SUP,Surf

[george]

2ft@17-21 sec, and afternoon winds 20-25 kts, somewhere Thurs and fri...fyi.
George

[gabrielb]

Sisters (NW), Saturna (SE), my forecast doesn't show anything clear.

KD, now George (cahoots?) ... I hope it's not an Oregon forecast, that's another time zone.

Time to keep board in car, as long as I don't hit Dunkin Donuts at 5 am I'll be ok.

Ulu is in town, we'll get together this week (i'll email) .

[gabrielb]

My forecast is not so strong for tomorrow, but it may spike (1-2hours).

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tide under 12ft. 1-2 hours of surf probably, over 0.8m is all good..

[gabrielb]

Sisters, ballenas over 15, and increasing. WB on at 630pm -8pm

[keeldude]

Disappointment with the timing of the front was replaced with smiles at WB this morning as glassy surf in the 2-3ft range was on tap from first light until about 10am. I counted 11 surfers at the max, maybe more overall. Hb 0.9m dropping to 0.7m as the tide came up from a low of 1.6m kept the swell fairly consistent, albeit on the small side. Stoke remained high nonetheless, plenty of seals seemed fairly stoked as well

[gabrielb]

Thank you Keelan and David for always keeping positive. I must agree, a beautiful beach day today.
What went wrong today?
Halibut bank reading (sisters at 18+knots steady):

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23-27knots at HB == 1.3m, but HB did not move any higher.

might as well adapt ...

Coming back from WB I noticed huge white water (=very nice waves, 5ft+ i think) at Iona (5Km away from lookout)...

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which tells me that swell energy is bypassing the inlet, (maybe even the HB buoy). I may have to bike to it (5kms away from parking at Iona) with surfboard in hand and check it out . I've been checking Iona jetty the last few years (from lookout) and it's getting bigger (NNW).

Tom, you are welcome. Glad to share info.

[Slappy]

Forget the bike, just get a kite and kite out there!

[Tony360]

Forget the bike, just get a kite and kite out there!

Funny last time I was out at Tower Beach in good waves (about a month ago) and light wind I was thinking how sweet it would be to ditch the kite and just surf at that spot for a while. It would be too long to paddle from the beach with my present fitness level. Someone should install buoys that we can clip our kites to and have a quick surf session. Angus you should call the park board.

[adam2]

I went for a Sunday morning 7am paddle from Locarno to the east channel marker off near Acadia. When I got there I found the swell from that night made a surprisingly fun little break right off the marker, perfect for a SUP.

[gabrielb]

mild SE. Looks like PR now. Check peak & tide.

storm is there somewhere. Forecast moving.