Thursday 2/29/24 Dawn Patrol

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Thursday 2/29/24 Dawn Patrol

Reporter:

Tory Strange

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

Similar in size (morning to morning comparison)

Change From Last Report:

increased N winds early

Current Wave Size:

1/2 a foot to 1 foot

Surface Conditions:

semi-choppy to choppy

Surf Station Surf Factor:

1.00

1.00 (on a 1-10 scale)
Comments: It could be ridable. If ya got nothing better to do.

6 Hour Forecast:

Waves shin to knee high early, then increasing with the wind strong N to NE causing choppy conditions

Swell Info

Form:

poor

Wave Size In Body Height:

shin to knee high, and on the increase

Largest Wave:

knee high plus

Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:

increase

Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:

Windswell

Swell Direction:

SE shifting to N/NE today

Current:

may come up N

Swell Interval:

fairly short and close together windwaves

Hard To Paddle Out:

2 (1-5 scale)

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Tides

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Temperature, Critters, & More

Water Temperature:

60.4

Water Clarity:

fair

Critters:

no new reports in overnight

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Surf Report Comments

Thursday, February 29

Reporter: T. Strange

Surf Report comments:

7:10 am: Small surf starts out the day. The waves are 1/2 a foot to 1 foot. It’s semi-choppy to choppy with the wind N/NE and increasing quite a bit early this morning. This will increase the surf. Our local buoy the early wave height reading is 2.3 feet at 5 seconds changed downward slightly from yesterdays 2.6 feet at 5 seconds. The marine forecast is calling for dramatically increasing NE winds today. The water temperature is measured at 60.4 degrees at The Pier this morning. See the ocean live by viewing The Surf Station Cam Page here.

7:35 am: Early morning photos are up in box #1 and you can see the chop in the ocean as the wind picks up. . Small overall but there are some knee high to maybe thigh high peaks with a cross shore increasing N to NNE wind. Dean is calling for an increase today and yes it looks like it will happen. Looking up the coast, the Gray’s Reef Buoy is showing more wind pointing this way. The next report will liley show larger waves when we report….

Left up from last night:

8:30 pm: Evening note: Small surf this evening. Quite small, with offshore winds. A few photos & a mini video are here and you can see what we are saying is true. At least it was a nice night at the beach.

And this will do it until early in the morning… over and out… .

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Here is the overview wind map. Here is the weekly weather forecast for St Augustine Beach, and the 5-day NWS Marine Forecast for Northeast Florida coastal waters. A Following the cool last weekend in February, a nice warming trend will kick in through the work week. A weak cold front will drop down the coast to near the Cape where it will stall on Thursday, then pull back north over the weekend. What does this mean for our surf size? See Dean’s Surf Forecast for speculation.

Quote of the de ja vu: “If you want to gauge the height of breaking waves from the beach, there is an easy method that will give you dependable results. Walk up and down the beach, away or toward the sea, until the tops of the breakers are in line with the horizon. Then the height of the breakers will be your height plus or minus the difference to the level of the main (surf) backwash. In other words, if your feet are still dry, the breakers must be taller than you. If you have to get into the water to line the tops up with the horizon, the waves must be shorter than you” – Tristan Gooley, How to Read Water.

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