Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Santa Barbara Surf Forecast - for Thursday - 3/18/2010

Make sure to read the full region forecast it has more complete details on the incoming swell and regional conditions. Click here for the full forecast www.socalsurf.com.

The WNW-NW swell turns a little more westerly and the swell periods shorten up on Thursday…both of which are good things for SB spots. There still isn’t a bunch of energy sneaking in but there are some occasional fun sets showing at the really NW exposed spots.

Expect most spots to see surf in the knee-waist high range with a couple rare waist-chest high+ sets. A few of the best NW exposed spots, mostly in south county, will have some inconsistent shoulder high sets.

Look for mostly light and variable winds in the morning with some pockets of light offshore winds in a few spots. These winds will hold through mid-morning but then turn westerly around lunch and will eventually peak around 10-15+ knots by late afternoon. Look for cooler beach temps, with some overcast skies and possibly even some fog at times.

Here are the tides…

03/18/2010 Thursday
05:45AM LDT 0.2 L
11:51AM LDT 3.7 H
05:18PM LDT 1.2 L
11:40PM LDT 5.1 H

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