Tuesday 12/19/23 Dawn Patrol

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Report Title:

Tuesday 12/19/23 Dawn Patrol

Reporter:

Tory Strange

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

Smaller in size (early morning to early morning comparison)

Change From Last Report:

Very chilly sideoffshore winds early

Current Wave Size:

1.5-2 feet, occasionally larger

Surface Conditions:

Semi-choppy

Surf Station Surf Factor:

2.5

2.5 (on a 1-10 scale)
Comments: Could be fun. Ya might want to at least look at it.

6 Hour Forecast:

Smaller than yesterday with the wind sideoffshore turning to sideshore during the day . Wave size 1.5-2 feet, occasionally larger at times.

Swell Info

Form:

only fair

Wave Size In Body Height:

knee to waist high, occasionally a little larger

Largest Wave:

Rib to chest high

Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:

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

Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:

mixed combo swell

Swell Direction:

ENE, with some mix

Current:

increasing from the north

Swell Interval:

Some 6 second reading on the buoy offshore

Hard To Paddle Out:

2 (1-5 scale)

Wind Info

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Tides

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Water Temperature:

Water Clarity:

Stirred up

Critters:

no new reports in overnight

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Surf Report Comments

Tuesday, December 19th

Reporter: T. Strange

Surf Report comments:

7:10 am: The waves are slightly smaller and not near as clean as yesterday. The wind has clock more northerly, crossing up the swell. Wave size 1.5-2 feet, occasionally a little larger in peaky mixed up swell early. On the local buoy the early morning wave height reading is 6.6 feet at 6 seconds, up from yesterdays 3.9 feet at 12 seconds. The marine forecast is calling for strong N winds today. The water temperature is measured at 61 degrees at The Pier this morning. View The Surf Station Cam Page here.

9:30 am: Early morning photos are up and posted in box #1 and you can see the ocean is sort of crossed up , but still some spray off the rights as the ocean tries to remain clean. The wind has clocked more north since these photos were taken so it’s becoming choppy now as the cold north wind picks up…

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 weather forecast for St.Augustine Beach, and the 5-day NWS Marine Forecast for Northeast Florida coastal waters. Dean’s Surf Forecast (in the wake of the impressive El Nino-juiced Gulf low swell that just walloped us) looks ahead to a moderate-size, multi-day ground swell stuffing our booties later in the week leading into the weekend before Christmas.

Quote of the deja vu: “The swell began to take its rise. Watching its motion intently, he paddled before it with great quickness until it overtook him with sufficient force to carry his canoe before it, without passing underneath. The canoe was then carried alog at the same swift rate as the wave, ’till it landed him on the beach. Most astonishing, the man then paddled back out to sea in search of another swell.” Captain James Cook (first Westerner to observe and record the sport of surfing in Tahiti in 1777)

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