⏰ On shift 0600 today — dawn's out, this is the break-window call
An 18–19s S/SSW groundswell is still filling in this morning across every buoy — Wavecast calls it chest+ by today. Dawn was glassy but you're on shift; the good news is the mid-shift break (roughly 0700–1430) still catches it clean, and the rising tide during the break is actually a better fit for Tippers than a dawn outgoing tide would've been. Go early in the window — wind's still light (5mph) before the sea breeze builds past 10mph around 11am.
Data from pull Wed Jul 8, ~5:00am PDT (confirms last night's evening call — nothing shifted overnight) · buoys + NOAA + NWS + Open-Meteo + Wavecast (published Tue Jul 7). Surfline skipped — headless morning run, no browser session.
Scored for the mid-shift break window (9:30–10:30am), not dawn — the only window the 0600 shift leaves open. Ponto runs close behind Tippers; reef-over-beach-break is the tiebreak.
Days to Watch
Thu Jul 9 (off) — Wavecast's own call: "the day most likely to see occasional head high pluses" as a secondary southern-hemi swell stacks on top of tonight's. Windansea would be firing on this swell too, but it's dawn-only and doesn't fit tomorrow's shift — worth it Thursday morning instead when there's no schedule conflict.