Fabio was downgraded to a tropical storm on Thursday, down to 45kt winds in the afternoon update after peaking as a 95kt, Cat 2 hurricane on July 4th. Fabio is looking rough on satellite imagery, forecast to weaken into a depression on Friday and dissipate into a remnant low heading into the weekend. Fabio is over 1100 miles west of the tip of Baja, heading west-northwest out to sea at 15kts. With the system on the way out, Fabio’s swell producing days are now behind us but that doesn’t mean the surf is done for SoCal.

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Early Thursday morning cam rewind from Huntington Beach caught light winds and light crowd early day as the swell started to fill in. Winds were on it by mid-morning and sets were pushing double overhead midday.

Tropical SSE swell from then-Hurricane Fabio moved into well exposed Southern California breaks on Thursday while topping out for most spots on the Baja Peninsula before easing down into the weekend. The tropical swell mixed with other, smaller pulses of South Pacific swell, providing something to the summer breaks not open to Fabio’s swell. The real issue on Thursday, however, were the winds as hearty onshores fully engaged by mid-morning across Orange County.

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Swell from Fabio continues to impact well-exposed breaks in Southern California for the end of the week before easing down over the weekend. Breaks that can pick up the extreme angled SE to SSE swell (Orange County, parts of LA and Southern Ventura, and a few select other breaks) see more solid sets over the remainder of the week with the less exposed breaks seeing a smaller portion of the tropical energy and, thus smaller surf. Be sure to follow your regional forecast, including the weekend video outlook, for more details on how your local spot is looking over the next few days.

With Fabio steadily weakening, here’s what is left:

The Good: still more swell to come for exposed SoCal breaks.

The Not-So-Good: Fabio on way out, done generating swell.

Check the Southern California forecast for the latest details.

***This is the final update.***