Monday 11/20/23 Dawn Patrol

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Report Title:

Monday 11/20/23 Dawn Patrol

Reporter:

Tory Strange

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

Slightly bigger (morning to morning comparison)

Change From Last Report:

light sideshore winds early

Current Wave Size:

2 to 3 feet, possibly a little larger

Surface Conditions:

semi-glassy, lumpy

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:

Plenty of (2-3+) waves again today, with light winds early in the morning, then shifting onshore so semi-choppy or choppy conditions then

Swell Info

Form:

Good to Fair

Wave Size In Body Height:

waist to chest high, occasionally larger

Largest Wave:

shoulder high

Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:

up and down with the lulls and surges of the swell, currently up a little

Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:

combo

Swell Direction:

mostly E with some mix

Current:

not a lot ; may be some rip currents

Swell Interval:

plenty of waves with the duration around 9-10 seconds

Hard To Paddle Out:

3.5 (1-5 scale)

Wind Info

Wind Direction, Speed, & Air Temp:

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Tides

Today's Tide Data:

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Temperature, Critters, & More

Water Temperature:

69.6

Water Clarity:

a bit stirred up

Critters:

no new reports

St. Augustine Weather Station:

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Surf Report Comments

Monday, November 20th

Surf Report comments:

Reporter: T. Strange

7:05 am: Plenty of swell this morning with wave height @ 2-3+ feet. It’s semi-glassy and somewhat lumpy this morning with a light sideshore to sideoffshore wind early. On the local buoy the early morning wave height reading is 4.6 feet at 9 seconds up in size from yesterdays 4.3 feet at 10 seconds. The marine forecast is calling for moderate E winds today. The water temperature is measured at 69.6 degrees at The Pier. View The Surf Station Cam Page here. The morning photos up next….

8:00 am: Early morning photos are up and posted in box #1 and you can see we still have waves – plenty of waves – as we start out the (shorted) work week. Not as clean as it was yesterday morning, when the wind went more offshore and the surf got quite clean for a short time then. Sorta lumpy this morning and not real organized, but with the buoy ticked upward there is plenty of hope for some really fun wavs this morning. There should be some easily chest high waves at key spots. Check your favorite sandbar as the tide will be pushing in all morning and into the early afternoon…

11:15 am: After misty somewhat foggy conditions earlier the sun is starting to shine through and reveal more of the surf. The wind has shifted onshore so not much a of clean up. Surf Reporter River (from gromsurfreport) is going to come in soon and give us a complete updated surf report.

* We will be OPEN Thanksgiving Day. Shorter hours, 10 am to 3 pm. Mark and Ilya will be here, so come talk surfing and surfboards with us here at The Surf Station

Here is the overview wind map, tropical Atlantic 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 our waves. Here is the weekly weatherforecast for St.Augustine Beach, and the 5-day NWS Marine Forecast for Northeast Florida coastal waters. Dean’s Surf Forecast details the decent-size, then gradually diminishing swell to start the work week, and rideable (albeit smaller) waves through the holiday weekend.

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