Friday 5/12/23 Dawn Patrol

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Report Title:

Friday 5/12/23 Dawn Patrol

Reporter:

Tory Strange

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

About the same in size (morning to morning comparison).

Change From Last Report:

not as choppy as last night

Current Wave Size:

1 to 2 feet

Surface Conditions:

semi-choppy to semi-glassy

Surf Station Surf Factor:

3.75

3.75 (on a 1-10 scale)
Comments: Not looking bad at all... there are some fun waves at times!

6 Hour Forecast:

Similar sizes surf to yesterday with the waves knee to waist high. Semi-choppy in the afternoon

Swell Info

Form:

fair

Wave Size In Body Height:

knee to waist high

Largest Wave:

stomach high

Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:

increased; now leveled off

Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:

windswell

Swell Direction:

Current:

not much

Swell Interval:

around 7 seconds on the buoy

Hard To Paddle Out:

2.5 (1-5 scale)

Wind Info

Wind Direction, Speed, & Air Temp:

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Local Radar Link:

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Tides

Today's Tide Data:

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Temperature, Critters, & More

Water Temperature:

76.8

Water Clarity:

Fair

Critters:

no new news to report

St. Augustine Weather Station:

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Surf Report Comments

Friday

Reporter: T. Strange

6:55 am: Wave height is similar to yesterday @ 1 to 2 feet this morning . The swell is still angled from the north. The wind is SE @ 7-8 knots. The marine forecast calls for the wind to be onshore today. On the local buoy the early morning wave height measurement is 3.6 feet at 7 seconds up a tad from yesterdays 3.3 feet at 6 seconds. You can see several surf spots on one page live here. For a fast link to tides and more see our weather station page here

7:45 am: Early morning photos are up in box #1 and you can see there are some waves for your Friday. Not clean but not messy, with some lines from the NE to ENE as the swell rotates from N to E. Some thigh to waist high waves for sure at times. Where will it be best today? Look around to find the right sandbar. The water is warming up with the warmest water of the year @ 77.7 recorded yesterday afternoon at the pier. 80 degree water is not far behind….

9:15 am: On 3rd look , I bumped up the surf factor because some spots are quite good and we have swell in May and the wind is light so semi-glassy. The trick is finding the right sandbar. Low tide has many spots closing out so not good at all spots.

11:00 am: Uh oh… the wind is picking up onshore so we may need to downgrade the surf report from earlier. It’s getting choppier now….

Here is the overview wind map, and here is the Map centered on St. Augustine. Click.on the link, then zoom out to see wind speed/direction and the fetch that generates waves. Here is the weekly weather forecast for St.Augustine Beach, and the marine forecast for Northeast Florida. Dean’s forecast covers the bases…a back door “cold” front wind surge off the southeast coast will build a rotating NE/E wind swell to close out the work week, lighter wind and gradually diminishing swell for the weekend, followed by a multi-day “trade wind” swell next week. Here ’tis the 7-Day Surf Forecast.

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