CRNW Forecast of Sun, 2014-0309a

Rest of our guys (Ted, Griz, David and Terry) all paddled out this morning, mostly staggering their sessions so never more than two were out. Some nice waves coming through but not as consistent as in recent days -- I decided to take the day off from exercise and sun but may gon out later if the wind remains slack the tide is not too low.


  Model Cycle: 2014 MAR 09 06Z         
  Time Zone: GMT - 7 hours             
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             SURF    SURF DIR   SEAS  PERIOD   WIND    WND/DIR
             (ft)       (deg)   (ft)   (sec)   (kts)     (deg)
            -------  --------  -----  ------  -------  -------
3/9    5am   2 -  5   SW 218    3.1    13.6    6 -  8   NE  42
3/9   11am   2 -  5   SW 221    3.2    13.5    4 -  6  NNW 347
3/9    5pm   3 -  6  WSW 258    3.3    15.5    1 -  1  WSW 249

3/10   5am   3 -  6   SW 215    3.4    15.1   10 - 13   NE  43
3/10  11am   3 -  6   SW 229    3.5    14.6    6 -  8  NNE  22
3/10   5pm   2 -  5   SW 221    3.4    14.5    4 -  6  SSW 191

3/11   5am   2 -  5   SW 223    3.1    13.8    6 -  9  ENE  54
3/11  11am   2 -  5   SW 222    3.1    15.4    3 -  4  WSW 236
3/11   5pm   2 -  5   SW 215    3.2    15.3    8 - 11   SW 219

3/12   5am   2 -  5   SW 217    3.0    14.3    3 -  5  NNE  13
3/12  11am   2 -  5   SW 220    3.0    14.0    7 - 10  WNW 299
3/12   5pm   2 -  5   SW 218    3.2    13.5    8 - 11    W 267

3/13   5am   3 -  7    S 186    3.4    18.5    6 -  8  NNE  26
3/13  11am   3 -  7    S 188    3.7    17.8    7 -  9    N   2
3/13   5pm   4 -  8    S 188    4.1    17.3    2 -  3  ENE  66

3/14   5am   4 -  8  SSW 192    4.1    16.2   10 - 14  ENE  57
3/14  11am   3 -  7  SSW 191    4.1    15.5    3 -  5   NE  30
3/14   5pm   3 -  7  SSW 194    4.0    15.3    7 -  9   SW 215

3/15   5am   3 -  6  SSW 197    3.7    14.4    8 - 11  ENE  52
3/15  11am   3 -  6  SSW 201    3.7    14.2    4 -  5  NNE  12
3/15   5pm   2 -  5  SSW 197    3.7    13.6    3 -  4  SSW 206



The Swell Info forecast


Another forecast

Effective Friday evening

SHORT TERM FORECAST (Through Monday, March 10th) Highlights: Fun mix of Southern Hemi swell and some NW groundswell for best exposures.
South Pacific Swell/Surf: The current SW (210-220) swell will be easing on Saturday with surf in the chest-head high range at the better exposed breaks. Standout spots see sets running slightly overhead. A reinforcing pulse of SW swell will fill in Sunday to keep up similar size surf heights, before all Southern Hemi swell temporarily backs down on Monday.
North Pacific Swell: Long period NW swell from a recent storm near Hawaii will fill in further this weekend, with reinforcing pulses all the way through Monday. For the well exposed breaks, primarily in North Costa Rica, look for chest-shoulder, lully NW swell Saturday through Monday. Top spots see head high sets and may even get a few larger pulses here and there. Beach breaks that are exposed to both the SW and WNW swells rolling in then should see some really fun, crossed up peaks at times.
EXTENDED FORECAST (Tuesday, March 11th and beyond) Highlights: Combo of Southern Hemi and NPAC NW swells continues for next week. Watching for a good size S swell around mid month.
South Pacific Swell: Old swell eases into Tuesday the 11th. However, we will start to see a new SSW swell (190-205) slowly fill in Tuesday, with the largest waves late Tuesday and Wednesday, from a modest storm recently in the central SPAC. That looks good for chest-shoulder high surf at many breaks, with good spots up in the head high range. Those waves then fade Thursday.

Beyond that, we'll be monitoring for a larger, longer period S swell (180-195) for the 14th-16th from a storm now off the south end of South America. We'll have more details once we're able to gather data on this storm, but right now overhead surf looks like a possibility for the well exposed breaks. Stay tuned.