Sat Oct 31 · DAY OFF · 6:45–8:30am · 7' Skindog Ova
2nd option: Lower Trestles · 7am · 6'6" Dominator — built for SSW 14s and fine on higher tide; lost on angle edge + Saturday crowd
SSW groundswell ~3–3.6ft @ 14–15s (211°) plus a small 13s WNW for corners; Surfline/cams 3–4ft+ waist–shoulder. Light E offshore at dawn (5–10mph), S crumble ~9–11am, weak ~5mph W after 1pm. Tide is the catch again: the 6:43am “low” is 4.5ft actual (+1.4ft above tables), rising to 6.8ft at 1:16pm. Clean walls, not a barrel day. Afternoon backup: Ponto 4:30–5:45pm as the new SSW adds push and tide drains toward 4ft. Water 75°F — springsuit.
No barrel setups tomorrow: SSW 14s is the right recipe for Ponto N-jetty / Windansea / Blacks, but actual tide never drops below ~4ft in daylight (4.5ft dawn, 6.8ft at 1pm).
Condition Gauges — session time
Tide — Sat Oct 31, actual-expected (tides running +1.4ft high)
low-to-mid window most spots need (−1 to 3ft)session windows (5:30–8:30am / 4:00–6:30pm); the call 6:45–8:30amactual-expected tide (prediction + 1.4ft)
Stoke Meter
Day off, whole atlas open. Nothing clears 🟢: every dawn spot fights a 4.5ft+ rising tide. Ponto wins the tiebreak (closer, less crowded than Tippers on a Saturday); Lowers is the drive option.
Days to Watch
Sun Nov 1: SSW peaks chest–head (205° @ 16–17s), clean AM before breezy PM onshores — but NWS has rain all morning; water advisory after rain. Mon Nov 2: peaky beachbreaks AM if winds cooperate. Tue Nov 3: NW 305–310° @ 18s, chest–head at west-facing breaks. Fri–Sat Nov 6–7: possible bigger NW, low model agreement.