Walled, but fun corners on the push to the high. It gets dumpier as the tide drains. Like yesterday.
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Thursday Nov 12. This one was for El Porto.
🌊 Wave Lord · Thu Nov 12
🟦 El Porto 57
Combo of W 261° + small SSW 212°
4–6 ft, chest to overhead on the best bars
Light offshore early, onshore bump after 10 AM
Best: dawn to 10 AM
Walled, but fun corners on the push to the 9:39 AM high. It gets dumpier as the tide drains. Like yesterday.
📅 Next 4 days
Fri 🟦 52, WNW 290°, Harvest 10 ft @ 14s
Sat 🟦 42, WNW 300°, Harvest 17–21 ft @ 18s
Sun 🟨 62, WNW 299°, Harvest 14 ft @ 15s ⭐
Mon 🟦 48, WNW 292°, Harvest 14 ft @ 17s
🔭 Coming up
A big WNW swell around 300° on Saturday, but it’ll be stormy and closing out. Sunday cleans up with offshore wind, and Rincon could have long walls 🟨 74.
✈️ Trip picks
North Shore Oahu, Nov 15–16, NNW 12s, 6 hrs from LAX
Supertubos in Portugal, Nov 19–20, big WNW, low confidence
🌎 Strong El Niño, rain Fri and Sun night through Tue, water 75°F, tides running about 1 ft high
The Lord Hath Spoken.
Source: the Nov 12 morning report.
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