Wednesday 5/24/23 Early Evening

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Wednesday 5/24/23 Early Evening

Reporter:

Tory Strange

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

A little bigger in size (afternoon to afternoon comparison).

Change From Last Report:

continued onshore winds

Current Wave Size:

2 to 3 feet occasionally a little larger

Surface Conditions:

choppy

Surf Station Surf Factor:

3.5

3.5 (on a 1-10 scale)
Comments: Not looking bad at all... there are some fun waves at times!

6 Hour Forecast:

Increased surf today. Some over chest high to neck high peaks . Cloudy with heavy NNE winds.

Swell Info

Form:

fair to poor

Wave Size In Body Height:

chest to neck high, occasionally larger

Largest Wave:

head high or so

Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:

Increasing

Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:

windswell

Swell Direction:

ENE

Current:

moderate to strong, from the north

Swell Interval:

around 7-9 seconds on the buoy

Hard To Paddle Out:

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Water Temperature:

Water Clarity:

Fair

Critters:

no new news to report

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Surf Report Comments

Wednesday, May 24

T. Strange

6:45 am: The waves are larger than this time yesterday and are still on the increase. Wave size 2-3 feet with larger set waves. It’s choppy with onshore winds . The marine forecast calls for strong onshore winds NE winds today. On the local buoy the early morning wave height measurement is 5.2 feet at 8 seconds, up from yesterdays 4.3 feet at 8 seconds. You can see several surf spots on one page live here. For a fast link to tides and more see our weather station page here

7:25 am: Early morning photos are up in box #1 and you can see there is some size for your hump day. A hump day with humps! Choppy humps that is, but some fun sizable drops to be had with a line to it at times. Those lines are not clean, rather broken up, with the wave size waist to chest high with some bigger peaks around shoulder high or so. With the buoy up, expect plenty of waves all day. Choppy all day for the most part with predicted onshore wind to last all day, and into tomorrow….

Reporter : River

12:30pm – It’s looking to be chest high with neck high sets depending on spot. The buoys at 5.2ft at 8 seconds coming out of the ENE. Temp outside is 74 with the water temp at 79. Wind is out of the NNE at 17kts. High tide was 12:27pm | Low tide is 6:19pm. There’s some fun chuncky ones out there should be waves rest of the day.

Reporter: T. Strange

6:25 pm: New late afternoon to evening photos are up in box #3 and you can see there are some sizable waves at the pier! No one out at report time with plenty of chunky waves. Looks like lots of drift from N to S as the NE’er continues….

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