10/5 - 10/11

Tuesday

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Caribbean
knee to waist
knee to waist
waist to chest
overhead
waist to chest
knee to waist

knee high

North Pacific
1-2 feet overhead
1 foot overhead
overhead
head high
chest high
chest high
chest to head
South Pacific
1-2 feet overhead

1-2 feet overhead

1 foot overhead
overhead
head high
head high

overhead


Breakdown:

Caribbean Coast - Strong storms push in some minor wind swell from the NE early in the week, and by Thursday a second more powerful systems brings some chest high surf by late Thursday and a foot bigger Friday from the NNE. The angle will keep some spots small, while other will be going off if the wind stays offshore. It quiets down quickly Friday and is back to knee high by next Sunday.

Pacific Coast - As expected the last 1-2 foot overhead sets leave with the tide on Tuesday, leaving surf a foot smaller each day through to Sunday chest high leftovers. On Monday the rising tide will also usher in another pulse of Southwest swell with waves 1 foot overhead for the Central Pacific and a foot smaller farther to the north.

The Long Shot - Next Tuesday it grows another foot and stays big through Wednesday morning (10/13). Then it drops off quickly leaving a whole week of small surf with little relief on the horizon. End of October blues...

* The forecast is made using over a decade of wave model and report analysis, but can't be accurate 100% of the time.

This table shows when the coasts are best to surf throughout the year on a 1 to 10 scale. (10 is the best) The chart does not factor in crowds or "El Niño", just general wind conditions, swell direction, and wave size.
 
NW Pacific
Central Pacific
South Pacific
Caribe

January

8
5
5
9
February
9
6
5
10
March
9
6
7
9
April
8
7
8
6
May
8
6
7
4
June
7
7
7
2
July
7
7
8
2
August
7
8
8
2
September
7
8
8
4
October
7
9
9
5
November
6
6
5
7
December
7
5
5
8
   
                   
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