Cofounders of Marine Weather University, Chris Bedford and Peter Isler, sharing today's daily weather report for the 2026 Etchells World Championship. Previewing the conditions for Wednesday, May 13 for the Race Day 3.
Forecast Tables for next 3 days:
Race Day 3
Light gradient today - so most of the driver will be the local sea breeze -not quite tapping into the offshore NW'ly that is making its return down the coast.
Watching the clouds/marine layer will be key.
Point Loma acceleration zone in play.
Models show more velocity on the lower right as the sea breeze builds.
Sea breeze bends left as it approaches the shore.
In ocean current world - at 1AM the radar shows there's an eddy well off to our NW. Strong current going SSW about 15nm off the race track, but in the racing area zip code all that does is bend the current more to the SW than we've seen previously at light speeds... current checks on the course area will be valuable to confirm. In tidal current world - the peak ebb out of SD Harbor is 11AM... with a slack at 1400.
