Hurricane Polo to bring heavy surf, little rain to Malibu Play

Hurricane Polo in the Pacific is a giant question mark — literally tracing out a question mark pattern over the ocean south of Mexico.

Winds near the center are still blasting at 180 miles an hour, but it's hardly moving. It's supposed to graze past Cabo San Lucas later this weekend and then cross over the Baja Peninsula about halfway up from Cabo on Tuesday.

But this storm is not behaving like normal. The potential center of the storm when it enters the United States could be anywhere from San Diego to Texas, according to the various scenarios envisioned by the weather supercomputers.

Right now it looks like Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas will get the most rain. No substantial rain is predicted for Malibu — maybe some light rain. Heavy surf, however, will blast in probably by Sunday, with light rain possible Monday and Tuesday.

Coincidentally, the lunar cycle of high tides will be increasing to above seven feet all next week. Gnarly surf from the hurricane could ride in above seven-foot high tides Monday and Tuesday — bad news for coastal erosion. Rough surf and coastal chaos are very likely starting this weekend.

31 homes in Malibu remain red-tagged at La Chusa Beach while the coastal erosion down there at Nicholas Cage's is repaired. There are another two weeks of repairs estimated at La Chusa before the residents can return to their neighborhood.