by george » Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:17 pm
Yeah Chris, bedtime at 0300 because of work, so a wee bit behind. Also when I went to bed, it hadn't really picked up, and some models, like BWD, weren't predicting cranking wind through the strait.
Anyway, when I saw your posts, and Keeldude's Hein Bank stats, decided to go.
There were early guys, just getting off the water after the early session, 8-10m kites, said it was good with the occasional lulls. Cool though, 10°C, and when I got there at 1, there was wind and waves, a bit choppy. I went out on 8m, and surfboard. Two others out then. About 3pm, it lulled, and they left, leaving me all alone with the beachcomber's.
I put up a 10m, and it was great, but I started to get depower creep, and the next thing I knew, it was cranking!
Waves growing steadily, and getting smoother, seemingly a bit out of proportion to the wind...I went back to the 8m, and besides a waterbird, was solo from them on, too.
I think the falling tide, and maybe the waves from the west started arriving, because there were now huge waves, like couldn't see above them, big smooth troughs, and on a depowered 8m...was not too bad, I have to say!
I came in around 5 as was getting a bit spooky, by myself with slowly rising wind and waves, and also getting a bit cool and wanted to check out some surf. Was a great afternoon of kiting though.
Looked at a few beach breaks, the nicest was Ebey park, but wasn't compelling enough to grind my shoulders, as surfed 5x last week, and going again in a few days. Having said that, there was some nice surf, with the conditions as they were.
So that's it. Looking forward to some more W winds!
Cheers.
George