Last storm pulling through today and will clear out over the weekend. For Bay Area and south - that might be it for a while - north will still see some chances of rain on and off into May. Low pressure does appear to hang around the N Pac for a while - so we could end up having a wet May. Some areas north of Bodega have seen upwards of 8 inches of rain since this storm cycle started earlier in April. As for waves - XL swell just hitting the outer buoys - Mendocino is showing 10ft @18 seconds. Papa Buoy looks to have peaked overnight at 24ft @16 sec. Pretty solid for late April. This new swell is pretty west - 288 deg and was supercharged by extratropical storm Malakas which traveled across the N Pac this week. Look for south winds today changing to west on Friday and then going northwest over the weekend. There will be decent swell through Monday at this point - just smaller each day. Winds will more than likely be the issue - so check it. Plenty of swell around however. Cya in the water.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Saturday, April 2, 2022
APRIL - 4-2 UPDATED FORECAST
No break from the northwest winds - water temps have dropped to 48 far north, low low 50s Bay Area to the south. We do have some good size swell moving in early next week - it will peak Tuesday at 14-16 ft at 16 seconds - still some size Wednesday and fade more Thursday. But those pesky north winds will not much give us much of a break - other than Monday. The storm that created the incoming swell due to move over N Cal late Sunday into Monday morning. Likely no rain south of Sonoma County - but wetter the further north you go. After that - high pressure builds back in with a warm up - maybe a hint of rain next weekend - but nothing that is going to really help at this point. Keeping an eye on the southern hemisphere - waiting for things to wake up down under. Until then, enjoy this upcoming swell - might be the last one for a while. Cya in the water.