NW PR Report and Forecast of 1/13/2010

Morning Report: Checked out several spots up and down the
coast, grabbed a coffee, talked to a camera man shooting some
pics at Little Teapeuo whle watching TdlR. Then paddled out to
TdlR, joining a Island shape rider and another guy who had been
hanging way on the outside. Can't blame him being out there solo
in wave breaking 6-10'.Two shortboarders joined us shortly later.

I hung on the southside peak while the others worked on the main
peak, everyone scoring their share. I probably only caught one or
so in my first hour and then picked up the tempo big time. My trip
wave looked to be small at around 6 foot or so but doubled in size
during the takeoff (ha ha, maybe only to 10') as I free fell the first
6 feet before the afterburners kicked-in, turned and rocketed into a
section that hurled over me.

After the Island style board broke the other guys all paddled in and I
played it easy for the next half hour except for the time being caught
on the inside and was worked over really well. Caught a nice senorita
wave for my last one and the paddle in.

BUOYWEATHER.COM Virtual Buoy Forecast
Location : 18.5N 67.5W
Model Cycle: 2010 JAN 13 06Z
Time Zone: GMT - 5 hours
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SURF SURF DIR SWELL PERIOD WIND WND/DIR
(ft) (deg) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
------- -------- ----- ------ ------- -------
1/13 7am 4 - 9 NNW 342 7.9 10.0 5 - 6 ENE 75
1/13 1pm 4 - 8 NNW 346 7.1 9.8 1 - 2 N 350
1/13 7pm 3 - 7 NNW 348 6.5 9.4 12 - 17 NNE 18

1/14 7am 3 - 7 N 357 7.5 8.8 14 - 19 ENE 53
1/14 1pm 3 - 6 N 0 6.9 8.1 11 - 15 ENE 59
1/14 7pm 2 - 5 N 4 6.1 8.0 12 - 16 ENE 66

1/15 7am 3 - 6 NNW 342 6.0 9.2 9 - 13 ENE 77
1/15 1pm 2 - 5 NNW 347 5.6 8.6 10 - 13 ENE 79
1/15 7pm 3 - 7 N 357 5.8 10.7 9 - 12 ENE 76

1/16 7am 3 - 6 N 356 5.7 9.7 11 - 15 E 96
1/16 1pm 2 - 5 N 357 5.3 9.2 8 - 11 ESE 116
1/16 7pm 2 - 5 N 359 5.1 9.0 7 - 10 ENE 77

1/17 7am 2 - 4 ENE 53 4.9 7.7 10 - 13 ESE 100
1/17 1pm 2 - 4 ENE 50 4.5 7.6 6 - 8 ESE 128
1/17 7pm 1 - 3 ENE 74 4.2 7.2 6 - 9 ESE 110

1/18 7am 2 - 4 NNE 23 4.1 10.1 8 - 11 ESE 112
1/18 1pm 2 - 5 NE 32 4.1 10.9 3 - 4 SE 136
1/18 7pm 2 - 5 NE 33 3.9 11.0 3 - 5 ENE 79

1/19 7am 2 - 4 NE 32 3.3 10.5 4 - 6 ESE 113
1/19 1pm 1 - 2 ENE 71 2.9 7.3 0 - 1 S 173
1/19 7pm 0 - 1 E 88 2.4 6.8 6 - 8 NE 47

Today
Surf: Head high NNW medium period swell in the morning with occasional 1-2' overhead high sets. This drops into the head range for the afternoon.
Conditions: Sideshore/choppy with ENE winds 10-15kt.
Thursday
Surf: Chest to head high N medium period swell for the morning drops into the chest to shoulder high zone during the afternoon.
Conditions: Choppy/sideshore current with ENE winds 15-20kt in the morning decreasing to 10-15kt in the afternoon.
Friday
Surf: Chest to shoulder high N medium period swell in the morning with occasional head high sets. This drops into the stomach to shoulder range for the afternoon.
Conditions: Sideshore/choppy with E winds 10-15kt.
Saturday
Surf: Waist to chest high N medium period swell for the morning with occasional shoulder high sets. This drops a bit in the afternoon.
Conditions: Sideshore/choppy in the morning with E winds 10-15kt. Light sideshore texture conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting ESE 5-10 kt.
Sunday
Surf: Waist high N medium period swell with occasional stomach high sets.
Conditions: Light sideshore texture in the morning with ESE winds 5-10kt. This becomes Fairly clean for the afternoon.
Monday
Surf: Thigh to waist high NNE medium period swell.
Conditions: Fairly clean in the morning with ESE winds 5-10kt. Glassy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting SE less than 5 kt.
Tuesday
Surf: Knee to thigh high NNE medium period swell in the morning with occasional waist high sets. This drops into the ankle to knee range for the afternoon.
Conditions: Glassy in the morning with ESE winds less than 5kt. Semi glassy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the N.