Steady Southwest Groundswell To Continue This Week - Southern California

MONDAY

Monday morning starts off with the largest waves of the week, particularly between San Clemente and Oceanside where 3-foot heights are expected. Ventura and San Diego may get in on the 3-foot waves as well, although waves of this scale won't be as widespread. Aside from these three locations, everyone is expected to experience just 2-foot or under wave heights. Periods and winds look good at 14-16 seconds in the morning with calm winds.

The southwest ground swell drops as we progress into the afternoon. 3-foot wave heights will likely disappear from Ventura but they should stick around between Oceanside and San Clemente. Periods stay nice at 14 seconds but the winds will pick up from the onshore direction in the evening. Monday looks like our least windy day but we'll still have a 10-mph onshore breeze develop after 1 pm.

TUESDAY

Just like Monday, the southwest ground swell continues to diminish as we head into Tuesday. The decline will be slow but noticeable. Waves over 2-feet in size will become increasingly harder to come by. Oceanside and the surrounding shoreline appear to be the best spot to catch 3-foot waves. San Diego could also be pretty nice with Coronado Beach likely getting 3-footers as well. Other than that, everyone else can expect 2-foot and under waves for Tuesday morning through Thursday. Periods at least look nice at 14 seconds and the morning winds should come down from Mondy evening.

By the afternoon, another onshore wind will have picked up, this time stronger than Monday. Speeds look to be as high as 15 mph which isn't terrible but it does make surfing more difficult. On top of that, waves continue coming down albeit slowly. 3-foot waves are still possible around San Diego and just north of Oceanside. This, however, will be the only spot to see anything over 2-feet in height. Periods still look good at 14 seconds Tuesday afternoon and evening.

WEDNESDAY

Not much is expected to change between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning other than waves continuing to drop. It looks like the wind swell may actually impact the coast around San Diego which is really the only area that's expected to see waves over 2-feet. Everyone else, including Oceanside, will see 2-foot and under waves for Wednesday morning.

Waves pretty much stay the same for the afternoon and evening other than another slight decline from the morning. Periods come down to about 13 seconds from 14 and the winds will end up picking up similar to Tuesday. An onshore breeze is expected with top speeds around 15 mph making for unideal surfing conditions.

THURSDAY

Again, waves drop a little further from Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Everyone, except maybe a few beaches around San Diego, will just 2-foot and under wave heights. A good portion of the shoreline, including most of the coast around LA, will see just 1-foot waves. Winds should stay calm or light in the morning with periods around 13 seconds.

It's possible that we see the next wind southwest ground swell come in a little early in which case waves would begin increasing for Thursday afternoon. However, models are not indicating this at this time so for now, expect similar conditions as to the morning. The only difference is that winds will pick up from the onshore direction at about 15 mph.