Surf & Weather Alert 8/26 AM

Trades are slowing down and it looks like they will be variable over the weekend - even briefly S'ly Mon. Moderate trades will return on Tues. During this down time, afternoon convective showers become more likely, along with afternoon seabreezes. We'll play it by ear. At this moment, there are scattered clouds upstream that look mostly dry.

There apppears to be a new tropical depression forming S of Baja CA. It may be short-loved.

Katrina is on the way to a Cat 2-3 hurricane making landfall in the FL panhandle late Sun.

There are minor bumps due from the N and NW early next week, but barely worth mentioning.

A new S'ly swell is registering on buoys 51oo2 and 51004. S'ly exposures should see head high + waves through much of the weekend. The SW'ly background should keep longboardable waves in the background next week. Also on the horizon is a better-organized storm E of NZ early next week, due in a week later.

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