This morning: On my suggestion David walked to Turtleheads with his mat--he isn't back with a report yet but I am sure he caught some surf there. Drew paddled out mid-morning to the Inside Wash and caught some nice waves--it is looking very beautiful out there. Rick became sick last night before dinner--he is feeling better this morning, we ate breakfast together (he a fruit plate, I an egg, cheese, ham and bacon sandwich), I became lost in the natural beauty all morning and never paddled out, and then I laundered a shirt and shorts for drying out in the sun and winds.
Looks like another slow swell day tomorrow with a swell filling in sometime on Monday (low tide at 5pm, yuk!).
P.S. Dave just walked in and said that one peak was working at Turtleheads, a nice A-frame, but that about 10 longboarders were making "best use of it." "R.I.P. Turtleheads, Long Live Turtleheads."
Model Cycle: 2015 MAR 14 12Z
Time Zone: GMT - 7 hours
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SURF SURF DIR SEAS PERIOD WIND WND/DIR
(ft) (deg) (ft) (sec) (kts) (deg)
------- -------- ----- ------ ------- -------
3/14 5am 2 - 5 ESE 121 5.4 9.1 13 - 18 ENE 63
3/14 11am 3 - 6 SSW 199 4.5 12.9 8 - 11 ENE 58
3/14 5pm 2 - 5 SSW 198 3.8 12.7 4 - 6 ESE 111
3/15 5am 2 - 4 ESE 119 4.3 8.1 12 - 17 ENE 60
3/15 11am 2 - 5 SSW 199 4.1 12.0 8 - 11 NNE 25
3/15 5pm 2 - 5 SSW 199 3.9 11.9 13 - 18 ENE 55
3/16 5am 2 - 4 NNE 26 5.4 6.4 16 - 22 NE 47
3/16 11am 2 - 4 NNE 28 5.3 6.8 14 - 19 ENE 52
3/16 5pm 5 - 10 SSW 203 4.8 17.7 14 - 20 ENE 76
3/17 5am 4 - 9 SSW 201 4.9 16.4 14 - 19 ENE 59
3/17 11am 4 - 8 SSW 198 4.6 15.8 6 - 8 ENE 50
3/17 5pm 3 - 7 SSW 199 4.3 15.4 5 - 8 SE 147
3/18 5am 3 - 7 SSW 197 4.3 14.7 10 - 14 ENE 61
3/18 11am 3 - 7 SSW 197 4.3 14.5 3 - 4 NW 326
3/18 5pm 3 - 7 SSW 197 4.1 14.4 5 - 7 S 188
3/19 5am 3 - 6 SSW 196 3.8 13.7 7 - 9 NE 43
3/19 11am 3 - 6 SSW 196 3.8 13.6 7 - 10 WNW 307
3/19 5pm 3 - 6 SSW 194 3.8 13.4 4 - 6 S 189
3/20 5am 2 - 5 SSW 194 3.6 12.8 7 - 10 ENE 56
3/20 11am 3 - 7 WSW 254 3.6 17.6 4 - 6 WNW 300
3/20 5pm 3 - 7 WSW 251 3.7 17.1 9 - 13 SSW 204
3/21 5am 3 - 7 WSW 243 3.5 17.2 5 - 8 ENE 61
Effective Friday evening
SHORT TERM FORECAST (through Monday, March 16th):
SSW swell winds down through the weekend, more Southern Hemi moves in
next week.
South Pacific Swell:
The current S-SSW swell (210-190) has passed it peak and it will be tapering off through
the weekend. Saturday morning is still good for head+ waves and better sets at exposures
as top breaks see more size. Those sizes ease during the day. Sunday drops to mainly
waist-shoulder high. Similar heights for Monday as the old swell fade further and a new
S-SSW (205-185) Southern Hemi starts to move in.
EXTENDED FORECAST (Tuesday, March 17th, and beyond):
Highlights: More Southern Hemi swell on the way, some small NW swell for exposures.
South Pacific Swell:
Long-period S-SSW (205-185) Southern Hemi rises through Tuesday then
peaks on Wednesday/Thursday(18th-19th) as an underlying WSW pulse joins
in, setting up head high to 1-2' overhead zone surf at good exposures
and plus sets for top breaks, Those waves ease into the following
weekend, 21st-22nd, while another similar size S-SSW groundswell starts
to show. That swell tops out on Monday/Tuesday, 23rd-24th. New
long-period SW-SSW swell groundswell due to fill in by the second half
of the upcoming week, then peak by the following weekend, 28th-29th, for
more overhead surf. Looks like fresh SSW swell moves in to end the
month. Stay tuned for updates as these storm/swell systems develop.
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