Fri Oct 9 (off day, no shift) · 5:00–6:15pm · 6'6" Dominator (7'2" Crowd Killer if textured)
Three-swell combo: Rachel S ~195° @ 11s + NZ SW 210° @ 16–17s peaking + spotty NW 310° @ 15s. About 4ft faces, chest with head-high sets (today’s cam: 3–4ft+ waist–shoulder; LOTUS Ponto 4–6). Glassy dawn but the 5.7ft 8:53am high swamps the morning; sea breeze 10mph 1–4pm, back to 5mph by 5pm. Evening tide ~1.3→2.6ft rising = Ponto’s window. Sunset 6:24pm. Runner-up: Tippers 11:15am–12:45pm on the drain. Water 75°F.
Ponto low-to-mid window (−1 to 3ft)session (5:00–6:15pm)tide height
Stoke Meter (session time)
South Ponto 🟢 at 5pm: S + SW combo plus NW underneath peaks up the bars (no closeout walls), wind ≤5, tide in window and rising. Tippers 🟡 at 11:15am: optimal reef swell but tide draining from 4.2ft; dawn has only ~25 min before the high swamps it. Windansea marginal (mid tide only ~6pm). Blacks, Sunset Cliffs, Oceanside Harbor excluded — angle/tide/wind don’t line up.
Days to Watch
Sat Oct 10: chest-high SW holds, LOTUS Ponto 4–6. Sun Oct 11: head-high wind swell but rain + Rachel’s winds — questionable; avoid water 72h after rain. Tue Oct 13: decent SW, LOTUS Ponto 6–8. Oct 18: NW ground swell + possible southern hemi.