Surf Report for Orange County, Sunday Nov. 14

[Stoopy 1,571]

Good Morning Surfers and/or Pilots, here's the Orange County CA surf report for Sunday November 14!  

Today's report is courtesy of Marine Aircraft Group 39, MAG-39, at Camp Pendleton's Munn Field KNFG.  Living up to their motto of "Professional Excellence", they were kind enough to let us use this Robinson R44 they say one of their pilots won in a Poker game from some French dude.  Sounds cool, so let's head out over the water and check out the conditions!  

We're still seeing pretty fair conditions through the weekend with late afternoon temps forecast at 72, clear skies and a mild offshore breeze of 5 knots from the East to NorthEast.  The primary swell is South to South West with a secondary swell from the West.  Water temp is 63 degrees across most areas with a few spots hitting 64:

Overall conditions are glassy and mild to waist-high today.  Just North of Pendleton, Trails has waves at 3 to 4 feet with good shape, expected to improve as the later tide peaks around 6PM:

At San Onofre and The Point, surf is 2 to 3 feet with Fair to Good shape, although with the Nuclear Plant shut down and the reactors now cold, San-O diehards accustomed to that warm radioactive water are still acclimating themselves to the same winter temps as everyone else:

Church is reporting 2 to 3 feet with good shape:

At good ol' Trestles, we're seeing 2 to 3 feet at Lowers, and the same at Middle and Uppers despite dealing with what looks like some residual high tide effects:

Cottons is showing very decent surf today with waves around 3 to 4 feet and Fair to Good conditions, San Clemente is 2 to 3:

T-Street* and San Clemente Pier are 2 to 3 feet, and should stay fairly clean as the incoming tide starts pushing mid-afternoon:

Not much going on at Boneyard and the Doheny Rivermouth which are pretty flat at 1 to 2 feet:

Strands is checking in at 3 to 4 feet with Fair to Good shape:

Salt Creek is 3 to 4 feet with good conditions both at the Point and at Gravels:

At Aliso Creek, conditions are relatively calm and glassy, waves are holding at 2 to 3 feet:

At Brooks, Thalia Street and Rockpile it's currently 2 to 3 with Fair shape and a little chop from that secondary swell:

Just past Cameo cove here, Crystal Cove is at 2 to 3 feet. Divers are reporting slightly better than usual underwater visibility around Laguna at 15 to 20 feet due to kelp die-off:

Further North, waves are 1 to 2 feet at Corona Del Mar and at the Wedge... well, it's the Wedge!  4 to 5:

Newport Point is currently 2 to 3 feet with Poor to Fair shape, conditions declining further along the Pier and at Blackies:

It's a yawnfest at the Jetties all they way up to 40th Street:

River Jetties North & South are showing 3 to 4 feet with Fair to Good shape:

Huntington Beach is checking in at 3 to 4 feet with Fair to Good shape; same at the Pier and Huntington Northside

20th Street and Goldenwest are 2 to 3 feet, Fair to Good shape:

Bolsa Chica is 1 to 2 feet at the Jetties as well as along the beachbreak:

It's a pretty calm and flat half to 1 foot at both Anderson Street and Surfside:

And for the groms it's about half to 1 foot at at Seal Beach and the Pier, 1 to 2 at the Jetties, and Ray Bay:

Wrapping up today's report, we'll set down at Queen Mary Heliport CL07 here in Long Beach, and be back with more waves soon!.  

Resources, all available at .to's:

Sceneries: 
Water fix - Orange County, California, USA by mrcoffee: https://flightsim.to/file/20591/water-fix-orange-county-california-usa

San Pedro Bay Port Facilities, Los Angeles & Long Beach CA USA V1.2 by FreakyD: https://flightsim.to/file/5846/san-pedro-bay-port-facilities-los-angeles-long-beach-ca-usa

Aircraft:  
Robinson R44 Raven II Helicopter Project by rotorsimpilot: https://flightsim.to/file/20566/robinson-r44-raven-ii-helicopter-project

Flight Model:  AirlandFS v1.4 by airland studios: https://flightsim.to/file/21417/airlandfs

Livery: 
R44 Clipper II - Cousteau Society by Thermo69: https://flightsim.to/file/22156/r44-clipper-ii-cousteau-society

*Stoopy's old hangout!

Edited November 14, 2021 by Stoopy

[mistercoffee1 26]

You know, I purposely uncovered the wedge to make I make it pop more! Nice one.

I should see if I can bring a little life to the jetties, especially 56th street.

Edited November 14, 2021 by mistercoffee1

[fppilot 4,371]

3 hours ago, Stoopy said:

Sceneries: 

Love this report!  Adds interest to screenshot posts!  Fantastic.

Are you aware of the Orange County Marinas scenery now available on TO?  Also, perhaps the best, most impressive part of that Long Beach Port and San Pedro scenery are the farms of nicely detailed cranes at San Pedro.

[Stoopy 1,571]

1 hour ago, mistercoffee1 said:

You know, I purposely uncovered the wedge to make I make it pop more! Nice one.

I should see if I can bring a little life to the jetties, especially 56th street.

Oh wow, that is so cool that you did that!  And it really worked - it looks so authentic I was a little scared to get too close! 😁

[Stoopy 1,571]

28 minutes ago, fppilot said:

Love this report!  Adds interest to screenshot posts!  Fantastic.

Are you aware of the Orange County Marinas scenery now available on TO?  Also, perhaps the best, most impressive part of that Long Beach Port and San Pedro scenery are the farms of nicely detailed cranes at San Pedro.

Thank you very much, I'm quite humbled and was afraid I would get called out on my neophyte meteorological report by a lifelong professional such as yourself. 😉

Funny thing, I just saw that OC Marinas scenery at the .to just yesterday and went to download it, but got a message that the file had been pulled by the author (FreakyD).  Quite a bummer because it looked pretty good.  The San Pedro scenery makes up for it though, I seem to spend a LOT of hours flying in and out of that helipad.  🤙

 

[fppilot 4,371]

48 minutes ago, Stoopy said:

Funny thing, I just saw that OC Marinas scenery at the .to just yesterday and went to download it, but got a message that the file had been pulled by the author (FreakyD). 

Perhaps he found some issue and is back working on it.  I have it but have not overflown it yet.  My circuitous routes have me currently in Bloomington, Indiana.

[ozcanuck55 233]

Nice report......let's get the boards out!

[johnbow72 2,722]

Spendid shots mate .

[psolk 3,041]

Awesome set indeed!

[udidwht 133]

Lived on 28th street Balboa for many years.

[skully 1,045]

These are great! 😆

We've been to that little QM Heliport- took a choppa there from Catalina Island 😀

[ryanbatc 12,859]

Hehe pretty old post 🙂

The pics are still live though!

[NWATech 95]

Nice pics! Post aged well