Good morning, this is Bates with your Ocean Surf Shop surf report and forecast for Monday, January 18 at 8:30 a.m.   

Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Day.

Surf at Folly is knee-high this morning.    

Winds are west this morning at 10 knots, and surf zone is side/offshore. Surf is weak and semi-clean.

Look for winds to increase westerly today at 15 to 20 knots this afternoon. Surf will get drifty and choppy this afternoon.

We have a high tide at 11:36 a.m., and a low tide at 5:41 p.m.

Virtual buoy data is reading a very small 3.2 ft. at 4 seconds in a short-period west/south-westerly wind-swell.       

Surf stays small today and into the first half of our work week, with off-shore winds and no real swell-makers in the Atlantic. Another cold front will move though during the latter part of the work week and might push up another small, pre-frontal, choppy south-west wind-swell into Friday morning. We’ll keep you posted.

Your NOAA Marine Weather Forecast calls for: “High pressure will prevail through much of next week. A weak cold front is expected to pass through the area Friday.”

It is 46* with sunny skies this morning. Look for sun today and a high of 55*.

Water temperature is down to 52*.

Sunrise is at 7:20 a.m. and sunset will be at 5:39 p.m.

Thanks for checking in with Ocean Surf Shop.