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7:30 am:  Early morning photos are up in box #1 and you can see there are some choppy peaks and lines for your Friday.  Sort of junky looking and overall somewhat like yesterday .  We had some surges in the swell at times yesterday.   So the swell could seem larger at times.  Overall the waves are in the thigh to rib high range with onshore winds on top

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2:30 pm:  Our first Tropical Storm of the season is born!  As of 1 p.m. CDT Friday, Tropical Storm Arlene was located about 265 miles west of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, with sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving to the south at 5 mph.  it’s not affecting ht waves here. Our waves are from the NE wind combined with a troff of low pressure N of the Bahamas ….and it’s quite choppy this afternoon @ 1-2+ feet, with brisk onshore wind.  See photos in box #2https://www.surf-station.com/report/2023/06/02/14/1010322/

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Here is the overview wind map, and here is the    Map centered on St. Augustine. Click.on the link, then zoom out to see wind speed/direction and the fetch that generates our waves. Here is the weekly weather forecast for St.Augustine Beach, and the 5-day NWS Marine Forecast for Northeast Florida.. Wat next? Dean’s 7-Day Surf Forecast forecasts another uptick in NE wind swell (not directly related to the system in the Gulf) Sunday into Monday. Well, she sized the brief window of opportunity Friday afternoon and now TS#2 is a minimal Tropical Storm Arlene in the ESE GOMEX while tracking slowly south. The system should weaken over the weekend as it drops SSE to near western Cuba, then re-curves as a remnant low and is absorbed by a mid-level trough lingering in the central Bahamas.