Big Winds Blow Offshore

The big story the last couple days are the high winds and pressure gradients. As the blustery northwest winds rage down coast, they bounce over the mountains and blow straight into the faces of the waves. Too bad there isn't much in the way of waves to get face sprayed by.

The local wind swell in the water is better than I expected actually. I surfed Sarges and GDubs on a lowering tide mid-morning with Sam, Pricscilla, Michael and Al. Everyone got a lot of waves even though the waits were sometimes kinda long. Wave quality got better as the tide lowered, and the gusty offshores held some faces and walls up much longer than usual. As the tide dropped those little inside zippers were breaking in about a foot of water. Kelp got me a couple times but with the thruster set-up it's not bad at all.
April 15, 2008 (Tu)
In: 1020
Out: 1235
AT= 56 - 63 degrees
WT= 51.6 degrees at the farshore buoy
Wx: Clear, sunny and breezy
Tide: 3.2 Falling to .71
Wind: NW to NE and back at 3 to 12 mph
Sea Surface: Mostly glassy in the kelp to mild wind texturing in the spaces
Buoy: NWS
Sporadic buoy data
0800: 7.2 feet @ 12.1 WNW
1100: 6.2 feet @ 12.1 seconds WNW
1200: 6.2 feet @ 12.1 seconds WNW
1100: 7.2 feet @ 12.1 NW
10'4" Angulo SUP with Infinity paddle
Fin set-up: Thruster with Bluecoil 5.5" center fin and FCS Occy sides
Bathymetry: Rock reefs
CDIP: 6.2 feet at 11 seconds from 305 degrees and 1.1 feet at 12 seconds from 195 degrees