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Report Overview
Report Title:
Monday 12/9/24 Dawn Patrol
Reporter:
Tory Strange
Report Of The Day:
1
Change From Yesterday:
Smaller (morning to morning comparison)
Change From Last Report:
Light SW winds early
Current Wave Size:
1/2 a foot to 1 foot
Surface Conditions:
Semi-glassy
Surf Station Surf Factor:
Comments: It’s ridable, not real good though.
6 Hour Forecast:
Smaller surf @ 1/2 a foot to 1 foot with SW winds early backing around S this afternoon
Swell Info
Form:
Fair
Wave Size In Body Height:
shin to knee high
Largest Wave:
not seeing a wave over knee high
Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:
decrease
Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:
combo
Swell Direction:
ENE to E
Current:
not much
Swell Interval:
9 seconds on the local 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:
66.9
Water Clarity:
Fair
Critters:
No new reports
St. Augustine Weather Station:
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7:45 am: Early morning photos are up box #1 and you can see we have much smaller surf . Weak easterly lines around shin to maybe knee high is what I am seeing. Mushy looking and although their is a line, it looks pretty weak. The right tide and spot could be fun on the (very) small wave equipment…
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1:45 pm: The surf is looking super small and weak as we get into the afternoon. We will get one more set of photos up before the day is done...
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Left up from yesterday:
2:45 pm: New photos are up box #2 taken mid morning and this afternoon and you can see we have small overall fairly clean waves although the wind is now onshore so could get some chop. It’s semi-glassy at report time with waves knee to thigh high from the ENE for the most part. How good or bad it will be likely depends on how much the wind picks up. Let’s hope it stays light….
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Dean’s updated Surf Station Forecast calls for a modest uptick leading into the weekend behind the latest cold front passage. The first half of next week will see a nice warming trend ahead of another front mid-week, followed by an increasing onshore flow and a significant increase in combo swell into Friday the 13th. Here is a good link to accurately track real-time, near-shore surf temperatures off the NE Florida coast… the Fernandina Beach buoy is climbing up now after briefly bottoming out at 63.5F mid-week. Located upstream (to the north) much closer to the coast than the St. Augustine buoy, it’s a good indicator for dropping and rising surf temps dictated by winter cold air outbreaks followed by warming trends. 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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