Los Angeles Surf Forecast - For Friday - 1/08/10

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New swell will be coming up in the morning…not showing a ton of new size early but increasing pretty steadily as the swell fills in.

North County spots will be smaller with lots of knee-waist high+ waves coming through at the average breaks. Best W exposed spots will be more consistently in the waist-chest high+ range on the sets. Look for all of the spots to fill in a bit more through the afternoon…I wouldn’t be surprised to see some head high waves at the best breaks by the end of the day.

South Bay spots will be a lot more exposed to the swell…but they still won’t have a ton of size coming through early in the day. For the morning look for chest-shoulder waves at the average W-WNW facing spots and some chest-head high waves at the best breaks. By the afternoon most spots will be running chest-head high+ with the standouts going a couple of feet overhead.

Winds look good…mostly light offshore for the morning and then light/variable to light onshore for the afternoon. Chance for some patchy fog too but most of it will likely hold off the coast until the winds start to shift around in the afternoon.

01/08/2010 Friday
03:41AM LST 5.2 H
11:08AM LST 0.7 L
05:17PM LST 2.9 H
09:42PM LST 2.1 L