Surfline: How will the first waves of the New Year be?
December 30th, 2008, 8:15 am · Post a Comment · posted by Laylan Connelly, staff writer
Surfline.com’s Chris Borg gives us a look at what the waves will look like for the New Year. Here’s what it’s looking like:
High pressure leads to fine weather but small surf for the end of the old year and the start of the new one.
A high pressure system anchored off the California coast sets up sunny skies for the last day of 2008, with high temperatures at the beach reaching the low 60’s on Wednesday. Thursday morning starts off partly cloudy and with some patchy fog, then it’s back to clear skies that afternoon. Waves will be on the weak side through the middle of the week, as a small scale northwest swell laps in with 1-3’ zone surf.
Partly cloudy conditions and patchy fog repeat for Friday morning, followed by clearing in the afternoon. Waves stay weak then. More cloud cover and rising westerly winds are due by the weekend. The increasing onshore flow sets up more 2-3’+ surf for Saturday and Sunday. That’s joined by a fun size shot of Southern Hemisphere swell from the end of the weekend into early next week.
