THE SWELLMAGNET SO CAL SURF FORECAST
Southern California Surf 4cast Updated 6 – 30 – 2024
The Surf Forecast will be updated Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
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MONDAY Surf Forecast
Things are looking up for Monday and the top West facing beaches will be the place to be with waist to chest high, short interval swell, NW wind swell. The angle will be a steep 310 degrees, with 9-10 second intervals, with hopefully, some nice, peaky waves!
The South facing breaks will be smaller and have a hard time reeling in any of that energy.
Monday
2024-07-01 Mon 01:06 AM 0.29′ Low
2024-07-01 Mon 02:00 AM Moonrise
2024-07-01 Mon 05:46 AM Sunrise
2024-07-01 Mon 07:17 AM 3.22′ High
2024-07-01 Mon 11:48 AM 1.97′ Low
2024-07-01 Mon 04:19 PM Moonset
2024-07-01 Mon 06:31 PM 6.14′ High
2024-07-01 Mon 08:09 PM Sunset
The conditions – The sea surface looks good until noon with light and variable winds, and that is trailed by slightly stronger, SW breezes into the afternoon. The air temp tops out at 74 degrees on the sand.
TUESDAY Surf Forecast
More NW wind swell will continue to be the story of the day, with another fun pulse of waist to chest high peaks for the receptive West facing beaches. The angle remains at 310 degrees with 9-10 second intervals. Medium morning tides and okay winds make for a morning to check out!
Tuesday
2024-07-02 Tue 02:01 AM -0.37′ Low
2024-07-02 Tue 02:38 AM Moonrise
2024-07-02 Tue 05:47 AM Sunrise
2024-07-02 Tue 08:31 AM 3.36′ High
2024-07-02 Tue 12:42 PM 2.26′ Low
2024-07-02 Tue 05:29 PM Moonset
2024-07-02 Tue 07:16 PM 6.41′ High
2024-07-02 Tue 08:09 PM Sunset
The conditions – The conditions should be okay with light South winds until 11:00AM and then slightly stronger SW winds take over into the afternoon. The air temp holds at 74 degrees.
WEDNESDAY Surf Forecast
NW winds swell will be winding down, but there should still be some waist high+ peaks in the AM for the top West facing breaks. That will dissipate throughout the day
Wednesday
2024-07-03 Wed 02:50 AM -0.85′ Low
2024-07-03 Wed 03:22 AM Moonrise
2024-07-03 Wed 05:47 AM Sunrise
2024-07-03 Wed 09:29 AM 3.53′ High
2024-07-03 Wed 01:35 PM 2.42′ Low
2024-07-03 Wed 06:37 PM Moonset
2024-07-03 Wed 08:01 PM 6.56′ High
2024-07-03 Wed 08:09 PM Sunset
The conditions – The sea surface looks okay until around 11:00AM with light onshore breezes, then SW winds pick up steam into the afternoon. The air temp bumps up to 76 degrees.
4th of JULY – THURSDAY Surf Forecast
The 4th will start off with very few fireworks as that NW wind swell will be history and the new SW swell will slowly fill in throughout the afternoon, There may be some scout sets for the top South facing breaks, but nothing real steady until later in the day into Friday. The new energy will roll in from 190-195 degrees with 17-18 second intervals.
Thursday
2024-07-04 Thu 03:34 AM -1.11′ Low
2024-07-04 Thu 04:14 AM Moonrise
2024-07-04 Thu 05:48 AM Sunrise
2024-07-04 Thu 10:16 AM 3.67′ High
2024-07-04 Thu 02:23 PM 2.48′ Low
2024-07-04 Thu 07:39 PM Moonset
2024-07-04 Thu 08:08 PM Sunset
2024-07-04 Thu 08:44 PM 6.60′ High
The conditions – The conditions should be okay with light South winds until 11:00AM and then slightly stronger SW winds take over into the afternoon. The air temp holds at 76 degrees.
FRIDAY Surf Forecast
Things are looking up as that fresh pulse of SW energy, 190-195 degrees hits stride with 16 second intervals and dishes up chest to shoulder high sets for most South facing beaches with the top spots in the OC and San O areas seeing some larger sets.
Friday
2024-07-05 Fri 04:15 AM -1.19′ Low
2024-07-05 Fri 05:12 AM Moonrise
2024-07-05 Fri 05:48 AM Sunrise
2024-07-05 Fri 10:58 AM 3.75′ High
2024-07-05 Fri 03:09 PM 2.48′ Low
2024-07-05 Fri 03:59 PM New Moon
2024-07-05 Fri 08:08 PM Sunset
2024-07-05 Fri 08:32 PM Moonset
2024-07-05 Fri 09:25 PM 6.52′ High
The conditions – The sea surface looks okay until around noon with light and variable breezes, then SW winds get slightly stronger into the afternoon. The air temp gets up to 78 degrees.
Water Temps are as follows, (day of 4CAST update), Malibu 59, Santa Monica 66, South Bay 68,
Huntington 65, Newport 70.
I’ll be back on Sunday with the next update!
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