PRNW Forecast and Report of Wed, 2016-0120a

I arrived to my beaches and it was still dark... could see whitewater reflected from the lights. Very cloudy and overcast.Went for coffee awaiting it to lighten enough to be visible as to the form, shape, regularity.

Checked each of my spots... PdP, Pepe's Paradise and TdlR. Chatted with one of the local boys at Pepe's Paradise before he paddled out. Took a goood long hard look at TdlR. Checked the southside.

 

Checked Marias, Domes, Indicators and finally decided to paddle out to Maria's Point. First three waves somebody took off or dropped in on me. On my fourth and last as well but he was way down the line and wasn't really a factor. All the same.Reinforced why I like my CR spot.That doesn't even count the waves I didn't make an effort to catch because somebody(-ies) else was dropping in.

 

Faces at Maria's and Indicators were 4 to 6 ft with plus sets beginning to show and 3-wave sets.

 

  Model Cycle: 2016 JAN 20 00Z          
  Time Zone: GMT - 5 hours              
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             SURF    SURF DIR   SEAS  PERIOD   WIND    WND/DIR
             (ft)       (deg)   (ft)   (sec)   (kts)     (deg)
            -------  --------  -----  ------  -------  -------
1/20   7am   1 -  3  NNW 349    2.8    10.4    9 - 13  ENE  72
1/20   1pm   1 -  3  NNW 343    3.2     9.7    7 - 10   NE  31
1/20   7pm   2 -  4  NNW 341    4.0     8.9   10 - 14    E  83
 
1/21   7am   3 -  7    N 356    5.7    11.6    8 - 11    E  80
1/21   1pm   3 -  7    N 353    5.8    10.9    7 - 10   NE  38
1/21   7pm   3 -  7    N 351    5.7    10.5    6 -  8    E  87
 
1/22   7am   3 -  7    N 354    5.5    11.4    9 - 12    E  94
1/22   1pm   3 -  6    N 354    5.2    11.1    1 -  2  NNW 342
1/22   7pm   3 -  6    N 354    5.2    10.7    7 -  9  SSE 159
 
1/23   7am   2 -  5    N 355    4.4     9.9   10 - 14   SE 139
1/23   1pm   2 -  5    N 358    4.5     9.8   13 - 18    S 173
1/23   7pm   2 -  5    N   0    4.7    10.2   15 - 20  SSE 155
 
1/24   7am   2 -  4    N 358    3.8     9.0   14 - 19  SSE 157
1/24   1pm   1 -  2    S 175    4.0     4.8   16 - 22  SSW 193
1/24   7pm   1 -  2   SE 134    3.3     6.2   11 - 15    S 177
 
1/25   7am   2 -  5   NW 327    4.3    10.6    4 -  5    E  86
1/25   1pm   3 -  7   NW 328    5.8    11.1   14 - 19   NE  35
1/25   7pm   4 -  8   NW 328    6.5    10.7   13 - 18  ENE  66
 
1/26   7am   3 -  6   NW 327    5.2    10.5    9 - 13    E  86
1/26   1pm   2 -  5   NW 329    4.7    10.6    7 -  9   NE  32
1/26   7pm   2 -  5  NNW 331    4.9     9.9   10 - 14    E  87

 

 

The SurfLine Report for this morning:
NW PUERTO RICO AM REPORT: 
Fun NW/NNW swell has started to filter in for the region this morning. Conditions are clean with calm/light E trade winds early. Sets in the shoulder/head high range are coming through. Low tide is around 12:25pm.

NW PUERTO RICO SHORT TERM FORECAST:  
NW/NNW swell will continue to filter in for the afternoon with plus sets expected. Moderate trade winds will develop through the day. High tide is around 5:05pm.



We have no forecasting winners here. Each of the forecasters missed the past two swells arriving ahead of schedule. And basically off on the size for this morning.