NO GO — WORK DAY
No Session Tomorrow
Mon July 6 · 0600 shift + 1615 VO2 block the whole day
🌊 Would've been Blacks, ~5:45–7:15am, 7'2" Crowd Killer

Conditions are genuinely good: a long-period SSW ground swell (18.2s @ ~190–206°) sits right in the canyon's south-peak window at Blacks, calm dawn wind, and a low outgoing tide that's exactly what Blacks and Tippers want. But there's no window — 0600 start, a hard VO2 interval session at 1615 right after, and bed by 2000 to protect Tuesday's 15-hour 0400 shift. South Ponto is the same swell but past its sweet spot (closeout risk at this period) so it wasn't in play anyway.

Data from evening pull Sun Jul 5, 8:15pm PDT · buoys + NOAA + NWS + Open-Meteo + Wavecast (fresh, published 6:15am today) · Surfline skipped — no Chrome session this run

Condition Gauges — dawn window ~5:45–7:15am (if it were on)

Tide — Monday July 6 (La Jolla 9410230)

low-tide window (Blacks/Tippers, ≤3ft) preferred AM/PM session bands tide height

Stoke Meter

South Ponto's period (18.2s) is well past its 10–14s sweet spot — straight bars stand up all at once at this length; closeout risk, not a plus, despite the decent score.

Days to Watch

Thu Jul 9 — Chris's first true off/recovery day this week. Wavecast's fresh Sunday read has this same SSW swell building through Wed the 8th, with Thursday flagged as the best day of the week for occasional head-high sets via constructive interference. Worth a fresh pipeline run Wednesday evening.