SURF AND SUN

WEATHER FORECAST

There’s a warm, mostly sunny morning outside with temperatures already

into the upper 60s by 7 a.m. And it’s just the beginning of a hot one,

with highs reaching the mid-80s by 3 p.m. and the sun shining brightly.

It’ll start to cool pretty quickly, however. By dinner time, it should

be a comfortable 78 degrees and still cloudless. It’ll stay warm all

night, too, right in the mid-60s again.

BOATING FORECAST

Mild west winds less than 10 knots and some bits of dense fog start

off the morning in the harbor. By the afternoon, the winds will pick up

just a bit to between 10 and 15 knots, producing 1- to 2-foot wind waves.

The swells will be about 4 feet.

In the deeper waters, strong winds will be whipping northwest of San

Nichols Island throughout the day. Winds will be between 15 and 25 knots, with waves to 4 feet. The swell out of the northwest is at 6 feet.

SURF

Just in time for the weekend there’s . . . nothing. Waist-high waves

rule the day. And they’re inconsistent at that. The southwest swell is

fading, and the northwest wind swell isn’t doing much to compel you into

the lineup. What’s out there will be shut down by a 4-foot-high tide at

10 a.m. It’s an average, lousy day off Newport Beach. If you see a

barrel, tuck into it.

TIDES

Time Height

3:38 a.m. -1.19 feet low

10:00 a.m. 4.56 feet high

3:07 p.m. 1.53 feet low

9:20 p.m. 7.05 feet high

WATER TEMPERATURE

Creeping toward the upper 60s.

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What the dickens? More sun? Of course. But no surf. See Page A2