Los Angeles Surf Forecast - for Friday - 1/22/10

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W-WNW swell will peak on Friday…though conditions don’t look particularly appetizing. Granted a lot is going to depend on how fast this last storm front moves through the area but at this point it looks like SW winds around 15-20 knots and more rain on tap for the morning. The winds eventually shift more W’erly by the afternoon but that won’t really help things that much. If the front stalls out we could see more SE flow in the morning which would at least set up some cleaner surf at the protected breaks of the South Bay.

Most W facing spots will see consistent overhead to several feet overhead on the surf…maybe a few smaller waves at the more protected points along North County. The South Bay standouts see sets going well overhead to double-triple overhead as well as some inconsistently bigger sets at times.

Overall the storm surf doesn’t look all that fun…but if you are willing to brave the poor water quality, and potentially hazardous surf, you might spend a few minutes checking out spots that can handle the mix of wind/weather/swell.

01/22/2010 Friday
01:24AM LST 4.5 H
08:30AM LST 1.8 L
01:37PM LST 2.6 H
06:47PM LST 1.8 L