Ventura Surf Forecast - Weekend Waves - 2/27-2/28/2010

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Saturday starts of slow and breezy thanks to the new storm front pushing through the region and most leftover swell in the water through the early part of the day. Really it will probably be a better morning to surf the pillow for a little longer. Expect S-SW winds 10-15 knots with some 20-25 knot gusts and more rain/thunderstorms and other nonsense.

By Saturday afternoon a new W-NW swell (275-300) starts to arrive and come up fast…though conditions still look pretty crappy. I expect that the average spots will be in the shoulder-head high+ range by the end of the day…standout NW facing spots will have more consistent overhead and overhead+ sets.

Sunday the W-NW’er will peak and winds will back down shifting more to the WNW-NW and holding around 10-15 knots for the morning. The surf will be solid in the overhead+ range for most of the average spots and sets going a few feet overhead to nearly double overhead and bigger at the WNW-NW facing standouts. The tide is still pretty high in the morning but there will be a lot of energy rolling around and it will have a good shot at breaking through the extra water. Even with the winds there should be enough waves and swell that the more protected breaks will work and will probably be cleaner since they don’t have as much exposure to the wind and chunkiness of the swell.

Here are the tides…

02/27/2010 Saturday
01:54AM LST 0.9 L
07:55AM LST 6.3 H
02:45PM LST -1.3 L
08:55PM LST 4.9 H

02/28/2010 Sunday
02:42AM LST 0.4 L
08:41AM LST 6.2 H
03:19PM LST -1.1 L
09:28PM LST 5.3 H

Ventura Surf Forecast - Weekend Waves - 2/20-2/21/2010

Make sure to read the full region forecast it has more complete details on the incoming swell and regional conditions. Click here for the full forecast www.socalsurf.com.

New W swell arrives and peaks on Saturday and then holds and slowly drops on Sunday. Winds and weather will come along with the new swell…but we might see semi-surfable conditions in some areas early on Saturday.

The average W facing breaks will be in the shoulder-overhead range with some sets going a couple of feet overhead at times. Look for the standout W-NW facing breaks to see overhead surf with sets going several feet overhead through Saturday afternoon. Sunday will be similar size but look for the bigger sets to become less consistent as we move through the afternoon.

Saturday morning winds are forecast to be semi-onshore…but the models aren’t really all that certain. There is a chance that we will have S-SE winds early in the morning, so there may be a few pockets of cleaner conditions at the protected spots. Look for W winds 10-20+ knots to develop by Saturday afternoon and hold through most of Sunday. It will be raining both days.

Here are the tides…

02/20/2010 Saturday
12:20AM LST 4.6 H
07:53AM LST 1.2 L
01:37PM LST 2.4 H
05:48PM LST 2.0 L

02/21/2010 Sunday
01:14AM LST 4.6 H
09:41AM LST 0.9 L