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Surf Forecast - North California
5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:50 PM GMT

Surf Scale: 3 ft = waist high, 4 ft = chest high, 5 ft = head high, 10 ft =double overhead
Swell Direction is direction swell is coming from. 90°=East, 180°=South, 270°=West, 360-0 = North

North California Surf Forecast (Centered on San Francisco)
Day	Trend	Wind (kts)	Details (Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile)	Waves (Set wave max face height)	Swell Direction
Friday 3/19	Down	E 5+ early	Swell 5 ft @ 11 secs.	5.5 ft	305 degrees
Saturday 3/20	Down some	SW 1-5 early	Background swell 2.6 ft @ 16 secs with southern hemi swell 3 ft @ 14 secs intermixed	4.0 ft	190/295 degrees
Sunday 3/21	Up some	N5+ early	Gulf swell building to 7 ft @ 13 secs	8.5 ft	285 degrees
Monday 3/22	Down some	N 15 early	Background swell 5.2 ft @ 11-12 secs (5.5 ft) with southern hemi swell 2.3 ft @ 20 secs late (5 ft)	5.5 ft	290/210 degrees
Tuesday 3/23	Holding	N10+ early	Northwest windswell 5.2 ft @ 9 secs (4.5 ft) with southern hemi swell 2.8 ft @ 18 secs late (5 ft)	5.0 ft	305/210 degrees
Extended Outlook	Up slightly	---	The Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) is in the Inactive state and expected to continue there through early next month. No direct support for gale development expected from it but El Nino will continue to favor gale and storm formation for a few more months (including in the Southern Hemi). A weak local gale is forecast off NCal on Fri/Sat (3/20) with 22 ft seas setting up swell for Sun. A better gale is modeled on the dateline Sun/Mon (3/22) with 30 ft seas but positioned a long distance away from our coast. Beyond the models hint at a progressive series of gales developing in the Western Gulf pushing well towards Central CA next week. Down south a weak/small gale formed southeast of Tahiti Thurs (3/11) with barely 30 ft seas. Small swell is radiating north arriving Thurs (3/18). A stronger storm built just southeast of New Zealand Sat/Sun (3/14) with 50 kt wind and up to 46 ft seas. Possible real southern hemi swell for California early next week.	---	---

Surf Height Animation: Northeast Pacific - North CA - Central CA
Wind Animations: US West Coast - North CA - Central CA
Local Model: Surf - Wind

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