One positive would be that theyre looking slightly better than the weekend. About Us Wind anomalies in the Kelvin Wave Generation Area (KWGA) are key for understanding what Phase the MJO is in over the Pacific. Oahu: Expect swell arrival on Wed (5/3) early with period 18 secs building to 2.5 ft @ 16-17 secs later in the day (4.0 ft). Fetch fading in the evening from 35 kts and lifting north with seas 31 ft at 45N 176W aimed east. Fetch and seas fading quickly after that. For automatic notification of forecast updates, subscribe to the Stormsurf001 YouTube channel - just click the 'Subscribe' button below the video. Overview: In 2019 warm equatorial waters were fading, and by August a tongue of cool water was tracking west on the equator from Ecuador over the Galapagos reaching to a point nearly south of Hawaii. Although this particular swell will fade Saturday the 6th, southern hemi will give south facing spots their turn on the Pacific's wave machine. The CFS model is on the upper range of all models. This system is to fade from there. This is a clear El Nino signal. More locations here (scroll down to 'Resort Snow Forecasts>Central CA or North CA Caltrans & Backcountry'). Overview Summer - Chest to head high. A warming trend has been well entrenched over the East Pacific since Nov 1 with no cooling waters over the equatorial East Pacific since 12/15 except for the time frame from 4/23 to today. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. Rain. MON On Sat AM (4/29) 40-45 kt northwest winds are forecast building well off the Pacific Northwest with seas 24 ft at 44.5N 142W aimed southeast. A bit of a recovery tried to occur during Fall of 2019, with weak warm water building in the Nino 1.2 region, but cool water held in a pool off Peru. Prior to that temps had been in a freefall starting from the -0.175 range in early Sept. Before that temps peaked up at 7/1 +0.332, the highest in a year. Tioga Pass/Pacific Crest Trail intersection forecast: Temps - Freeze Level But in late Fall 2022 trades started fading a by early 22023 multiple Kelvin Waves were in flight with significant warming developing over the East Equatorial Pacific. the week. The status of the PDO is not known, though it appears to be returning to at least a neutral state, rather than the warm phase as previously projected thereby having no significant positive or negative effect on the long term outlook. But the atmosphere will take much time to respond. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. Live Map. Surf Height-Swell Height Correlation Table. But there is no indication that El Nino will develop and if anything we'll fall into a weak steady state La Nina beyond. Dribbles on Tues (3/1) holding at 4.4 ft @ 12 secs (5.0 ft). Nino1.2 Daily CDAS Index Temps: (2/24) Today's temps were up some at -1.367 after rising to -0.650 degs on 1/9 and that after being down at -1.871 on 1/3 and -1.954 on 12/18, the lowest this year so far. //-->, S. Hemi Waking Up Thursday the 4th looks about waist high everywhere, but with NW ground swell filling in, running up to chest high later in the day at west facing spots. See QuikCASTs for the 5 day surf overview or read below for the detailed view. In autumn and and early spring the Santa Ana wind brings weeks of offshore conditions. Waikiki long range surf forecast for swell, wind, tide and weather conditions updated multiple times daily. During the Inactive Phase the jet stream tends to split resulting in high pressure and less potential for swell producing storm development. Something to monitor. Water temps appear to be warming over the entire East Pacific, though still in La Nina territory for the moment. Still some fun pulses to look forward to in the coming weeks for the South Pacific though. Swell and S 1 ft in the afternoon. As for totals, there's a wide spread on the models and spotty amounts to boot. The 7 day forecast calls for east anomalies building to strong status in the core of the KWGA on 2/26 while expanding in coverage to strong or more status holding through the end of the model run on 3/3. On Sunday (4/30) California was getting some background northwest swell mixed with fading southwest swell originating from a gale that developed southeast of New Zealand Tues-Wed (4/19) producing up to 39 ft seas aimed northeast. Fetch raced northeast in the evening at 35-40 kts with seas 24 ft at 52N 154W aimed east. A few more like it are on the surf radar, and I'll get to those in a sec. S wind 5 to 10 ktbecoming 10 kt. Attelage de la Gazelle. Sea Level Anomalies: (4/23) Sea heights were positive across the equatorial Pacific connected to the East Pacific at +5-10 cms over the entirety of it's width with a pocket of +10 cms in the west and a pocket of +10-20 cms in the east extending north of Panama and south to Chile. Pacific Decadal Oscillation This system was gone after that. And yet another gale is forecast developing in the Southeast Pacific tracking well northeast (see Southeast Pacific Gale below). www.gidy.fr. Regardless of what the atmospheric models and surface winds suggest, actual water temperatures are a ground-truth indicator of what is occurring in the ocean. The east equatorial Pacific is finally and steadily warming. Previously temps dropped on 11/24 at -1.700, the lowest in months after previously toggling steady at about -0.6 degs from mid Aug to Oct 6, then falling from there. A slow dissolving of La Nina started in March 2021 with 2 Kelvin Waves sweeping east and arriving over the Galapagos in June. Oahu: Expect swell arrival late on Mon (5/1) building to 2.1 ft @ 17 secs right before sunset (3.5 ft). Also on Fri PM (4/28) a low pressure system started developing in association with trough over the Western Gulf producing 30-35 kt northwest winds and seas building. 8. Mon AM (2/28) the gale is to be just off British Columbia with 30-35 kt west winds and seas 25 ft at 47N 133W. The Pacific-Ocean Weather Map below shows the weather forecast for the next 12 days. Southeast winds around 10 mph shifting to the northeast in the afternoon. Background swell was hitting Hawaii from undetermined source. The main swells in the water are going to be an overlapping pair of Southern Hemisphere swells, with the new one showing bigger sets late. Swell continues Thurs (5/4) at 2.6 ft @ 15 secs early (4.0 ft). Swell W 8 to 9 ft at 10 seconds. Weak warming set up over the equator with no cool waters present. BUOY ROUNDUP Swell from it is poised for Hawaii. But cold water returned in July 2021 and a second pulse of La Nina developed through the Winter of 2022. Possible small swell from Pt Conception northward. Surf Heights for Hawaii should be consider 'Hawaiian Scale' if period exceeds 14 secs. Swell Direction: 208 moving to 198 degrees and shadowed by Tahiti. CFSv2 Uncorrected Data 12am 26th Apr 2023 (GMT) Swell Chart for California, South California, South Webcams View All 17th Street 36th St. Newport 54th St. The transition to Summer is finally starting. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 6 ft at 11 seconds. Significant: Winter - Swell 8 ft @ 14 secs or greater (11+ ft faces) for 8+ hours (greater than double overhead). Help Swell fading on Fri (5/5) from 2.0 ft @ 13-14 secs (2.5-3.0 ft) early. It is characterized in it's Inactive Phase by enhanced trade winds and dry weather over the part of the equator it is in control of, and in it's Active Phase by slackening if not an outright reversing trade winds while enhancing precipitation. There are signs of warming along the coasts of Chile. In Southern California/Ventura waves were up to waist high and lined up with decent form and clean but soft. Swell fading Wed AM (5/3) from 3.2 ft @ 13 secs (4.0 ft). These therefore have a significant impact on the production of swell and surf. Swell NW 8 to 9 ft at 9 seconds. TAO Array: (4/30) Today in the far West Pacific the 29 degree isotherm was steady if not backtracking slightly from 180W (previously 170E) to 177E. NW wind 5 to 10 kt. 8 ft at 10 seconds. The 24 deg isotherm was easing east to 95W. sgi_tile=1; Friday the 5th is expected to run chest high at most breaks from a mix of NW and SW ground swells. Southern California is for good reason surfing's second home after Hawaii and the base of much of the industry. In the evening residual west fetch at 30-35 kts was producing 23 ft seas at 52N 165W. Taking the GFS and to some degree the ECMWF into account, I'd call for drizzle Monday morning along the coast; light rain sometime Tuesday morning from LA north (dry in OC and SD); then mostly dry Wednesday day, but with rain Wednesday late afternoon or evening into Thursday for most of SoCal, spreading from north to south. becoming 3 ft in the afternoon. TUE Chance of showers. Swell W 5 to 6 ft. FRI And perhaps a stronger system to develop over the dateline Wed-Thurs (3/3) producing up to 39 ft seas aimed east. W wind 5 kt. Temps were rising today at +0.318 besting the previous peak at +0.199 on 4/21. Here's the sat-shot from above to save you from scrolling (image from NOAA GOES): This will bring a period of cool, showery weather Monday the 1st through Thursday the 4th, with most of the precip likely Wednesday night into Thursday. Down south a small gale developed east of New Zealand pushing northeast Thurs-Sat (4/29) producing up to 37 ft seas aimed well north. SW wind 5 ktbacking to S after midnight. During the Inactive Phase the jet stream tends to split resulting in high pressure and less potential for swell producing storm development. As southern hemisphere ground swell lingers from the most recent Antarctic swell, NW ground swell is already starting to fill in from that system that, although initially sitting just 1,100 nautical miles from SoCal, will dive south into SoCal as a cut-off low shortly (model generated by XyGrib from NFCENS data): That low is now diving south and starting to cut off from the jetstream, visible from space this morning on NOAA satellite (image from NOAA GOES): Circled in red we can see that cut-off low, starved of moisture, but with enough being drawn into it to bring rain to SoCal this week. A geomagnetic storm has the potential to produce aurora borealis over the Northern Hemisphere from Sunday evening into Monday morning, with some states along the US-Canadian border . Chance of showers. NW swell 4 to 6 ft. high seas forecast south pacific issued: 04/30/2023 05:02:51 pm hst. Major Global Weather Pattern Change Occurring - El Nino Developing this system was gone after that. sgi_ord=Math.random()*10000000000000000; 16. Swell is pushing towards California. Summer is slightly less consistent but still excellent by most standards. But deep cool waters were along the immediate coast of Peru. NW wind 5 ktveering to E after midnight. Wind waves 7 to 8 ftsubsiding to 5 to 7 ft in the Chance of TUE NIGHT Another gale is forecast developing in the deep South Central Pacific on Mon PM (5/1) producing 30 kt southwest winds and seas building. Looking at the long term record, it seems likely we are still in the Cool Phase of the PDO (La Nina 'like') with no signs of moving to the positive/warm phase (El Nino 'like'). IRI Consensus Plume: The April 19, 2023 Plume depicts temps are +0.434 degs today and it's the second month above the La Nina threshold. But, remnants of La Nina are evident along the California and Baja coast with cold temps and the normal La Nina enhanced Springtime upwelling pattern in control. Also called 'Background' swell. 5 nm of Brookings southward, NW wind 15 to 25 kt. It's ion left hand column on every page on the site near the link to the swell calculator. NW wind 15 to 20 kteasing to 5 to 10 kt late in the relatively calm conditions expected to continue through the end of A continued small mix of leftover swells is expected. A steady decline set in after that falling to -1.00 degs in Aug and Sept rising to -0.8 degs mid Oct then falling to -1.0 in Nov but then slowly rising to -0.75 degs in Jan 2023 and up to -0.5 degs above the La Nina threshold on 2/12. This means no cool water was at depth. View accurate wind, swell and tide forecasts for any GPS point. Wind waves 3 ft. Fetch fading in the evening from 35 kts with seas 24 ft at 42.5N 151.25W aimed east. sgi_tile=1; On Sat AM (4/29) 45 kt northwest winds were building well off the Pacific Northwest with seas 25 ft at 44N 143W aimed southeast. Residuals continue if not rebuilding slightly later Sat (5/6) at 1.6 ft @ 13 secs (2.0 ft). Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. waves 3 ft in the eveningbecoming 2 ft or less. Remember, this report is only made possible by donations from readers like you (see why), which ensures this report will be here when you need it. Friday the 6th as a combo of both Southern Hemi and WNW groundswell build to a peak. The paragraphs below analyze the state of the MJO and ENSO in the Pacific and provide forecasts for upcoming activity (or inactivity depending on the state and interaction of these two oscillations). Protected breaks were waist high and soft and mushed but fairly ragged and warbled. Thermal inversion will be absent thanks to the incoming cold air, but the onshore flow and moisture being drawn into SoCal will keep May Gray in place. Conditions still don't look favorable but that could change. Updated! Swell is tracking north. showers early in the morning. chance of showers. Glossary, Privacy Policy Beyond 72 hours the models are teasing about a tiny gale developing on Sun AM (2/27) in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska with 40 kt west winds over a small area and 29 ft seas at 41.5N 147W aimed east. 6 ft and NW 3 to 4 ft. THU 13 secondssubsiding to 9 ft at 12 seconds in the afternoon. Amazing. Unfortunately again, most mornings do look to start out with some onshore southerly wind. A small started developing over the Northwestern Gulf on Wed AM (4/26) producing 35-40 kt west winds with seas building to 24 ft at 48N 166.75W aimed east. Impulse/Windswell: Winter - Swell and period combination generating faces up to head high (1-4 ft) or anything with a period less than 11 secs. NW wind 5 to 15 ktrising to 15 to 20 kt late The 28 deg isotherm line was steady at 179E. National Data Buoy Center Find unique places to stay with local hosts in 191 countries. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Hawaii's North Shore had sets at waist to chest high on the sets and clean and lined up but inconsistent and weak. Within 120 nautical miles of F1: Poor visibility in showers. TONIGHT Swell Direction:292-295 degrees. 5/6/22 5/12/22: Lots of swell on the way this week! See chart here - link. Swell should drop to chest max with fewer pluses Sunday the 7th and then fade Monday the 8th (waist to chest). KWGA/Equatorial Surface Wind Analysis (KWGA - Kelvin Wave Generation Area - The area 5 degrees north and south of the equator from 170W to 135E) Important: JavaScript support must be turned on in order to use these animated swell maps. Level up to Premium to unlock this and other useful features: Long-range forecasts are available to DeepSwell Premium members. 000 fzps40 phfo 010302 hsfsp high seas forecast national weather service honolulu hi 0530 utc mon may 01 2023 superseded by next issuance in 6 hours seas given as significant wave height.which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Swell Direction: 191 degrees. It's ion left hand column on every page on the site near the link to the swell calculator. The WNW groundswell will ease as well, while more but shorter period energy shows for the workweek. The 26 degree isotherm has pushed the whole way across the Pacific and getting deeper with pockets of 28 degs temps on the surface. Symbols shown on the map: Global-Pacific Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Global-Pacific Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Global-Pacific Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Global-Pacific Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks. Low odds of any meaningful swell resulting. Cooler than normal waters were also south of that line down to 20S though losing coverage and intensity. South Central Pacific Gale NAVTEX Coastal & Offshore Waters Forecasts. On Thursday (2/24) the jet was consolidated pushing firmly east off Japan on the 36N latitude line with winds to 190 kts pushing flat over the dateline to 155W not forming any troughs though still supportive of gale development just based on wind speeds alone. A chance of rain in the morning then rain likely in the afternoon. Analysis (TAO Buoys): As of (4/29) 5 day average winds were moderate from the east over the East equatorial Pacific and moderate east over the Central Pacific and moderate east over the KWGA. Alternatively, visit our basic swell maps of Global-Pacific where each view becomes a separate image. Today's temps are rising again at +2.478 after dropping to +2.145 (4/25) having previously peaked at +2.891 (4/13). On Thursday (2/24) North and Central CA had set waves at chest high on the sets and fairly clean and lined up but still with some warble in the water. Saturday looks clearer and warmer so far. Steve Shearer (freeride76) Monday, 01 May 2023. Gulf Gale Current Conditions 100% advert-free browsing experience on any device, Unlimited advert-free HD webcam streaming, Long-range forecast experience without interuptions. These therefore have a significant impact on the production of swell and surf. This model suggests we are at or almost past the peak of La Nina temperatures this Winter. Control the animation using the slide bar found beneath the weather map. Slight Thursday the 4th (building day) into Friday the 5th should see NW ground swell from this system that peaked in the Western Pacific yesterday (model generated by XyGrib from NFCENS data): That got a slight upgrade, arriving a tad earlier (building Thursday), with size chest high Friday the 5th at west facing breaks, angled from 300 with periods 14 seconds. Swell Direction: 315 degrees. Swell holding overnight then starting to fade first light Sat (2/26) from 6.6 ft @ 16 secs (10.5 ft). Starting Wed (3/2) the jet is to start splitting on the dateline with 160 kt winds reaching that point, then far weaker east of there. The other swell will be a selective but fun WNW groundswell for winter spots. Temps rose above the La Nina threshold (-0.5 degs) on 2/22 and had been rising slowly since 2/12 when they were about -1.0 degs C. Then had been in the -1.0 deg range since at least Nov 2022. This will result in more peaks to be had throughout the forecast, with size a few notches smaller than what were expected to see over the weekend. If this materializes, a long-period northwest swell arriving locally next Monday would result. Impulse/Windswell: Winter - Swell and period combination generating faces up to head high (1-4 ft) or anything with a period less than 11 secs. Prolonged and consecutive Active MJO Phases in the Pacific help support the formation of El Nino. Tiny North Dateline Gale On Wed AM (4/19) southwest winds were 45-50 kts starting to track northeast with seas 39 ft at 59.5S 153.75W aimed northeast. afternoon. Today: Sunny with isolated showers. 48. Nino 3.4 Daily CDAS Index Temps: (2/24) Today's temps were steady at -0.710 after rising slightly to -0.505 on 2/2 and that after reaching a peak low of -1.096 on 1/3 beating the previous low of -1.080 on 11/2, the lowest in a year. Time Zone Converter By popular demand we've built and easy to use time convert that transposes GMT time to whatever time zone you are located. Copyright Nathan Cool | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | PV: 8.1.18. Temps previously had been steady near -0.222 since early March. Current marine weather and wave analysis plus forecast conditions for the next 72 hours. More swell is looking likely out the back too, just nothing as big as what we are going to see this weekend. Doubtful meaningful weather will result.