NW CR Forecast of 2012-0305 am

Looks like 5 days of decent swell before it subsides.

Model Cycle: 2012 MAR 05 00Z
Time Zone: GMT - 6 hours
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SURF SURF DIR SEAS PERIOD WIND WND/DIR
(ft) (deg) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
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3/5 6am 2 - 5 SW 212 3.6 12.6 12 - 17 NE 49
3/5 12pm 2 - 5 SW 210 3.9 12.2 11 - 15 NE 34
3/5 6pm 3 - 6 SW 217 4.4 11.9 15 - 20 NE 45

3/6 6am 1 - 2 NE 32 5.1 4.6 16 - 22 NE 38
3/6 12pm 3 - 6 WSW 242 4.9 10.7 14 - 19 NE 44
3/6 6pm 1 - 2 NNE 19 5.0 4.8 18 - 25 NE 37

3/7 6am 1 - 3 NNE 24 5.3 4.8 18 - 25 NE 45
3/7 12pm 4 - 9 SSW 202 4.9 15.5 14 - 19 NE 45
3/7 6pm 4 - 9 SSW 202 5.2 15.3 18 - 25 NE 44

3/8 6am 4 - 9 SSW 199 5.2 14.6 16 - 21 ENE 54
3/8 12pm 4 - 8 SSW 201 4.9 14.5 11 - 16 ENE 52
3/8 6pm 4 - 8 SSW 194 4.5 15.3 11 - 16 NE 43

3/9 6am 4 - 8 SSW 194 5.0 14.4 13 - 18 ENE 54
3/9 12pm 4 - 8 SSW 194 5.0 14.2 6 - 9 ENE 53
3/9 6pm 4 - 8 SSW 192 4.9 15.3 10 - 13 NE 35

3/10 6am 4 - 9 SSW 192 5.2 14.4 13 - 18 NE 49
3/10 12pm 4 - 8 SSW 193 5.0 14.0 8 - 11 NE 46
3/10 6pm 3 - 7 SSW 193 4.7 13.6 10 - 13 NE 39

3/11 7am 3 - 7 SSW 194 4.7 13.3 12 - 17 ENE 53
3/11 1pm 3 - 6 SSW 193 4.1 13.2 4 - 6 NE 31
3/11 7pm 2 - 5 SSW 195 3.8 12.8 4 - 6 NNE 11

A friend sent this message this afternoon:

Southern Pacific is lighting up!
Surfers,
March has started off with strong storm activity organizing in the South Pacific ocean. The first swell will fill in from the S over the weekend of March 9-11 for C. America locations (a few days earlier for S. America locations) and should be in the shoulder to head high range. A much bigger SSW swell from an intense system on the 72hr model runs now should fill in on March 13 and 14 for C. America locations and last through the weekend of March 17-18 (a few days earlier for S. America locations), putting all locations into well overhead surf and some locations into double-overhead + surf. Very long range models 6-8 days out are showing more strong SW swell activity for the middle to end of the month. March should be a big winner and anyone who makes the trip to score some early season gems should also enjoy minimal crowd factor for most areas before the peak travel season gets underway in April and May.