Summer Weather Patten Sets In

So far July has seen the establishment of a typical summer weather pattern for us. Gray, foggy to overcast mornings followed by warm and sunny afternoons. All this caused by the marine inversion layer that is a hallmark of the Bay in summer time.

Early morning (paddle out time) temps have been averaging in the high 50's, daytime mid-afternoon temps mostly in the mid 70's. Nice really, cool in the mornings to temperate and comfortable in the afternoon/evening.

Winds have been calm in the morning (except for yesterday when it was blowing pretty good straight onshore from the south) and start to ratchet up mid-morning and into the afternoon. It almost always is blowing down the slide by 3PM, chucking up whitecaps and bumps from one end of the Bay to the other. Sometimes the wind will slow down in the evening, sometimes it's still blowing like a banshee, but so far, it stays sunny...the fog hasn't been blowing back in.

NWS says it's going to stay this way for at least next week. Day temps cooling, NW wind swell up...while we wait for the south swell, not yet showing.