NW PR Report and Forecast of 1/26/2010

Morning Report: Wave size in the West dropped off quite a bit from yesterday
as the swell turned more NE. Waves at Maria's appeared to be a consistent
5 to 8 ' with some 10' sets. My friend Edwin caught a couple of very nice ones
at Maria's Point. No bragging rights for me today - I caught one wave, which
was fun and long. Very, very crowded. Counted about 30 people on the point.

Headed to the Platano Loco for dinner last night. Turns out it is only open on Thu thru
Sunday, so we tried out the Doña Fela which turned out to be very good. Mi esposa
comió shrimp with criollo sauce and I had garlic chillo entero. Rice and beans and tostones
were also tasty. As was the pitcher of home grown sangria.

Topped off the night visiting Bill Rosenblatt and his wife at their very pleasant casita.

BUOYWEATHER.COM Virtual Buoy Forecast
Location : 18.5N 67.5W
Model Cycle: 2010 JAN 26 06Z
Time Zone: GMT - 5 hours
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SURF SURF DIR SWELL PERIOD WIND WND/DIR
(ft) (deg) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
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1/26 7am 6 - 12 NNE 15 8.6 11.8 12 - 16 E 81
1/26 1pm 5 - 11 NNE 15 8.3 11.3 10 - 13 ENE 67
1/26 7pm 5 - 10 NNE 18 8.0 11.2 11 - 15 E 81

1/27 7am 4 - 9 NNE 22 6.9 10.9 10 - 14 ENE 71
1/27 1pm 3 - 7 NNE 24 6.2 10.5 9 - 12 NE 49
1/27 7pm 3 - 7 NNE 24 5.8 10.3 13 - 18 ENE 50

1/28 7am 2 - 5 NE 30 4.9 9.2 11 - 16 E 80
1/28 1pm 2 - 5 NE 43 5.6 8.6 14 - 19 ENE 69
1/28 7pm 2 - 5 N 0 5.5 9.0 13 - 18 ENE 60

1/29 7am 3 - 6 N 0 5.3 10.6 12 - 16 E 84
1/29 1pm 2 - 4 NE 35 5.3 7.0 8 - 11 E 84
1/29 7pm 2 - 4 NE 40 5.6 6.9 12 - 16 ENE 71

1/30 7am 2 - 4 NE 48 5.7 7.0 13 - 18 ESE 100
1/30 1pm 2 - 4 ENE 54 5.6 7.1 10 - 14 E 100
1/30 7pm 2 - 4 ENE 61 5.1 7.5 10 - 13 E 99