Report Overview
Report Title:
Thursday 10/17/24 Late Morning
Reporter:
Tory Strange
Report Of The Day:
2
Change From Yesterday:
Larger in size (morning to morning comparison)
Change From Last Report:
Continued strong sideonshore winds
Current Wave Size:
3-4 feet
Surface Conditions:
choppy
Surf Station Surf Factor:
Comments: Could be fun. Ya might want to at least look at it.
Surf Reporters 6 Hour Forecast:
Increased wind from the N with 15-25 knots wind in the forecast with rib to chest high, occasionally larger .
Dean's Long Range Forecast:
Swell Info
Form:
mostly poor
Wave Size In Body Height:
Rib to chest high, occasionally larger
Largest Wave:
shoulder to neck high
Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:
Increase
Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:
N windswell
Swell Direction:
NE
Current:
increased N
Swell Interval:
short and close together
Hard To Paddle Out:
4
Wind Info
Wind Direction, Speed, & Air Temp:
Wind Direction / Speed For Florida:
Tides
Temperature, Critters, & More
Water Temperature:
77
Water Clarity:
fair
Critters:
no new reports in overnight
St. Augustine Weather Station:
Local Radar:
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7:25 am: Increased surf for your Thursday. Waves 2-3+ feet with sideonshore winds causing choppy conditions. The marine forecast calling for strong N winds today. Our local buoy the early morning wave height reading is 6.6 feet at 7 seconds, up from yesterdays 3.3 feet at 4 seconds . The water temperature is measured at 77 degrees offshore this morning. You can see the ocean live by viewing The Surf Station Cam Page here.
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8:00 am: Early morning photos are up box #1 and you can see we have choppy waves with some size for your Thursday. Wave size looks about waist to rib high with some chest high or so set waves. Much cooler at the beach with the air temperature 15 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. Fall is finally here and we are heading toward winter…
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11:00 am: New late morning photos are up box #2 and the waves look bigger and more challenging. Lots of current from N to S with the NE’er at the beach. The sun is poking out at times and cool and breezy. The wind is making for very choppy conditions withe over chest high waves pushing down the beach….
This Saturday we are hosting a Surfboard Swap Meet here at the Surf Station. Come buy directly from other surfers in the community, or sell some of your old surf goods yourself! All in the Surf Station parking lot, beginning at 9 am this Saturday. Kamicoffee will be open by 8:45 am and Nauls will open for lunch at 11 am. Come by and check it out!
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Surf Forecast note: Well. the Spectrum guy said it was too windy today to string a new line to the house, so after Dean caught up with post-Milton clean-up today he was finally able to log in to a friend’s network and update the 7-day Surf Forecast. it calls for wind-blown, overhead waves building into Sunday. So we’re going to have a run of days with plenty of size, the question is… when will the wind wind down?
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