0400–1900 shift (15hr) covers the whole daylight window
⏰ Shift starts before first light (5:46am) — no dawn or mid-shift window fits
A three-way combo — two long-period S/SW trains (16s + 20s) plus NW windswell — is live right now. Surfline's forecaster calls dawn-to-10am "peaky and fun" with head-high potential at Ponto and Tippers. It'd be a real session — but tomorrow's 15-hour survival-day shift rules it out entirely. Watch Thursday instead.
Data from pull Tue Jul 7, 2:45am PDT · buoys + NOAA + NWS + Open-Meteo + Wavecast (published Sun Jul 5) + Surfline Premium (Ponto, Tippers, Windansea)
Condition Gauges — theoretical dawn window, 5:45–7am
Tide — Tuesday July 7 (La Jolla 9410230)
low-to-mid window (reef-friendly)would-be dawn window (5:45–7am, unusable — on shift)tide height
Stoke Meter
Ponto and Tippers score the same — reef-over-beach-break is the only reason Tippers gets the nod. Scores describe the swell itself; none of these are reachable tomorrow given the 0400–1900 shift.
Days to Watch
Thu Jul 9 — your next day off. Surfline's own forecaster: "surf holds as the swell mix continues, winds light" — matches Wavecast's Wed–Thu head-high call. Better-documented case for Thursday than Tuesday's brief window would've been anyway.