With a weather map like that we should have waves right now, but we don’t.

Expectations did not align with reality on this one. This week was supposed to stay around waist to chest high. I think we just have too much south wind. It’s blown the weak swell flat or pushed it away from us. You’d think with all the fetch setting up in the North Atlantic as pictured in the above weather map that we would be going off right now. It’s just not strong enough I guess. I’m not counting the week completely out just yet though (even though the models are). I just can’t reconcile what I’m seeing the weather do with complete flatness, but I’m not always right. Unfortunately, the heat isn’t going to letup any time soon. I really hope the waves pick up so we can cool off in the water.

Next week could go off.

It is possible that all the weather I’m seeing setup now WILL make swell, just not this week. That’s what the models are calling for. Next week is showing a beautiful NW swell pointed right at us. So everything happening now might just be prep for the main event next week. Around this time of year we normally see one last NW swell before going quiet for the summer. Let’s see what happens.