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Articles by Adam Wright

Adam has been a professional meteorologist and surf forecaster since 1999 and has worked for many of the popular surf sites including Transworld SURF, Surfline, Wavewatch, and FuelTV. Currently he is the Chief Forecaster for Solspot.com and is responsible for letting us know when we should ditch the computers for either a quick session or epic trip.

The cooldown continues on Tuesday while light winds and a slowly fading swell keeps things surfable.

The cooldown continues on Tuesday while light winds and a slowly fading swell keeps things surfable.

Tuesday will be a fun surf day…it will be cooler at the beach but the waves from the weekend will continue to push through keeping the exposed spots in decent sizes and fairly clean thanks to light morning winds.

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Monday the swell holds but with shorter period energy that lets it spread out a bit more.

Monday the swell holds but with shorter period energy that lets it spread out a bit more.

Monday is looking a bit more active for the morning the WNW-NW swell that filled in on Sunday will be peaking with shorter-period energy that doesn’t bend and refract as much as the ultra-long-periods do…so it gets a cleaner shot through our nearshore islands.…KEEP IN MIND that there are still going to be some shadowed areas so make sure you pick your spots carefully…if you are stuck behind an island or a headland the surf is going to be much smaller and less consistent.

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Long-period WNW-NW swell fills in fast as we move through Sunday.

Long-period WNW-NW swell fills in fast as we move through Sunday.

Sunday will start off with clean conditions and an already showing WNW-NW swell. The swell eventually peaks in the afternoon but there will be plenty of waves on tap as it fills in. The weather will be a bit cooler but winds remain light offshore for the dawn patrol.

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Saturday will be another day of playful sized surf and decent conditions. Look for bigger swell later in the weekend.

Saturday will be another day of playful sized surf and decent conditions. Look for bigger swell later in the weekend.

Saturday will be a fun, playful-sized, surf day…sort of soft and slow if you aren’t at the right spot, but still clean enough and seeing enough swell that it will be worth hanging out at the beach for a bit.

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More WNW-NW swell moves in on Friday…offshore winds and small combo swell help to keep things a little more rounded.

More WNW-NW swell moves in on Friday…offshore winds and small combo swell help to keep things a little more rounded.

Friday will be another decent surf day. Our weather will continue to improve, getting the beach temps up enough that it will be fun to hang out on the sand. At the same time we have some new swell arriving through the day that will add some more size and power as we move into the afternoon.

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Nice weather, offshore winds, and building WNW-NW swell will keep us in the water this weekend.

Nice weather, offshore winds, and building WNW-NW swell will keep us in the water this weekend.

While it has remained pretty fun at the well exposed spots the last few days…it seems like we were still trying to shake off that funky cold NW windswell and rain that peppered at the start of last weekend. Fortunately this weekend is looking much better. We already have a new pulse of WNW-NW swell moving in this afternoon that will peak on Friday and then hold/drop on Saturday. Don’t worry though…our surf won’t stay down for long…a stronger, long-period, WNW-NW swell will move in fast on Sunday, peaking Sunday Night and then holding into early morning before starting to sloooowly fade as we move into early next week. The weather cools off a little after the weekend but more storm activity in the NPAC’s long-range charts is showing the potential for more waves later next week as well.

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Expect a slow start in the morning on Thursday but overall the surf stops backsliding as new WNW-NW energy fills in through the day.

Expect a slow start in the morning on Thursday but overall the surf stops backsliding as new WNW-NW energy fills in through the day.

Great weather and building surf will be on tap for Thursday. New swell energy moves in, helping to fill in the gaps left by the fading energy from earlier this week, while offshore winds, sunny skies, and nice beach temps will help keep the surf clean and warm up the coastal areas.

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Winter Surf continues to keep Mexico and Central America small but rideable for the next few days.

Winter Surf continues to keep Mexico and Central America small but rideable for the next few days.

The South Pacific continues to snooze along, burping up little weak areas of fetch that just manage to push out enough swell to keep the surf from going completely flat. Fortunately the weather is nice and the smaller waves will still be large enough to get out and have some longboard fun at the standout breaks.

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Our surf weakens slightly on Wednesday but decent conditions and good winds will keep things playful.

Our surf weakens slightly on Wednesday but decent conditions and good winds will keep things playful.

Wednesday will be another decent surf day…the swell will be slowly dropping but nice weather and light offshore winds will continue to clean up and organize the wave shape…setting up some better looking lines at the well exposed spots.

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Sunny Skies, offshore winds, playful WNW-NW swells on tap for a few days with some bigger swell/storm action brewing further out.

Sunny Skies, offshore winds, playful WNW-NW swells on tap for a few days with some bigger swell/storm action brewing further out.

The good news is the rainy/funky weather we saw over the weekend is over…and even though Monday was a bit cold and breezy, the offshore flow is going to return as we move through the next several days, working hard to set up another run of nice beach conditions as we head toward the weekend. Swellwise we are going to have to power through a couple of days of leftover, short-period, NW windswell that will fade through the middle of the week. Fortunately that doesn’t last long and we see a return of playful sized long-medium period WNW-NW filling in on Thursday that holds into the upcoming week. Even further out…the weather continues to look nice as we head into the weekend AND we have a set of stronger storms intensifying in the North Pacific, that have good potential to send us a larger, more organized WNW swell for the upcoming Sunday-Monday.

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