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How have past Surgical-Strikes turned out??
We don't call a surgical-strike unless we're certain it'll work out. Here's the evidence, gathered from past calls.
Friday, February 17 to Friday, February 24
Our call: South westerly peaking out at 22 seconds due in Friday September 4th and holds 17+ seconds through the rest of the week. Weather will be mostly sunshine with 4 - 6mph offshore winds. Expect double overhead through the weekend Saturday, September 5th and Sunday, September 6th. This will be a 'Top-3' swell for 2015, don't miss it!
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Friday, September 04 to Friday, September 11
Our call: South westerly peaking out at 22 seconds due in Friday September 4th and holds 17+ seconds through the rest of the week. Weather will be mostly sunshine with 4 - 6mph offshore winds. Expect double overhead through the weekend Saturday, September 5th and Sunday, September 6th. This will be a 'Top-3' swell for 2015, don't miss it!
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Monday, March 02 to Sunday, March 08
Our call: Monday, March 2nd or Tuesday, March 3rd 20 second southwesterly swell expected in. Weather will be sunny with winds blowing offshore 15-20mph. Consistent overhead surf anticipated Tuesday 3rd thru Thursday 5th. The swell reduces Friday 6th, but sufficient for steady head high waves through the weekend Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th.
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Monday, September 29 to Friday, October 10
Our call: Sunday, Sept 28th the weather is expected to improve and stay good for 18 second southerly due in that day. Wednesday, October 1st a more powerful 20 second south westerly arrives and is expected to deliver a solid 5 days of 6ft+ surf against backdrop of fair weather and light offshore wind. Oct 6th - 10th will be smaller but with anticipated empty lineups will be a lot of fun. Weather expected to become unsettled (and stay unsettled) from the 11th or 12th... which is typical for October.
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Wednesday, July 02 to Saturday, July 12
Our call: Series of strong southerlies reminiscent of the same dates last year will have every break up the coast firing. Swell peaks out at 20 seconds, so expect it to get big. Weather will be fine with light offshores forecast throughout.
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Tuesday, May 06 to Tuesday, May 13
Our call: Tuesday May 6th southern swell starts filling in. Wednesday 7th through Thursday 8th swell will intensify peaking at 5ft/ 18 seconds. Loosely translates to breaking wave height double overhead plus. This is a thick band of energy with peak swell conditions expected to hold four days straight Thursday 8th, Friday 9th, Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th. Strong southerly component so expect most of the action to be on the lefts.
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Monday, October 07 to Monday, October 14
Our call: As the October 3rd swell fades, a second more powerful swell will fill in October 7th. Conditions expected to peak out on the 10th will deliver steady head high+ conditions though October 14th. Weather forecast is good and light offshore winds expected to hold up. We are anticipating Colorados to be FIRING these dates around Oct 10th.
What happened:
Sunday, September 29 to Monday, October 07
Our call: Not by any means startling, but there's a decent slug of swell on the way Sept 29th through October 6th. Due to the week conditions experienced through August and September this year, combined with the general expectation of onshore winds and storms in October most every house along the beachfront is VACANT this first week of October.
Again... we're not calling for epic conditions. But it will be decent. Expect steady head high to a couple foot overhead surf, light offshores, good weather with occasional thunderstorms bubbling up and, importantly, single digit head count in the line-up.
What happened:
Monday, July 29 to Tuesday, August 06
Our call: Double tap pair of swells due in next week. The first a southerly peaking out at 20 seconds due Monday, July 29th. As this fades a second long period south westerly will come in on its heels Friday, August 2nd giving solid surf through the first weekend of August. After that, conditions will fade off with nothing significant on the forecast out as far as the middle of August. Offshores will hold throughout, some risk of heavy rain and thunderstorms.
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Thursday, July 18 to Saturday, July 27
Our call: Looks like a powerful 19 second southwesterly swell will arrive in the predawn hours of Thursday, July 18th. This is a thick band of medium to high period swell; in the 15 to 19 second bracket. Swell with these characteristics results in consistent overhead to head-and-a-half surf. This first swell will pump through the weekend, possibly letting up slightly Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd. Wednesday 24th a similar 15 to 19 second southwesterly fills in. Surf conditions will once again be epic. The weather forecast is calling for fair weather, possible intermittent thunderstorms and gentle offshore winds EVERYDAY through the end of the month.
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Saturday, July 06 to Sunday, July 14
Our call: The swell model has the entire Central American coastline painted red on the anticipated 20+ second swell. As is often the case with longer period swells it could get messy tomorrow (Friday, July 5th) as the swell fills in. Saturday/ Sunday will likely be PERFECT. Forecast for next week (July 7th to July 14th) couldn't be better.
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Friday, March 23 to Sunday, April 01
Our call: Three significant swells due to arrive in the next 10 days, all of which will coincide with light to moderate offshore winds. The first, which is due in Friday March 23rd, is a strong southerly. Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th will see great form on all the lefts especially Colorados, possibly Popoyo Outer Reef, Lance's Left and Playgrounds. On the tail of the Southerly there's a thumping SW due in on Sunday, March 25th. Sunday 25th and Monday 26th could get messy with combined swell directions, but midweek this situation should clear up. On Thursday, March 29th there's whomping 3ft, 20 second swell showing. Swell's of this size can take a day or two to settle down into surfable waves, but my prediction is for Saturday, March 31st and Sunday, April 1st to be all time.
What happened:
Wednesday, November 02 to Tuesday, November 08
Our call: The wind finally seems to have settled down and looks like we've got a week of light north easterlies against a solid supply of SSW swell coming up. The waves were tiny yesterday (Oct 31st), so my guess is that the long period forerunners should start appearing today (Nov 1st). Toward the weekend (Fri Nov 4th, Sat Nov 5th and Sun Nov 7th) there's a secondary pulse due in. All in all, the first half of November looks set to be a lot of fun.
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Sunday, October 23 to Friday, October 28
Our call: Howling onshore gales & heavy rain showers today (October 17th) and for the past week. But there's light at the end of the tunnel. Though it feels hard to believe at the moment, the forecast is indicating a stella week of sunshine, steady southerly swell, light offshore wind and the line-ups will most likely be completely empty.
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Monday, October 03 to Monday, October 10
Our call: Strong south westerly swell due to start filling in on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 5th will be with us until Tuesday the following week. The weather forecast is good with steady offshore winds predicted until the afternoon of Tuesday, October 11th. Wednesday 5th, Thursday 6th, Friday 7th, Saturday 8th, Sunday 9th and Monday 10th are highly likely to give 4 or 5-Star surf conditions here at Colorados.
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