Texas is in for the best surf of the region in the coming week.  Mid-day on Wednesday the swell begins to rise to the 9-12 foot mark, biggest by evening, this of course accompanied by 25 knot winds.  First thing Thursday morning the swell will be dropping.  After noon the wave heights remain about the same, and by evening the winds will go offshore.

There is a pre-front front coming to the southeast in a couple days opening the door for the second front, another west Florida wave-maker.  The first will stall just north of West Florida.  Along the base of the frontal boundary is a warm front.  Neither will send west Florida surf, but attached to the warm front is another cold front.  It is more than 1 week away.  It will enter the gulf sometime between Friday and Monday.  The Wavewatch and Conus models have the timing off by a pretty large margin, Wavewatch on Friday, Conus on Monday.  This probable wave-maker is also going going to stall out, but only after it edges right up against north west Florida.  There should be west southwest winds and northwest swell on Monday of next week (not tomorrow), overcast skies, moderate winds, and warm water and air.  It could be an extended window of waves if the winds stay over the gulf for a few days.

The front should also impact East Florida and Panhandle.  The southwest winds in front of the second front should bring up the surf in the Panhandle.  The East Coast will probably come up, but that’s an even further ways into the extended forecast, so it’s too soon to speculate.