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Report Overview
Report Title:
Friday 12/14/24 Dawn Patrol
Reporter:
Tory Strange
Report Of The Day:
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Change From Yesterday:
Bigger (morning to morning comparison)
Change From Last Report:
Still Choppy
Current Wave Size:
3-4 feet, occasionally larger
Surface Conditions:
semi-choppy to choppy
Surf Station Surf Factor:
Comments: Although not great, there are some occasional fun waves.
6 Hour Forecast:
Increasing NE /E windswell surf. Waves 3-4++ feet, and increasing. Strong NE /E winds again today
Swell Info
Form:
mostly poor , but occasiailly fair!
Wave Size In Body Height:
Rib to shoulder high, occasionally larger
Largest Wave:
some over head high waves
Surf Is On Increase or Decrease:
increasing
Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo:
windswell
Swell Direction:
NE / E
Current:
increasing rip currents
Swell Interval:
sometimes one wave after another
Hard To Paddle Out:
4 (1-5 scale)
Wind Info
Wind Direction, Speed, & Air Temp:
Wind Direction / Speed For Florida:
Local Radar Link:
Tides
Temperature, Critters, & More
Water Temperature:
65.7 measured offshore ; likely colder along the beach
Water Clarity:
stirred up
Critters:
No new reports
St. Augustine Weather Station:
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8:00 am: Early morning photos are up box #1 and you can see the surf is larger. Much larger surf than it has been. It started rapidly increasing yesterday morning and continued all day and into the night and is even larger today, than yesterday evening when it was at it’s largest for the day then. Still fairly mixed up and lumpy/bumpy but for the strong paddling surfer how can make it to the outside, there are some big drop ins with some waves over head high for sure. Breaking on the outside at the higher tide, you know there is plenty of ummph behind the swell. Onshore winds all day today so no real clean up. Some spots could have some really fun waves today, if you do not mind the super hard paddle out….
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Left up from yesterday:
4:30 pm: New late afternoon photos are up box #3 and you can see we have sizable waves for your Friday Happy Hour surf session. Some over chest high waves at times! Some current from N to S with some lefts pushing down the beach. Some right hooks too. Very challenging surf! The good surfers are getting good rides and the not so good surfers are staying on the beach (or not even at the beach, lol) .
And this will do it until early in the morning… over and out….
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Dean’s Surf Station Forecast just updated… a strong/prolonged onshore flow over the weekend will combine with an open ocean low east of the Bahamas to build a SIGNFICANT SIZE COMBO SWELL that will linger well into next week with warmer weather and finally lighter wind Tuesday/Wednesday. Here is a good link to accurately track real-time, near-shore surf temperatures off the NE Florida coast: the Fernandina Beach buoy. Located upstream (to the north) and closer to the coast than the St. Augustine buoy, it’s a good indicator of fluctuations in NE Florida surf temps influenced by northerly wind cold air outbreaks. Here is an overview of a large-scale, real-time wind map to track the shifting winds associated with the fronts and lows that produce our waves.
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