Friday, March 21, 2025

UPDATED FORECAST 3-21, WELCOME TO SRING

Spring has arrived, but the N Pac still has something to say about how long winter swells will continue.  New swell is in today running 11@12 seconds north of Bodega, smaller everywhere else and So Cal.   Far Nor Cal getting hit with another atmospheric river through Saturday, then we all warm up starting Sunday into about Tuesday before the storm door opens again for potentially a very wet end to March and beginning of April.  New long period swell will run in Saturday into Sunday - peaking about 8-9@16, gradual fade into Tuesday and then another smaller long period west swell starts to show Wednesday of next week - 7@17.   All these swells are pretty west in direction as has been the case almost all winter.   280 to 300 degrees.   Since it is March, expect light to moderate northwest winds through the next five days or so - fluctuating some day to day depending on the location of low pressure to our north and high pressure overhead.  Plenty of swell around, cya in the water. 


 

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

MARCH

 Winter makes a return this week into next as a series of strong storms come ashore bringing rain, snow, wind and chaotic swell through the period.   It will be hard to find some clean surf after tonight, even though there will be plenty of swell in the water from multiple swell trains due to impact CA into next week.   Lingering West Swell continues today into Thursday at 7-8ft @13 seconds.  On Thursday, new swell will jump up to 13@15 seconds and gradually fade into the weekend at 10@12.   Swell direction this week around 293-298 degrees.   Strong south winds mid week and again over the weekend, periods of lighter north to west wind in between the two major storms Wednesday and again on Friday/Saturday.   Biggest surf north of SF - smallest Central/So Cal.   Cya in the water.