Not that the water is going to warm up any time soon. Sea temps are now hovering around 9 degrees C.
The weather although cold has at least been dry and sunny but apart from one day of waist to shoulder high surf which managed to steer around Porthcawl and hit everywhere else...there has been nothing - nada!
We seem to have broken the curse now though and there is a wave 'of sorts' today but it's looking pretty cold & messy out there currently. The Scarweather Buoy is recording a 2.4m swell @ 7 seconds currently but the tides are against us for any pre work surfs currently.
More northerly lows are bringing Arctic winds down on top of us and we're now hearing about 'Arctic plunges', 'double deep, dips' and 'wintry showers' on BBC weather - all of which used to be known simply as snow?!
As the country prepares for 3 days of snow chaos when much of Wales could be blanketed with up to 2" of snow! I'm looking further ahead to when I might actually be able to try out my new winter 5mm claws other than for snowball fights.Traditionally I always try and surf on Xmas day (every other year these days as I'm out of the country) and a few Boxing Days sessions have been good in recent years.
The trouble at the moment is all is that all our weather is coming from the North. Having said that, this low bringing the snow does wrap a bit on Saturday so we might have something for the weekend.
One things is for certain though - better surf is on the way just before Xmas. Weds 22 Dec is definitely one to watch as a 984 low tracks up from the SW but weakens fairly rapidly so catch it while you can.
Xmas Day will be flat as a weak quashes any chance of a wave but from the 28th onwards, it looks very promising as a deep low pushes in from the West (hurray!) over Ireland and makes a bee-line for us. So we should have some good swell to see in the New Year!
Gull
