NW CR - Sun, March 11, 2012

We started out at The Wash (the Rock) this morning, hitting the water around 7:15a, surfed there a bit. The winds were still blowing offshore but not so fiercely like the past 3 days and the waves just weren't working super well at the Rock. So, I started talking up Terry to going straight out where it was breaking outside with some big ones, at what I will call Brother of Outer Wash. After about 15 minutes we paddled way out there and before you knew it were over at Outer Wash. The wind was sitll mild on the far outside and some nice 8 foot waves were rolling in with some bigger ones.

Terry caught the first wave of a good set from over on the shoulder side for a nice drop and I started paddling out further for the next one in the set, turned and caught a nice freight train drop with the lip hurling over behind my right shoulder. Nice long drop and a turn and a little cutback and more down the line before it hit the deep water. We each caught another 4 or 5 waves before the wind started blowing too strongly and the tide was sucking out too much. We caught our last Outer Wash waves around 9am and paddled in. Terry is no longer an Outer Wash virgin.

What happened next was totally unexpected. After walking up the trail back to the Villa and as we approached the shower on the bluff people in the bar started standing up and clapping... then people in the dining area did the same. The ladies from the kitchen staff and front desk appeared on the grass lawn clapping and smiling. WHOA!!! We were Outer Wash surfing heroes. It was too surreal.

Model Cycle: 2012 MAR 11 06Z
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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3/11 6am 3 - 7 SSW 194 4.9 13.3 12 - 17 ENE 54
3/11 12pm 3 - 7 SSW 193 4.5 13.2 9 - 13 NE 38
3/11 6pm 3 - 6 SSW 195 4.4 12.8 14 - 19 NE 38

3/12 6am 3 - 7 SSW 193 4.9 12.5 15 - 21 ENE 53
3/12 12pm 3 - 6 SSW 193 4.4 12.3 9 - 13 NE 38
3/12 6pm 2 - 5 SSW 194 4.1 11.9 11 - 15 NE 35

3/13 12pm 4 - 9 SSW 199 4.2 18.4 7 - 10 NE 31
3/13 6pm 4 - 9 SSW 201 4.4 17.3 9 - 12 NE 32

3/14 6am 4 - 9 SSW 204 4.9 16.4 13 - 18 NE 45
3/14 12pm 4 - 9 SSW 203 4.8 16.3 8 - 11 NNE 27
3/14 6pm 4 - 9 SSW 206 4.9 15.5 14 - 19 NE 33

3/15 6am 4 - 8 SSW 203 4.9 15.1 13 - 18 NE 44
3/15 12pm 4 - 8 SSW 208 4.7 14.4 9 - 13 NNE 29
3/15 6pm 3 - 7 SSW 206 4.4 14.3 10 - 13 NE 36

3/16 6am 3 - 6 SSW 208 3.8 13.6 11 - 15 ENE 53
3/16 12pm 2 - 5 SSW 206 3.6 13.4 4 - 6 NNE 20
3/16 6pm 2 - 5 SSW 204 3.6 13.4 0 - 1 NNW 347

3/17 6am 2 - 5 SSW 204 3.3 12.7 9 - 13 NE 34
3/17 12pm 2 - 4 SSW 201 3.3 12.6 3 - 4 NNE 19
3/17 6pm 2 - 5 SSW 198 3.5 12.5 1 - 2 SSW 203

3/18 12am 3 - 7 SW 212 3.5 17.7 9 - 13 ENE 55