On this Memorial Day, if you paddle out, meditate on the sacrifice of the thousands of soldiers who have died protecting our freedoms to, among other things, surf.
Today is cleaner than yesterday but it still has a way to go before you’d call it perfectly glassy and spread out evenly.
Dominant groundswell is from the NW with some SW pulses showing. Shifty, peaky sections will keep you guessing and enough of yesterday’s shorter-period energy will give you plenty of duck-diving practice.
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Water temp is about 62-63.
High tide is at 9:20 a.m. at 3.5 feet. Low tide sees a drop of 1 1/2 feet at 2:00 p.m., followed by a steep incoming surge. Almost 6 feet at 8:15 p.m.
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Sunset tonight: 7:52 p.m.
For tomorrow, the last day of May, there’ll be a dropoff in swell, but should be enough to produce chest-high sets. Moderate onshore winds will likely produce some whitecaps by early afternoon. Dawn patrol coincides with an incoming tide of about 0 feet. Sunrise: 5:44 a.m.
