Orange County Surf Forecast - for Friday - 1/22/10

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W-WNW swell will peak on Friday…though conditions don’t look particularly appetizing. Granted a lot is going to depend on how fast this last storm front moves through the area but at this point it looks like SW winds around 15-20 knots and more rain on tap for the morning. The winds eventually shift more W’erly by the afternoon but that won’t really help things that much. If the front stalls out we could see more SE flow in the morning which could at least set up some “potential” for cleaner surf at a handful of protected breaks.

Look for consistent overhead surf at the W facing spots with a few sets going a couple of feet+ overhead at times. The winter standouts, mostly through the HB Cliffs and the surrounding areas, will see consistent well-overhead surf with sets going double to almost triple-overhead and possibly bigger on and off throughout the day.

Overall the storm surf doesn’t look all that fun…but if you are willing to brave the poor water quality, and potentially hazardous surf, you might spend a few minutes checking out spots that can handle the mix of wind/weather/swell.


Here are the tides…

01/22/2010 Friday
01:12AM LST 4.3 H
08:27AM LST 1.7 L
01:25PM LST 2.5 H
06:44PM LST 1.7 L