Hurricane Kenneth may not mean surf but keep an eye out here

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Category 4 Hurricane Kenneth is the strongest late season hurricane in the Eastern Pacific in recorded history. 

-Kenneth is roughly 660 miles SSW of the Baja tip as of 10AM PST.
-Kenneth is moving on a WSW to W track (265, true) at 11 knots. 
-Kenneth has max sustained wind of 125 knots. 

First, and most importantly, is Southern California going to see surf from Kenneth? The short answer is: No, really not much. 

While Kenneth is a very intense storm, it is also very small and moving quickly on an unfavorable track to the West/WSW at the moment. Unless it can slow down over the next few days, we'll see only a very small pulse of SSE shifting South swell Friday and into the weekend at the well exposed breaks. 

So we'll certainly need to keep an eye on Kenneth over the next couple days for any changes but, at this point, don't expect much surf from him. 

Satellite image of small, but intense, Hurricane Kenneth off the tip of Baja on Tuesday, November 22. 

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