Thurs., Dec. 19
Choppy, very drifty down the beach.
Good morning, this is Bates with your Ocean Surf Shop surf report and forecast for Thursday, Dec. 19 at 8:30 a.m.
Surf at Folly this morning is knee high, with an occasional thigh set.
Winds are north/north-east at 15 to 20 knots, and surf zone is blown out and drifty.
Look for winds to rotate from the north-east at 10 to 15 knots, and we see high-angled north-east wind swell build to average knee to thigh high for most of your Thursday.
We had a low tide at first light, and high tide will be at 1:30 p.m. The day’s next low tide will be at 7:52 p.m.
The Edisto Buoy is reading 2.6 ft. at 10 seconds in a long period east ground swell. With a high-angled north/north-east wind swell wind swell reading 5 ft at 5 seconds and this is blowing swell away from our beaches.
North-angled, wind-swell is in the water today, and could build some this afternoon, but it’s not good. Forecasts show an almost tropical style low developing just to the south of our coast Saturday and building swell significantly Sunday and into the Christmas work-week. Some models show this system moving south and east of our waters, and pushing in some swell through Christmas Day, when high pressure begins to take over our weather pattern. This should be producing bigger easterly ground-swell but we’ll need to keep an eye on the wind, it’ll likely be north-east and blowing at a pretty good clip if this low stays close and to our south, is as currently predicted. We will keep you posted.
It is a cold 39** with sun this morning. Look for a cool, windy day with lots of sun, and a high of only 50*.
Water temperature is now 56*
Sunrise is at 7:15 a.m. and sunset will be at 5:15 p.m.
Thanks for checking in with Ocean Surf Shop.
Your NOAA Marine Weather Forecast for our marine area calls for: “High pressure will prevail through late week. Low pressure will impact the area this weekend and into early next week, before high pressure returns by the middle of next week.”
Good morning, this is Bates with your Ocean Surf Shop surf report and forecast for Thursday, Dec. 19 at 8:30 a.m.
Surf at Folly this morning is knee high, with an occasional thigh set.
Winds are north/north-east at 15 to 20 knots, and surf zone is blown out and drifty.
Look for winds to rotate from the north-east at 10 to 15 knots, and we see high-angled north-east wind swell build to average knee to thigh high for most of your Thursday.
We had a low tide at first light, and high tide will be at 1:30 p.m. The day’s next low tide will be at 7:52 p.m.
The Edisto Buoy is reading 2.6 ft. at 10 seconds in a long period east ground swell. With a high-angled north/north-east wind swell wind swell reading 5 ft at 5 seconds and this is blowing swell away from our beaches.
North-angled, wind-swell is in the water today, and could build some this afternoon, but it’s not good. Forecasts show an almost tropical style low developing just to the south of our coast Saturday and building swell significantly Sunday and into the Christmas work-week. Some models show this system moving south and east of our waters, and pushing in some swell through Christmas Day, when high pressure begins to take over our weather pattern. This should be producing bigger easterly ground-swell but we’ll need to keep an eye on the wind, it’ll likely be north-east and blowing at a pretty good clip if this low stays close and to our south, is as currently predicted. We will keep you posted.
It is a cold 39** with sun this morning. Look for a cool, windy day with lots of sun, and a high of only 50*.
Water temperature is now 56*
Sunrise is at 7:15 a.m. and sunset will be at 5:15 p.m.
Thanks for checking in with Ocean Surf Shop.