7:45 am: Cloudy withvery small surf. The wave size is around1/2 a foot to 1 foot. The wind is starting to come up SE so choppy surface conditions. On ourlocal buoy the early wave height reading is 2.0 feet at 4 seconds up a little bit in size from yesterdays 1.6 feet at 8 seconds. Themarine forecastis calling increased SE wind today. The water temperature is measured at 66.9 degrees atThe Pierthis morning. See the ocean live by viewingTheSurf Station Cam Pagehere.
8:30 am: Earlymorning photosare up and you can see we are starting the day with very very very small, choppy surf. Maybe alower knee highset wave peak, lol. That’s about it for now, but thegood newsis,the surf should come up as the day goes on, particularly later in the day. See the increasing trend already on thePonce Inlet Buoyto our south. The waves are loading up in the pipe…
Report Overview
Report Title: Friday 3/22/24 Dawn Patrol
Reporter: Tory Strange
Report Of The Day: 1
Change From Yesterday: Still very small (morning to morning comparison)
Change From Last Report: choppier
Current Wave Size: 1/2 a foot to 1 foot
Surface Conditions: Semi-choppy
Surf Station Surf Factor: 1.25 (on a 1-10 scale) Comments:It could be ridable. If ya got nothing better to do.
6 Hour Forecast: Super small surf. Starting out around 1/2 a foot. Cloudy and rainy. The coming sidonshore winds will increase the surf in the afternoon .
Swell Info
Form: poor
Wave Size In Body Height: Shin to knee high peaks
Largest Wave: knee high but will increase
Surf Is On Increase or Decrease: will increase at some point today
Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo: new windswell to start up
Swell Direction: SE
Current: will come up S
Swell Interval: will become short and close together