Southern California Water Temp Forecast

70+ in November. This year's October sea surface temperature anomalies topped those of 2015 -- our last strong El Nino. For November, current sea surface temperatures are several degrees above average, and there aren't any signs we'll fall off. NW winds blew for most of Sunday and didn't even make a dent in temps, with some zones (looking at you SD) measuring their warmest temps of the past few weeks.

Coastal air temps are set to get pretty warm through the second half of the week and into the weekend, and winds are on a benign diurnal pattern for the next several days -- variable to offshore in the mornings and moderately onshore in the afternoons. I don't see us making significant gains off the coastal air temps, but some of the cooler patches could get a little boost, especially if you're surfing the afternoon windows.

Fullsuits still seem unnecessary for most of the coast, with an argument to be made for the early windows when the air is cooler -- but even that shouldn't be an issue by the end of the week. Springsuits, boardshorts, or whatever you've been reaching for over the past few months still seems like a pretty safe bet for the foreseeable future.

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Southern California Tides

Deep morning high tides this week. Those highs are very likely getting back above 6', through the middle of the week, with 7'+ tides possible over the weekend, which luckily coincides with less swell than we have on tap at the start of the week. Drained midday to early afternoon lows rebound into the later PM/evening windows.