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Report Overview
Report Title:
Thursday 11/21/24 Dawn Patrol
Reporter:
Tory Strange
Report Of The Day:
1
Change From Yesterday:
Colder
Change From Last Report:
new angled small N swell
Current Wave Size:
around 1 foot
Surface Conditions:
semi-glassy to semi-choppy
Surf Station Surf Factor:
Comments: It’s ridable, not real good though.
6 Hour Forecast:
Angled waves from the N around knee high with very chilly NNW winds
Swell Info
Form:
fair peaky form
Wave Size In Body Height:
shin to knee high, occasionally larger
Largest Wave:
thigh high
Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:
up and down, down and up
Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:
windswell
Swell Direction:
N
Current:
slight, may come up N
Swell Interval:
6 seconds on the buoy
Hard To Paddle Out:
1.5 (1-5 scale)
Wind Info
Wind Direction, Speed, & Air Temp:
Wind Direction / Speed For Florida:
Local Radar Link:
Tides
Temperature, Critters, & More
Water Temperature:
74.5
Water Clarity:
fair
Critters:
no new reports overnight
St. Augustine Weather Station:
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7:45 am: Early morning photos are up box #1 and you can see the extreme N angle in the waves. You can also see how windblown it is withe sideoffshore winds. Very chilly early with our first real cold snap of the year. The waves themselves look ot be increasing with some over knee high waves maybe thigh high on some peaks and lines. The wind is likely creating larger surf well south of St. Augustine…
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Left up from yesterdays:
2:00 pm: New early afternoon photos are up box #2 and you can see the waves look at little better, as we have some clean waves at report time. The wind has swung more offshore. Ya gotta wait on the sets as in between the waves look real small, like less than a foot. But when the set waves come in, there ore some fun clean little waves. No one on it accept one kayaker on the N side of the pier, when the photos were taken….
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While conditions in the Caribbean Sea continue to be favorable for tropical development in November, Sara has died over central America, and latest modeling suggests that is the last storm of the impactful 2024 hurricane season. So now we look ahead for cold fronts and coastal lows that will influence on or our wind, waves and water temps. Dean has extended the forecast to take us past the unseasonably cold (January-like!) weather this week that will drop surf temps and the longest (in several months) small to flat spell leading up to Thanksgiving Day. There is hope for improvement over the holidays in The Surf Station Forecast. Here is an overview of a large-scale, real-time wind map to track the shifting winds associated with the fronts and lows that produce our waves.
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