Saturday 3/02/24 Morning

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Saturday 3/02/24 Morning

Reporter:

Tory Strange

Report Of The Day:

Change From Yesterday:

Similar in size (morning to morning comparison)

Change From Last Report:

much lighter wind this morning

Current Wave Size:

2 to occasionally 3 feet

Surface Conditions:

semi-glassy

Surf Station Surf Factor:

3.5

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

6 Hour Forecast:

Waves waist to rib high with larger set waves. The wind is forecast to be SW allowing for semi-glassy conditions

Swell Info

Form:

fair, improving

Wave Size In Body Height:

thigh to rib high, occasionally a little larger

Largest Wave:

Chest high

Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:

leveled off or decreasing

Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:

Combo

Swell Direction:

ENE

Current:

not much current

Swell Interval:

8 seconds on the local buoy

Hard To Paddle Out:

3.5 (1-5 scale)

Wind Info

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Tides

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Temperature, Critters, & More

Water Temperature:

59.4

Water Clarity:

fair

Critters:

no new reports in overnight

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Surf Report Comments

Saturday, March 2

Reporter: T. Strange

Surf Report comments:

7:25 am: Similar sized surf to this time yesterday. But much better form . Wave size@ 2 to occasionally 3 feet It’s semi-glassy with the wind very light and variable early this morning Our local buoy the early wave height reading is 4.3 feet at 8 seconds down slightly from yesterdays 5.2 feet at 9 seconds . The marine forecast is calling for SW winds today. The water temperature is measured at 59.4 degrees at The Pier this morning. See the ocean live by viewing The Surf Station Cam Page here.

8:00 am: Early morning photos are up and posted in box #1 and you can see we have waves for your Saturday. Wave size looks thigh to waist high, occasionally a little larger. Lumpy and not real organized , but it has cleaned up from yesterdays super mixed up conditions. Now, if the wind comes up a little SW as forecast, it could clean up further, which is good news

Left up from last night:

6:00 pm: New late afternoon photos are up in box #3 and you can see we have sizable waves for your Friday happy hour. Wave size aournd thigh to rib high with some set waves to around chest high. Sort of mixed up and choppy but overall some waves to be had for the happy hour session. Misty and cloudy at the beach and the crowds are not bad at all at most locations…….

Check out the New Arrivals and what is new in at the shop here. New FCS Fins are in, new Captain Flns, a used Torq summer fish is in, a used kneeboard, + many other items…….

Coming in around 60 days…. a 50 board shipment of Christenson Surfboards. You heard it first, right here.

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. The weak cold front will meander back and forth across the north half of Florida over the weekend. What does this mean for our local wind and 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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