Report: What was looking like it could be a hit or glancing blow by Earl now looks like it will be a whiff and a miss. Building groundswell with light side-off winds and ridable conditions this AM have given way to harder N-NNE winds and roiling (but not as big as anticipated) surf by mid-day as Earl begins his pass by us in his norteastward journey.
Prediction: Winds will shift hard offshore and clean up the swell on the backside of Earl as he moves past our coast. Unfortunately this looks like it will happen overnight, which leaves us looking at a pretty high probability of skunkage for Saturday AM. I am holding on to a little hope, but have to acknowlege that we could get screwed by the timing of these events. Either high-tail it to Long Island or get on it early locally for your best chances of scoring this Earl swell as the source of the swell will be moving out of our window and honkin’ offshore winds will knock things down quickly.
Extended Forecast: Much smaller background-style leftover mid-period groundswell on the charts for Sunday with contined offshore winds. Minimal to flat conditions expected for the Labor Day Monday with W-WSW winds early and a potential shift to SSW-S in the afternoon as things heat up.
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