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Report Overview
Report Title:
Saturday 8/24/24 Early Afternoon
Reporter:
Tory Strange
Report Of The Day:
2
Change From Yesterday:
Similar in size (morning to morning comparison)
Change From Last Report:
The wind has picked up
Current Wave Size:
1.5 to 2.5 feet, occasionally a little larger
Surface Conditions:
semi-choppy
Surf Station Surf Factor:
Comments: Although not great, there are some occasional fun waves.
6 Hour Forecast:
NE windswell at 1.5-2.5 feet, occasionally a little larger and semi-choppy to choppy this afternoon
Swell Info
Form:
poor to fair form at times
Wave Size In Body Height:
knee to waist high, occasionally a little larger
Largest Wave:
rib to chest high or so
Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:
up and down with the lulls and surges of the swell
Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:
windswell
Swell Direction:
ENE
Current:
not as much with the lighter wind
Swell Interval:
around 8 seconds on the buoy
Hard To Paddle Out:
3 (1-5 scale)
Wind Info
Wind Direction, Speed, & Air Temp:
Wind Direction / Speed For Florida:
Local Radar Link:
Tides
Temperature, Critters, & More
Water Temperature:
82
Water Clarity:
fair
Critters:
no new reports overnight
St. Augustine Weather Station:
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6:55 am: Variable conditions at the beach with wave size @ 1 to 2 feet early-early. The surface conditions are semi-glassy early with fair form with the wind light & variable currently west early. The marine forecast calls for NE winds today. Our local buoy the early morning wave height reading is 3.6 feet at 8 seconds, down from yesterdays 4.6 feet at 7 seconds. The water temperature is measured at 82 degrees offshore this morning. You can see the ocean live by viewing The Surf Station Cam Page here.
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7:55 am: Early morning photos are up in box #1 and on second look the waves look a little bigger than the first look. So need to change the data above as it’s more like 1-2+ feet as it looks knee to waist high with some slightly larger set waves maybe rib high once in a while. The offshore wind is trying to clean up these broken up peaks and lines. You can see it’s not real consistent as the photos capture times when there is not even a knee high wave, and other times the waves look sweet with some easily waist high peaks. How good the morning surf gets depends on how long this offshore wind lasts. It’s forccas to go onshore NE, which would undo and mess up any clean conditions and make the ocean choppy
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1:00 pm: The buoy offshore increased a little bit in size since earlier so the surf is a little bigger. New photos taken mid morning are up box #2 and you can see we have some good waves for Gabe’s Grom Comp going on now at A-Street. The wind has picked up some since these photos were taken so it’s getting choppier….
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