⏰ Catch it on your mid-shift break — window closes ~9–10am
Clean SSW ground swell (199–204°, 12–14s) is squarely in the reef's "long period helps" window, with tide low-and-rising and wind still glassy-to-light. You're on at 0600 today, so this only works on the front edge of your mid-shift break (~7am–2:30pm on a standard 10-hr day) — earlier beats later, since the sea breeze fills by 9–10am and Tippers packs fast on any clean south. South Ponto is the same swell without the lineup tax if the reef's crowded or your break lands later.
Data from morning pull Sun Jul 5, 6:15am PDT · buoys + NOAA + NWS + Open-Meteo (Wavecast stale this run, Surfline skipped — headless run)
Blacks: S direction (199–204°) sits just outside the canyon's 170–200° window and face is borderline under the 4ft floor — left off the pick despite a decent score.
Days to Watch
Thu Jul 9 — Chris's next full day off. Last night's LOTUS/Wavecast read had this swell still building toward chest-to-head-high through the week, peaking Thursday. Today's mid-shift window is a bonus, not the main event — Thursday is still the one to plan around.