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Thursday 1/26/23 Dawn Patrol

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Report Overview

Report Title:

Thursday 1/26/23 Afternoon

Reporter:

Tory Strange

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

A little smaller (morning to morning comparison)

Change From Last Report:

The wind contines offshore

Current Wave Size:

1/2 a foot to 1 foot. Possibly a 1.5 foot set wave left

Surface Conditions:

semi-glassy to glassy

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:

Wave size back to the the knee high range as the swell drops with the offshore wind. Cooler today

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Swell Info

Form:

good

Wave Size In Body Height:

shin to knee high

Largest Wave:

possibly a few thigh high waves left

Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:

decrease

Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:

windswell

Swell Direction:

mostly SE

Current:

slight, from the S

Swell Interval:

Less consistent

Hard To Paddle Out:

1.5

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:

Water Clarity:

Fair

Critters:

no new reports overnight

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Surf Report Comments

Thursday 1/26/23

Reporter: T. Strange

6:55 am: The waves have dropped overnight. Wave size down to around 1/2 a foot to 1 foot. Possibly still a 1.5 foot set wave. It’s glassy this morning with good for as the wind is offshore NW early. The local marine forecast calling for brisk NW winds early today, then lighening up some later in the day. On the local buoy our early morning wave height measurement is 3.0 feet at 4 seconds down in size from yesterdays 4.3 feet at 5 seconds. You can see the ocean live here on our north side pier cam.

7:30 am: Early morning photos are up in box #1 and you can see it’s glassy with some small scale lines for your Thursday. The swell has dropped some overnight, but it’s cleaner. Wave mostly around knee high but caught one slightly larger set waves in the photos. It was a reeling right! I do not know how long those larger set waves will stick around. The offshore wind is beating the swell down.

3:35 pm: Early morning photos are up in box #2 and you can see there are small lines. The photos are from 15th Street around 10:45 am in the front of the slide show and 3rd Street around 3:30 pm in the back and of the slide show. Weak, small, and clean. It looks smaller this afternoon then at mid morning…

Left up from last night: .

Reporter: T. Strange

6:15 pm: Evening Note: Just got back in town, forgot my camera, so I did the surf report with my IPhone and posted it on the surf report instagram. There are better waves this evening! Here is a pic from there, and if you scroll there is a short video clip with Matt O commentary. Yes there is better surf as the wind is closing offshore (slowly but surely) so the above text data surf factor from earlier is off, as I would give at least a 3.5 for the north side surf session this evening. Part to the reason is the water is not cold this evening!

And on that positive note.. outta here.. we will be back early with with a fresh update.. over and out..

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