Up before six, brewed up a small pot of espresso coffee, sat out on the bluff assessing the wave conditions. I was kind of skeptic about the form but Tim was rareing to go... geared up, paddled out and in the wave zone by 8am. The outer reefs were breaking 12+ and I saw a few sets come through while up on the bluff that were probably pushing 15+. The Rock was much more sedate catching the 3rd reforms. Still in the 6+ range but very weakened and lots of the smaller period waves were sneaking through mucking it up some. More down below in the Bonzer report. Skies were partly sunny and the turtles were still abundant.
Bonzer Trials Update. Same configuration as yesterday: FCS PC-5 Blue H-comb, 4.5 inch, at the zero baseline slot classic Bonzer setup. Four bonzer runners.Slightly different wave today. Turning continues to be an issue – only a medium issue compared to the large fin trials. Unless in a steep section of the wave the board does not want to pivot turn on a dime. Next step will be to replace the rear larger bonzer runners with the small front bonzer runners and put some of my smaller side bites in the front (my sidebites are foiled but not canted). However, I believe today's fin configuration would be ideal for the Outer Wash which is usually a angled drop and race down the line or a bottom turn projecting down the line. This configuration does well at sweeping turns and down the line, but does not pivot or snap turn.
Surf Zone: 4-8' @Northside Rock, very disorganized short rides hitting the flat on the shoulder quickly necessitated a quick turn back towards the curl and then quick re-entry or banking back down the line.
Model Cycle: 2014 JUN 04 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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6/4 6am 6 - 12 SSW 197 5.8 17.4 3 - 5 SE 131 WED
6/4 12pm 5 - 11 SSW 197 5.7 16.6 5 - 6 SW 217
6/4 6pm 5 - 10 SSW 201 5.5 16.4 4 - 5 SW 223
6/5 6am 4 - 9 SSW 203 5.1 15.5 3 - 5 ENE 61 THU
6/5 12pm 4 - 8 SSW 205 4.9 15.4 4 - 6 SSW 202
6/5 6pm 4 - 8 SSW 205 4.7 15.1 5 - 7 WSW 231
6/6 6am 3 - 7 SSW 207 4.4 14.4 0 - 1 ENE 61 FRI
6/6 12pm 3 - 7 SSW 207 4.3 14.2 5 - 7 WSW 248
6/6 6pm 3 - 6 SSW 209 4.1 13.7 4 - 6 W 260
6/7 6am 3 - 6 SSW 204 3.9 13.5 1 - 1 NW 316 SAT
6/7 12pm 2 - 5 SSW 199 3.7 13.2 4 - 5 WSW 255
6/7 6pm 2 - 5 SSW 204 3.7 12.9 7 - 9 WSW 249
6/8 6am 2 - 5 SSW 198 3.6 12.6 4 - 5 NW 316 SUN
6/8 12pm 3 - 6 SW 215 3.7 14.4 5 - 8 W 267
6/8 6pm 4 - 8 SW 216 3.9 19.1 6 - 9 WSW 239
6/9 6am 4 - 9 SW 216 4.3 17.9 1 - 2 WSW 257 MON
6/9 12pm 4 - 9 SW 215 4.4 17.6 6 - 9 WSW 254
6/9 6pm 4 - 9 SW 217 4.4 17.0 6 - 9 WSW 247
6/10 6am 4 - 8 SW 215 4.5 16.4 3 - 4 SW 217 TUE
6/10 12pm 4 - 8 SW 217 4.5 15.9 7 - 9 SW 214
6/10 6pm 4 - 8 SW 215 4.7 15.6 8 - 11 SW 226
6/11 12am 4 - 8 SSW 209 4.8 15.5 6 - 8 SSW 194
SolSpot Swell Conditions:
4-5 feet with a dominant SSW long-period swell.
Primary Swell: 3.4ft. 16.5 seconds 195 degrees (SSW)
Secondary Swell: 2.5ft. 11.6 seconds 179 degrees (S)
Surfline:
Surf Height 7-8ft
5ft at 12s SSW (198°), 4ft at 18s SSW (202°), 3ft at 7s W (269°)
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