Orange County Surf Forecast - For Wednesday - 1/13/10

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The new W-WNW swell will be filling in fast throughout OC on Wednesday…the peak rolling through later in the afternoon, but plenty of waves on tap all through the day. Orange County is a bit more shadowed from this swell compared to other areas so expect smaller sizes. Unfortunately even with the shadowing it looks like the beach breaks will settle into lined up closeouts…which in turn will limit the amount of surf-space to the points and reefs that can handle the swell.

Sizewise we can expect surf in the shoulder-overhead range for most W-WNW facing spots. The top breaks, mostly through North County, will see sets going several feet overhead…and maybe bigger as the tide drops. Winds and tide will be an issue…we are back to the usual race of waiting for the tide to drop and risking the increasing wind…you can help yourself out by sticking to spots that can handle a little more water

Light and variable to slightly offshore/sideshore winds set up clean conditions for the morning. Some scattered drizzle and WNW-NW winds around 10-15 knots move in through the afternoon.

Here are the tides…

01/13/2010 Wednesday
01:21AM LST 2.2 L
07:24AM LST 5.8 H
02:50PM LST -0.8 L
09:13PM LST 3.6 H