Small, cold and dirty. The 72 hour hold period will be up tomorrow so until then it's surfing at your own risk. Surf is knee to waist high with the sea surface looking slightly rumpled. It might actually be pretty good if the tide wasn't so high. Air temp in the upper 40's so there's a definite bite in the air. A 6.3 high tide at 8:45am, ebbing to a -0.4 at 3:45pm. 1 person out.

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Gary

Conditions have cleaned up a bit but the swell direction is all west (270). That means we've got some glorious closed out surf this morning. Mostly waist to chest; head high and more on the sets. Biggest at Tres Palms but the reef is focusing some size as well. Somewhat inconsistent so if you time it right getting out to the lineup shouldn't be too bad, especially the southern route. Bright, clear blue skies with a slightly rippled sea surface. Air temps are low 50's; so I guess summer is gone. Incoming tide at a good stage right now with. 6.2 high at 11am and a -0.6 at 6:30pm. About 15 people out.

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Gary

A big seething cauldron of large, messy, unorganized, short period surf. Shoulder to head high; + on sets. Healthy east wind try to groom the ungroomable. It's pretty chaotic right now and bigger than it looks. Tide is rising to a 6.8 high at 10am then back out to a -1.0 at 5:30pm. About 10 people out; way way out, keeping alert for those hungry clean up sets.

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Gary

Gloomy overcast morning with some small but building surf. The problem is with the building tide; 7.3 feet at 9:30am! That is really going to put a damper on it. Surf is in the waist to chest high zone with some larger set waves. Swell is not well organized at this point but may straighten up by this afternoon. The dolphins are getting all the best waves right now. Light swirling breeze mostly out of the SE. Huge tide swing today; from 7.3 at 9:30am to -1.4 feet at 4:30pm. If the wind stays down you might want to do a surf check around 1 to 2pm. About 15-20 people out.

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Gary

It's large and in charge! Head to 1-2 feet overhead. And the sets, well, much bigger...Shape is fair but with a high tide that has the run up blasting the bluffs, form is a tad mushy. Glassy sea surface with a lot of mist hanging in the air. About 40 people out. Tide is just past its zenith of 6.1 feet and has begun its slow crawl to a 0.2 foot low at 1pm. Max ebb flow is at 10am.

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Gary

At Terra Mar this morning. Serving up some very mellow and very fun waist to chest high surf this morning (overhead sets). Glassy sea surface conditions, no wind, light crowd (15-20). Tide is kinda high for TM but it's breaking in all the right places; classic TM. Tide is falling quickly to a 1 foot low at noon then back up to a 5 foot high at 6pm.

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Gary

A disorganized, inconsistent and lumpy west swell pushing in this morning. Waist to chest with some head high closed out sets. Ebbing tide and a swirling SW breeze. Slightly rippled sea surface. A large unruly crowd of 50+ trying to make the best of it. I'm sure there is some decent surf from this swell somewhere, just not at Del Mar. Tide bottoms out at 1.9 feet at 11:15am. High tide of 4.7 feet at 5pm.

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Gary

Surf's up! A beefy west swell is pummeling Del Mar this morning. Long fat head high lines with no complementary swell direction to break it up. In other words: closed out. Some occasional shoulders but mostly short, fast rides with a steep drop. Large crowd (50+) pretty evenly spread out with some clumps of people right on top of the reef. Rising tide topping out at 5.4 feet at 11:30am. Low of 0.6 feet at 7pm.

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Gary

Good tide, glassy conditions, weak surf. Anemic ankle to knee high shore break; best at Tres Palms as the reef is hardly showing. Incoming tide will be high (5.7) at 11am. Next low at 6:30pm (0.4). About 9 people out.

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Gary