Wed Nov 4 · assumed work day (Nov not on roster/calendar) · 10–11:30am · 6'8" Firewire Spaceship
2nd option: South Ponto · 10–11:30am · 6'8" Spaceship — same combo and wind, but windswell keeps the straight bars more broken up
SSW ~3.5ft @ 15–16s (~210°) plus a long-period WNW (Tanner Banks 6–7.5ft @ 16–17s tonight) and a bump of windswell = combo, chest-to-overhead at combo spots (Surfline). Light E offshore at dawn, calm 9–10am, only 5 mph W after 11am. Tide still fat: offset +1.3ft makes it 6.4ft at 5:54am, dropping to ~3.3ft by 10:30 and 2.6ft at noon. The jetty sandbars wedge the combo into peaks; a few hollow corners likely as the tide drops past 3ft. Fits the mid-shift break for a 6am or 8am start. Water ~75°F.
Oceanside Harbor, between the jetties (Tier A) — S 210° + WNW combo, "hollow corners at mid-to-lower tide"; 3.3→2.8ft 10:30–11:30am, wind ≤5. Size 5–7ft.
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Ponto north-jetty left (Tier A) — SSW 211° @ 16s in the recipe, tide ~3ft by 10:45, but windswell keeps it broken up.
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Seaside / Tabletops rights (Tier A/B) — right swell, but low tide only reaches 2.6ft at noon.
Condition Gauges — session time
Tide — Wed Nov 4, actual-expected (tides running +1.3ft high)
low-to-mid window most spots need (−1 to 3ft)session windows (5:30–8:30am / 4:00–6:30pm); the call 10–11:30amactual-expected tide (prediction + 1.3ft)
Stoke Meter
All three are 🟡 (falling tide is the weak factor), so labels cap at ON. Harbor wins on barrel potential: the combo is exactly what its jetty bars want.
Days to Watch
Thu Nov 5 (day off): peakier, clean early NE offshore (Surfline), Ponto 5–7 FAIR — but 6.8ft high at 6:23am, so late morning. Fri–Sat Nov 6–7: building NW ground swell (Wavecast). Nov 13: "first proper run of WNW swell" (Surfline); bigger NW also tracked for 11/11 and 11/15.