NWPR Forecast of 2020-0111 (Sat)

Late to bed and a prolonged sleeplessness in the middle of the night prompted me to hit the alarm bell this morning. Around 9a, I drove to check a few nearby spots. Several were out of control, a couple were under- or mis-performing, and a third, looked nearly tempting. As I waited on a rock abutment to a wall it began to sway and vibrate--another earthquake, reported later from the epicenter on the south coast as a 6.0--but, 4 cars showed up to check out the break so I decided to skip it until later. With the incoming size I really wasn't up for testing the "ghost sets" this break is known for (I am NOT that recovered as of yet). As it was anyway the only portion of the spot breaking was at the bowl, not the other 3 takeoff zones. We'll see what happens the next few days as these high winds continue.

Location : 18.5N  67.5W               
  Model Cycle: 2020 JAN 11 06Z          
  Time Zone: GMT - 5 hours              
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             SURF    SURF DIR   SEAS  PERIOD   WIND    WND/DIR
             (ft)       (deg)   (ft)   (sec)   (kts)     (deg)
            -------  --------  -----  ------  -------  -------
1/11   7am   5 - 10   NE  46    9.7     8.9   24 - 33  ENE  72
1/11   1pm   5 - 11   NE  44   10.3     9.4   22 - 30  ENE  77
1/11   7pm   6 - 12   NE  41   10.6    10.2   20 - 28    E  82
 
1/12   7am   6 - 13  ENE  52   10.5    10.4   21 - 29    E  80
1/12   1pm   6 - 13  ENE  54   11.0    10.5   22 - 30  ENE  74
1/12   7pm   6 - 13  ENE  56   10.7    10.7   21 - 29    E  85
 
1/13   7am   7 - 14  ENE  56   11.2    10.9   23 - 32  ENE  78
1/13   1pm   7 - 15  ENE  55   12.0    10.9   24 - 33  ENE  75
1/13   7pm   7 - 14  ENE  57   11.3    11.0   22 - 30  ENE  76
 
1/14   7am   6 - 13  ENE  61   10.6    10.9   22 - 29  ENE  72
1/14   1pm   6 - 13  ENE  61   10.4    10.9   21 - 29  ENE  70
1/14   7pm   6 - 12  ENE  63    9.4    10.8   19 - 26  ENE  73
 
1/15   7am   5 - 10  ENE  64    8.0    10.5   19 - 26    E  80
1/15   1pm   4 -  9  ENE  64    8.0    10.4   19 - 26  ENE  68
1/15   7pm   4 -  9  ENE  65    7.8    10.3   19 - 26  ENE  75
 
1/16   7am   3 -  7  ENE  68    6.0    10.1   15 - 20  ENE  73
1/16   1pm   3 -  6  ENE  68    5.5     9.9   15 - 20  ENE  60
1/16   7pm   3 -  6  ENE  69    5.3     9.7   16 - 22  ENE  64
 
1/17   7am   2 -  5  ENE  70    4.9     9.6   15 - 20  ENE  64
1/17   1pm   2 -  4  ENE  70    4.4     9.4   14 - 19  ENE  59
1/17   7pm   2 -  5  ENE  69    4.6     9.2   16 - 21  ENE  64 

There are places with better conditions, but I don't need any of this: