Los Angeles Surf Forecast - for Monday - 3/29/2010

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New WNW-NW swell (285-300), some small SW swell (200-220), and, later in the afternoon, new local WNW-NW windswell will be on the rise through Monday.

During the morning we can expect North LA to be in the knee high range at the average spots with a few waist-chest high waves showing at the better winter breaks. By the afternoon, after the tide drops out, look for some more waist-chest high surf at the average NW facing breaks and some shoulder high sets at the standouts.

The South Bay will be more in the waist-chest high+ range at the average spots for the morning. The standout NW facing breaks will be in the chest-shoulder high range at the start of the day. All spots will continue to have some swampy tide issues but you should still be able to find a few peaks in spots where the sand is shallow. By the afternoon the average spots will be more in the shoulder-head high range while the standouts see some inconsistent head high+ sets…shape won’t be the best thanks to building winds, but the new size will be buried out there in the chop.

Look for light winds…mostly variable below 5 knots for the morning. NW winds do start to fill in fairly early…picking up around lunchtime and we can expect them to top out around 13-15+ knots by the afternoon.

Here are the tides…

03/29/2010 Monday
03:24AM LDT -0.4 L
09:29AM LDT 5.2 H
03:30PM LDT -0.2 L
09:44PM LDT 5.9 H