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Sunday 5/18/25 Dawn Patrol

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Saturday 5/17/25 Evening

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Report Overview

Report Title:

Sunday 5/18/25 Dawn Patrol

Reporter:

Darby Moore

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

Maybe a touch smaller

Change From Last Report:

Winds are W again

Current Wave Size:

1/2 a foot to 1 foot

Surface Conditions:

Glassy

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:

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.

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:

Pretty bottomed out

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

Wind Direction, Speed, & Air Temp:

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Tides

Today's Tide Data:

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Temperature, Critters, & More

Water Temperature:

77.4

Water Clarity:

Fair

Critters:

No new reports

St. Augustine Weather Station:

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Local Radar:

Wunderground Wundermap Radar

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.

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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