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As is typical with East Pacific swell-producing hurricanes, Rosa threw some curveballs at us. The tropical cyclone blew up on Thursday the 27th, strengthening into an upper end Cat 4 storm with 130-knot sustained wind. However, Rosa was on a less-than-favorable track at that point, moving to the W/WSW around 9-10 knots, which limited SoCal swell potential.
Lead: Joel Tudor, Newport. Photo: John Lucarelli
By Friday, Rosa shifted to a much more favorable track to the NW/NNW in response to low pressure approaching the West Coast — but also weakened quite a bit through the day and looked less than impressive on satellite imagery by Friday afternoon. Rosa proved to be surprisingly resilient, however, and re-strengthened overnight Friday into Saturday while taking an ideal track to the north. This is when it produced the majority of swell for California, which was on the rise all day on Sunday, peaking late Sunday into Monday.
The EPAC tropics has more in store for us as well. Tropical Storm Sergio is slowly strengthening well south of Cabo San Lucas and looks likely to become a hurricane soon. More SSE to S swell is possible for Southern California from Sergio in the longer term, so keep an eye on the forecasts in the next few days for the latest details.
Joel Tudor, by most accounts, was one of the standouts at Newport Point Monday morning. Vid: Travis Kuhlman; photo: Tom Cozad
View: Northern Baja Surf Forecast
Malibu from above. Vid: Matt Kurvin
Cam Rewind, Newport Point.
Cam Rewind: Malibu
Three waves, Newport, featuring Troy Eckert, Oliver Kurtz and Nate Yeomans.Vid: Nathan Baker