UPDATED FORECAST 12-26

Hope you had a good Christmas.  Storm door wide open and about to unleash on California for the next few days with XXL surf (already happening), strong, storm force winds and a lot of rain.  South winds through the week - very strong at times, no let up in those winds until Saturday at the earliest.  Main swell event on tap for Thursday when deep water swell heights will peak at 18-21ft at 18 seconds - Very large and dangerous surf a result.   A few spots on the Central and North Coast that will feature some rideable waves at times.  Otherwise, hunker down and enjoy the show.   Cya in the water.  

UPDATED FORECAST - 12-20, HERE COMES EL NINO

180 Hours out, next Thursday shows a strong jet stream across the entire Pacific Basin with two troughs just digging off the West Coast - this will be a high impact event for next week, mid week on - with high surf, winds and copious amounts of rain and high elevation mountain snow.  Before then, we will see a few more weaker systems stream overhead and a new swell inbound peaking later today into tomorrow at 8-10 ft at 15-16sec from 290.  A couple more nice days coming up, with some north to northwest winds, but swell.  I'd get what you can between now and Sunday/Monday - because after that it's going to be hunker down time.  Cya in the water.  

UPDATED FORECAST 12-13

 Staying on the small side for the most part with a couple mid size swells inbound for Thursday and Friday.   First pulse tomorrow will only be 4-6 ft @16 from the northwest, peaking at 5-7 ft overnight.  We will then transition over to a couple small west and southwest swells due in from a couple storms currently spinning in the N Pac.   Unfortunately those swells will combine with pretty strong southeast winds (especially from Mendocino south through the Bay Area) Friday to Sunday as a cutoff low pressure system hovers offshore sending rounds of wind and potentially some decent rain for Mendo and the Bay Area Friday through the weekend and potentially into the following week.   It will be a tricky 5-7 days coming up between the weather, wind and a couple unusual swell directions from the south/southwest which could end up being of the shorter period variety.   Cya in the water.  

UPDATED FORECAST 12-6/BIG WEDNESDAY

 XXL swell in the water 18-20ft at 17-19 seconds 290-295 deg.  Winds are unfortunately a mess - blowing hard from the south or southwest depending on location - rain is falling hard from BC to Bodega Bay and pushing south through the day.   Looks pretty messy the rest of the week with the lightest winds possibly on Saturday - but we are in a stormy run and winds will alternate between south and north/northwest as fronts come and go through the week.   Today's swell will slowly fade into the weekend, but stay pretty decent sized until Friday.   My last post i  lamented "what's up El Niño," and El Niño decided to answer.....Cya in the water.   

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