A Good Day to Go Surfing/Paddling

The sun finally got a look at the coast at dawn this morning. For the first time in almost two weeks we had a clear dawn sunrise. Temps were up a bit too, as the SF/Arcata pressure gradient was at 6mb, mixing out the fog, at least for today. NWS has more low clouds and fog on tap starting tomorrow and into all of next week.

But the good news is that the surf is up a bit, and inconsistent, small clean lines are lighting up the best spots. Still, and at best, we're just seeing a sympathetic convergence of weak southwesterly background swell, and nearshore windswell. There really isn't much good news in the forecast for the deep south pacific, and nearshore windswell is the only thing on the charts for the NPAC.

Been taking the dog for walks on the beach with M almost everyday for exercise. Today was beautiful with lots of people enjoying life. As for surf, there really aren't any clearly defined bars, just lots of close-outs.

I'm still dry docked nursing this cold into non-existence and hoping to get back into the water on Monday. Have laid off the Bowflex but kept up (every day) Qi gong, and all the stretching exercises prescribed by Debra (sports massage therapist). My back feels pretty good, and I'm getting spontaneous back adjustments routinely during the stretching exercises. Working with Debra is paying major dividends. She has been able to pinpoint the muscles that are the precursors of my lower back pain, and working with proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and deep tissue massage (along with her prescription for exacting stretching exercises) has begun the process of softening and loosening those muscles. As I gain this flexibility, I experience less pain, and can do more physically. She's really the ultimate physical therapist and along with Mark (the chiropractor) has been the cause of rehabilitation that is working.

SoCal is still looking pretty good. In addition to getting the deep SPAC swells sooner than us, and having a more open swell window, they get the hurricane swell makers from offshore Mex. The CDIP is giving me swell envy. The cams I mentioned in my last post are fun to watch when we're jonesing for waves, and even though contests usually mean we all get kicked out of our spots, a great wave cam for watching the waves in HB now is the US Open contest live feed. Check it out.