Ventura Surf Forecast - Waves for the weekend - 1/09-1/10/10

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This will be a good-sized W-WNW swell that hits over the weekend...and it comes in with decent swell-periods and a great swell-direction for a lot of the breaks in Ventura. There is enough juice that some of the more fickle spots will probably be working, so you might want to hunt around a bit if you can’t handle the crowd at the more popular breaks.

Sizewise on Saturday look for most of the average spots to hold in the shoulder-overhead range with some overhead+ sets mixing in at times. The standout breaks, particularly through the south half of the county, will see consistent overhead surf with sets going several feet overhead (maybe a touch bigger at breaks that can focus the swell).

Sunday will be bigger than Saturday…average spots with W-WNW exposure will see head high surf with sets going 2-3’ overhead at times. The standout breaks will be consistently in the overhead+ to well overhead range…with some double-overhead sets on the better parts of the tide swing.

Winds look good for both days…light/moderate offshore E winds for the mornings and mostly variable slightly side/onshore for the afternoons. Some of the more protected spots may stay close to clean throughout the day. Look for the morning offshore flow to back down slightly on Sunday.

Here are the tides…

01/09/2010 Saturday
04:45AM LST 5.4 H
12:27PM LST 0.1 L
06:53PM LST 3.0 H
11:05PM LST 2.4 L

01/10/2010 Sunday
05:38AM LST 5.6 H
01:18PM LST -0.3 L
07:51PM LST 3.3 H