FIRING · 3–4FT · 4:30PM
South Ponto
Thu Oct 8 (off day, no shift) · 4:30–5:45pm · 6'3" Sci-Fi 2.0 (7' Ova if soft)

Combo south: Rachel S ~190° @ 11–12s plus new NZ SW 210° @ 16–18s, about 3–4ft faces (LOTUS Ponto 4–6, discounted ~1ft per recent cams). Glassy dawn but the 5.4ft 8:28am high swamps the morning; sea breeze 10mph 1–3pm, back to 5mph by 4pm. Afternoon tide ~2→3ft rising = Ponto's window. Runner-up: Tippers 10:30–11:30am on the drain. Water 75°F.

Data pulled Wed Oct 7 ~5:40pm PT (evening run, targeting Thu 10/8) · buoys + NOAA tides + NWS + Open-Meteo + Surfline (LOTUS + Smart Cam) + Wavecast (Tue 10/6).

Condition Gauges — 4:30–5:45pm

Tide — Thursday October 8 (La Jolla 9410230)

Ponto low-to-mid window (−1 to 3ft) session (4:30–5:45pm) tide height

Stoke Meter (session time)

South Ponto 🟢 at 4:30pm: S + SW combo (~20° apart) peaks up the bars, wind ≤5, tide in window and rising. Tippers 🟡 at 10:30am: optimal reef swell but tide draining from 4.2ft (swamped ~6:45–10:15am). Dawn Tippers has only ~25 min before the high. Blacks, Sunset Cliffs, Oceanside Harbor, Windansea excluded — no qualifying swell/tide/wind overlap.

Days to Watch

Fri Oct 9: NZ SW peak, glassy dawn, LOTUS Ponto 5–7 “fair to good” (8:53am 5.7ft high limits the morning). Sun Oct 11: SW 17–19s. Mon–Tue Oct 12–13: Choi-Wan 21s WNW — Blacks candidate.