy is showing an east wind swell approaching 4 feet at 6 seconds. You can see the ocean live by checking the surf station cams for a live look.

7:20 am: Early morning photos are up in box #1 and you can see we have choppy small scale waves for your Friday. Onshore winds and small overall with waves shin to knee high, not seeing anything much bigger than that, as of report time. As the wind continues to blow onshore we could see some thigh high peaks as the swell comes up some….

1:00 pm: New mid morning and mid day photos are up in box #2 and you can see the surf has not come up much since earlier today. And the not good news is the local buoy has not increased at all, in fact decreased in wave height measurements. So look for very small choppy surf for the afternoon and likely into the evening as well. The good news is, it’s a great day at the beach, with bright sunny blue clear skies and the sunshine is slowly warming the water up….

Here is a link to Dean’s 7-Day Surf Station Surf Forecast. Check out his forecast for an increase in longer period swell early next week. 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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