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Friday 05/20/22 Dawn Patrol

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Report Overview

Report Title:

Friday 05/20/22 Mid Day

Reporter:

Darby Moore

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

Smaller (afternoon to afternoon comparison)

Change From Last Report:

Winds are now light sideshore

Current Wave Size:

1/2 a foot to 1 foot

Surface Conditions:

semi-glassy turning semi-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:

Wave size shin to knee high. Sideshore winds this afternoon

Dean's Long Range Forecast:

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Swell Info

Form:

Fair

Wave Size In Body Height:

shin to knee high

Largest Wave:

possibly thigh high

Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:

decrease

Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:

combo

Swell Direction:

Mostly ESE

Current:

Slight, if any

Swell Interval:

8 seconds readings on the buoy offshore

Hard To Paddle Out:

1.5

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:

06:28 AM L -0.20
12:28 PM H 4.24
06:28 PM L -0.14

Tomorrow's Tide Data:

12:56 AM H 5.39
07:32 AM L -0.12
01:31 PM H 4.18
07:38 PM L 0.06

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Temperature, Critters, & More

Water Temperature:

79 degrees

Water Clarity:

Fair

Critters:

No new reports in overnight

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Local Radar:

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Surf Report Comments

Friday, May 20th, 2022

Reporter: T. Strange

6:55 am: The waves look yet a little smaller early on this Friday morning. Wave size around 1/2 a foot to 1 foot. The wind is light S @ 3-4 knots,. The marine forecast is calling for increasing SE winds this afternoon . On our local buoy, the current wave height reading is 1.6 feet at 8 seconds down from yesterdays 2.0 feet at 9 seconds. You can see the ocean early on the new south side pier cam and on the north side pier cam too.

7:30 pm: Early morning photos are up in box #1 and you can see the swell is small. It’s more angled from the south with the rights moreso than the lefts. The size looks about knee high or less for the most part. Not super clean with the sidshorish wind…

Reporter: Darby

12:30 pm: It’s looking pretty small out there this mid day but there could be a longboard wave to be had on the right sandbar. Once the tide backs out a bit it may be worth taking advantage of the relatively clean conditions on a board with enough float for the small size we’re seeing.

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Here is the overview wind map, and here is the Windi Map centered on St. Augustine.on the link, then zoom out to see wind speed/direction and the fetch that produces waves. Here is the weekly weather forecast for St.Augustine Beach. Dean’s Surf Forecast has details on the surf ahead.

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