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CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY – Solid, intermediate period WNW swell filled in overnight to greet us with head-well overhead surf for lots of spots this morning while standouts saw double overhead+ and larger sets through the day as the swell filled in to its peak. Even some big wave spots got going with some bombs in the triple overhead++ sets (15-25’+ faces).

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Current WNW swell hangs on but slowly fades through the weekend and into early next week with small pulses of S...
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Generally small surf prevailed on Thursday off a mix of NW windswell and small SSW swell. The better breaks picked up 1-3’ surf (ankle-waist high), while top combo breaks were a little better but it was tough to see through the dense/patchy fog all day.

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Another really nice weekend of great conditions and fun combo swell is on tap. Small surf continues most of the day on Friday off the old SSW/NW swell mix, with larger NW waves building in as we m...
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