Thursday, April 21, 2022

UPDATE FORECAST 4-21 - XL SWELL INBOUND

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.  

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