Your Cart is Empty
Wednesday 3/20/24 Morning Surf Report
Wednesday, March 20th
Reporter: T. Strange
Surf Report comments:
7:20 am: Another very chilly start to the day! The wave size early looks 1 to occasionally up to 2 feet. The wind is light WSW early this morning allowing for glassy surface conditions and very good form . On our local buoy the early wave height reading is 3.0 feet at 10 seconds down in size from yesterdays 7.5 feet at 7 seconds . The marine forecast is calling for offshore winds today. The water temperature is measured at 63.5 degrees at The Pier this morning. See the ocean live by viewing The Surf Station Cam Page here.
8:25 am: There are 40 early morning photos are up in and you can see it’s way cleaner than yesterday. Smaller overall, with some knee high to thigh high glassy waves sliding through. It’s breaking both left and right with angle of the swell ENE so the lefts are a little longer. The surfers in the photos were having a hard time catching the waves as the higher tide has it sorta fat with the waves backing off the middle bar and breaking closer to the beach than expected. Will outgoing tide make it shallower on the middle bar and help the surf? We will see…
Report Overview
Report Title: Wednesday 3/20/24 Dawn Patrol
Reporter: Tory Strange
Report Of The Day: 1
Change From Yesterday: Cleaner
Change From Last Report: still chilly
Current Wave Size: 1 to occasionally up to 2 feet
Surface Conditions: Glassy
Surf Station Surf Factor: 3.00 (on a 1-10 scale)
Comments: Although not great, there are some occasional fun waves.
Comments: Although not great, there are some occasional fun waves.
6 Hour Forecast: Smaller but cleaner surf. Some inconsistent set waves in the thigh high range. Offshore winds in the morning.
Swell Info
Form: Good
Wave Size In Body Height: knee to thigh high, occasionally a little bigger
Largest Wave: Could be a few waist high peaks
Surf Is On Increase or Decrease: After increasing yesterfday; it has leveled off and deceased some in size overnight
Wind Swell / Ground Swell / Combo: transistioning windswell to groundswell
Swell Direction: ENE
Current: decreasing from the N
Swell Interval: some 10 second readings on the local buoy offshore
Hard To Paddle Out: 2 (1-5 scale)
Wind Info
Wind Direction, Speed, & Air Temp: Click Here
Wind Direction / Speed For Florida: Click Here
Local Radar Link: Click Here
Tides
Temperature, Critters, & More
Water Temperature: 63.5
Water Clarity: fair
Critters: no new reports overnight
St. Augustine Weather Station: Click Here