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  • There will be a decent S-SW swell already in the water as the contest kicks off on Wednesday and there will also be enough WNW-NW energy from local windswell, and a medium-period WNW-NW swell, to break up the bigger Southern Hemi sets.

    Transworld Surf» | Transworld Surf Adam Wright - Socalsurf.com 2010

  • The S-SW swell (180-210) will fade but a new WNW-NW swell (285-300) fills in and mixes with the smaller NW windswell.

    Transworld Surf» | Transworld Surf Adam Wright - Socalsurf.com 2010

  • The surf will be a combo mix of S-SW swell (180-210) and WNW windswell.

    Transworld Surf» | Transworld Surf Adam Wright - Socalsurf.com 2010

  • The surf holds on Saturday as the mix of S-SW swell gets a little reinforcement and the WNW-NW energy sees a touch more windswell filter in to keep things from dropping too far.

    Transworld Surf» | Transworld Surf Adam Wright - Socalsurf.com 2010

  • The NW'er will fill in more on Friday as local windswell helps to pile on some energy … unfortunately the SW swell starts to fade out slowly over the weekend.

    Transworld Surf» | Transworld Surf Adam Wright - Socalsurf.com 2010

  • This bad boy is one of those lovely springtime blends of medium-period energy from the storm as it is off the coast and then the local NW windswell that pushes in as a result of the storm front passing over the area.

    Transworld Surf» | Transworld Surf Adam Wright - Socalsurf.com 2010

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