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LOLA's Marine Forecast for Florida.
Florida is currently seeing solid, but very choppy NE swell.
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Did you know that LOLA makes its own marine forecast for you? LOLA's wind predictions give us an idea when East Coast wind swell events like this might clean up. In the above graphic, the top graph with the red line is a 5 day wind forecast of wind speed, the middle graph (green line) is the forecast for wind direction, and the bottom graph (blue line) is the forecast for surface pressure. Notice in the top graph that the winds decrease in strength as we move through the week, but the middle graph shows the winds stay mostly between N and E directions which is still onshore. Thus, LOLA is telling you the NE swell will probably clean up some as we move through the week but probably won't get perfectly clean as the winds stay light onshore. Remember, you should always compare LOLA's (computer generated) wind forecast to the official Surfline forecast (human generated) to get the final word on things.

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LOLA is the world's only automated global surf forecasting tool. LOLA can forecast waves right down the street, or it can predict surf conditions at the top spots around the globe - breaks like Tavarua, Tahiti and Jeffrey's Bay.

LOLA uses the NOAA Wavewatch III engine (running on our own computers) with Surfline-modified data from various wind models (AVN, GFS, MRF). Then LOLA combines this information with empirical data we've programmed into her gained from over 30 years of surf and weather analysis here at Surfline.

LOLA also gathers real-time data from offshore buoys to measure wave pulses from storms around the world every hour. She taps into orbiting satellites to measure hurricane-force winds and tremendous wave heights in the heart of raging storms when huge ships are running for cover. She computes near-shore wave animations measuring detailed wave heights along the coast, taking into account how swells are distorted by offshore islands and the continental shelf.

When you add it all up, LOLA is the ultimate forecasting tool for surfers looking for timely, accurate and comprehensive information about waves.

Initially, we created LOLA as a proprietary tool for Surfline forecasters. But we decided to share the knowledge and give Surfline's Premium Members the chance to use LOLA themselves, to give them the best chance to score more good surf more often.

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