Los Angeles Surf Forecast - Weekend Waves - 3/20-3/21/2010

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On Saturday the mix of WNW-NW energy will back off a bit more while the S-SW swell continues to pulse in a bit inconsistently. Most exposed spots will be in the knee-waist high range. The top South Bay breaks will be both bigger and more consistent as it pulls in some more NW energy…look for the surf to be more in the waist high+ range at the average spots while the standout breaks see some inconsistent chest-shoulder high sets.

Sunday we get a new WNW-NW swell (285-300) that fills in throughout the day…it isn’t particularly big but it should add a little more “pop” to the surf and help to increase the consistency of the sets. Most spots will hold around waist high…with a couple of plus sets here and there. The standout breaks will be more consistently in the chest-shoulder high range. The S-SW swell trails off a bit…so expect the summer spots to get a little smaller.

Both days look pretty clean during the mornings. Expect light and variable winds for most spots and a few areas with some very light offshore flow. It looks like we will be fighting a bit of a marine layer…maybe even some patchy fog…so don’t be surprised if visibility isn’t always that good. The winds should stay on the light side through the afternoons on both Saturday and Sunday…but expect the sea-breeze to develop enough to driving some variable 10-12 knot onshore flow into the more exposed spots.

Here are the tides…

03/20/2010 Saturday
07:04AM LDT 0.4 L
01:17PM LDT 2.8 H
05:41PM LDT 2.0 L

03/21/2010 Sunday
12:31AM LDT 5.0 H
08:17AM LDT 0.5 L
03:08PM LDT 2.5 H
06:00PM LDT 2.4 L