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Friday 5/23/25 Dawn Patrol

Friday 5/23/25 Afternoon

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Report Overview

Report Title:

Friday 5/23/25 Afternoon

Reporter:

Tory Strange

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

smaller (morning to moring comparison)

Change From Last Report:

The wind is back onshore

Current Wave Size:

Flat. to maybe 1/2 a foot to occasionally 1 foot

Surface Conditions:

semi-choppy

Surf Station Surf Factor:

1.25

1.25 (on a 1-10 scale)
Comments: It could be ridable. If ya got nothing better to do.

Surf Reporters 6 Hour Forecast:

Waves shin high to once in a (great) while knee high. Offshore winds early then a seabreeze this this afternoon

Dean's Long Range Forecast:

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Swell Info

Form:

Good (just small and weak overall)

Wave Size In Body Height:

shin high

Largest Wave:

possibly knee high

Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:

up and down with the lulls and surges of the swell, currently down

Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:

not much swell to talk aobut

Swell Direction:

Current:

very slight

Swell Interval:

very inconsistent

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:

Water Clarity:

Fair

Critters:

No new reports

St. Augustine Weather Station:

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Local Radar:

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Surf Report Comments

Thursday, May 23

Reporter: T. Strange

Surf Reports comments:

6:40 am: The waves look super super small early on this Friday morning. Waves pretty much flat. Flat to 1/2 a foot is the early morning call. The surface conditions are glassy (near shore) with the wind light WNW early. Our marine forecast is calling for N then SE winds today. On our local buoy the early morning reading is 1.6 feet at 9 seconds changed from yesterdays 1.6 feet at 3 seconds . You can see the ocean live on our cams page here.

7:10 am: Early morning photos are up in box #1 and you can see the waves are real small. Super clean and glassy, and there is a line, but it’s crashing/zipping over super fast on the inside sandbar with not much size. There is hope for the right tide and right spot to have ridable surf, even fun surf. Some knee high glassy peelers are possible. Photos 20-23 in the slide show… if there were more water on that sandbar – that wave would be makable and fun!

1:05 pm: New mid morning and mid day photos are up in box #2 and you can see there were some glassy peelers at mid morning. The photos in the second half of the slide show are from the pier around mid day after the wind switched. Very small overall with shin high to not really even fully knee high. Some semi-choppy crumbly waves that are longboardable as you can see in the photos.

In case we don’t make it back before sunset for yet another update, You can see the ocean live by viewing the Surf Station Cam Page here all the way up to dark tonight

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