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April 19, 2005
4/20
FOR WEDNESDAY...surf will be on a slow decline over the next few days. the northwest swell still has plenty of juice leftover from buoy 1 readings as of 8:36pm so it will be a good bet that waves will be around for the morning. look for surf to be in the 3-5ft range with some larger sets leftover here and there. winds are looking to be easterly trades in the 20mph range.
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the storm system responisible for the current northwest swell lasted for several days and had a wide fetch over a large area. the result is that this swell is likely to stick around for a couple of days. the swell will slowly decline into thursday with waves bottoming out in the 2-3ft range. by late thursday a new swell from the northwest will fill in and put waves back into the 4-5ft range with some larger sets. the next swell is not expected to be nearly as powerful due to the lower winds speeds, smaller fetch distance and remote source.
buoy 28 is registering two swells. the first, with 10-12sec periods, is likely the remanants of a small south-southeasterly swell that arrived a few days ago. however another swell is expected on wednesday and is likely to produce head high waves or slightly bigger over the next few days into the weekend.
trade winds are expected to fluctuate with the northerly passing of high pressure systems. so every three to four days expect winds to alternate between strong and light.
Posted by megaprober at April 19, 2005 09:40 PM