Outlook through Sunday June 10: The arriving south swell is expected to peak by early tomorrow morning and hold into Tuesday, with surf heights near the High Surf Advisory level. Another, similarly sized south swell is forecast to arrive Friday. Locally strong trade winds will create rough surf along east facing shores. Minimal surf is expected along north facing shores for the next several days, with a very tiny increase in northwest swell possible by Wednesday.
Surf heights are forecast heights of the face, or front, of waves. The surf forecast is based on the significant wave height, the average height of the one third largest waves, at the locations of the largest breakers. Some waves may be more than twice as high as the significant wave height. Expect to encounter rip currents in or near any surf zone.
North East
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Surf: Waist to chest high wind swell with occasional shoulder sets. The swell will be coming from the NE in the morning and shift to the ENE during the day.
Conditions: Choppy/disorganized with ESE winds 10-15mph.
North West
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Surf: Small scale (ankle to knee high) surf.
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Conditions: Semi glassy in the morning with SW winds 5-10mph. This becomes Sideshore texture/chop for the afternoon.
West
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Surf: Stomach to shoulder high SSW ground swell.
Conditions: Glassy in the early morning with WNW winds less than 5mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting WSW 5-10mph.
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South East
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Surf: Stomach to shoulder high mix of SSW ground swell and E wind swell
Conditions: Semi choppy with ENE winds 10-15mph in the morning shifting NNE for the afternoon.
Image: NOAA
Image: NOAA
Image: NOAA
Image: NOAA
Image: NOAA
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