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Waters huge. 13-15 foot swell meaning sets up to 20. Stacked up at 8 seconds. 30 MPH wind. Going off out there. Fun to watch nature so it’s thing.
What’s that wave graph from
Pretty awesome and big stuff for that area!! Great spot you have!!
It can get VERY big out here. 20 plus foot. Higher on back sides of islands. Especially in the winter. It’s No joke. Gotta respect the ocean, it will hand you your ass if you don’t.When I was 16, I crabed off the Oregon coast one winter. I only made it one week. Captain Glen slid a 80ft trawler backwards on the face of a wave and it broke over the top of the boat. Not only are there big waves out there, there are some monster waves out there.
I had no idea it could get that big. It’s absolutely beautiful and yes, a lot of respect for the ocean!!It can get VERY big out here. 20 plus foot. Higher on back sides of islands. Especially in the winter. It’s No joke. Gotta respect the ocean, it will hand you your ass if you don’t.
All the time.I had no idea it could get that big. It’s absolutely beautiful and yes, a lot of respect for the ocean!!
Crimate change...What's causing the big surf right now??
When I was 16, I crabed off the Oregon coast one winter. I only made it one week. Captain Glen slid a 80ft trawler backwards on the face of a wave and it broke over the top of the boat. Not only are there big waves out there, there are some monster waves out there.
It has its days for sure.That channel doesn’t get the respect it should, people that even live here don’t realize what a world class stretch of ocean that is.
We were down at the water a couple hours ago looking for sea glass. It was breezy and cold but the swell has come down. Calling fir 8’ at 7 seconds today . Best time of year here is sept through November. That’s our summer. Can’t count how many times we’ve sat on the beach all day with it 80 degrees on a November day. Santa Anna’s (light Santa Anna’s not the brutal ones) come and warm everything up, lay the swell down, blows out all the clouds and crap in the air. My favorite time of year.The cold water upwelling the spring winds cause is always brutal . I ran down this morning to get a few after a cancellation of work knowing it would be bad, but it only took about 40 min to turn the feet into stumps. Walking home was brutal. I checked after, and it was 51.8 degrees after the last couple days of onshore blast that hit the channel swell window down there.
My SIL took me out of Mission bay a few years back to run down to the Big Bay in His Parker Bass and Bay , skeeeeered shitless at 6 foot rollers personallyI fired up our little 30' Chaparral Cruiser yesterday and went outside around Point Loma to check out the wildlife and was greeted with giant rollers less than 10 seconds apart.....did an about face and ran for cover. I guess you really should check water conditions before you head out. Lol.
Some nice blues ! I got a few fun waves and it was offshore from 630-740 ish. So, there's this big sea glass fair that started in our town 6 or 7 years ago. Just another annoying day the chamber of commerce jams the whole place up, but the attendance is huge. About 4 years ago this biden voter lady got caught a few months prior scattering fresh broken glass down at the pier where people step on a regular basis, and her response was she was doing some "seeding" . A good one we've done a few times for the beachcombers after the creeks blow out is bring back bags of those multi colored cheap arrowheads from Az getting rid of the obvious fakes, scatter them randomly but heavily on the way to paddle out, then keep an eye from the lineup over the next couple hours .We were down at the water a couple hours ago looking for sea glass. It was breezy and cold but the swell has come down. Calling fir 8’ at 7 seconds today . Best time of year here is sept through November. That’s our summer. Can’t count how many times we’ve sat on the beach all day with it 80 degrees on a November day. Santa Anna’s (light Santa Anna’s not the brutal ones) come and warm everything up, lay the swell down, blows out all the clouds and crap in the air. My favorite time of year.
But did get some good glass this morning.
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Thanks man. We dig it. Only reason we stay in California frankly. Little hidden gem.I love your place, waves or not!
I boarded in Charleston Oregon. The ship was out of Seattle I think.Where did you fish out of exactly?
I boarded in Charleston Oregon. The ship was out of Seattle I think.
I ran those docks from 1974-1978. I could of been a fisherman. I just have a love for it. Life took me inland and another direction. Headed out in the morning to go fishing down south.That's where I was born and raised. My uncle has ran Hallmark Fisheries and the porr of Charleston for over 40yrs. Most of my family down there works or has worked or fished out of there.. I never did. That's why I asked.
I ran those docks from 1974-1978. I could of been a fisherman. I just have a love for it. Life took me inland and another direction. Headed out in the morning to go fishing down south.
I knew a Scott Smith. I was a kid so I didn't know who owned what. There was a place next to DJs that sold smoked salmon fins. Would buy a bag and go out fishing.Do you know a Scott Adams by chance? Jack and harry were the higher ups in that era I believe but I cant remember their last names. Jack also owned Davy Jones Locker back then.
That looks similar to the failure of my attempts to bodyboard at Weimea Bay in the 70s. I got scrubbed along the bottom a few times, which caused quite a bit of coral rash and the pockets of my OP shorts being filled with sand.I was out there with my board.
Believe it or not I am much better then when I started.
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Wow, a piece of red, that's rareWe were down at the water a couple hours ago looking for sea glass. It was breezy and cold but the swell has come down. Calling fir 8’ at 7 seconds today . Best time of year here is sept through November. That’s our summer. Can’t count how many times we’ve sat on the beach all day with it 80 degrees on a November day. Santa Anna’s (light Santa Anna’s not the brutal ones) come and warm everything up, lay the swell down, blows out all the clouds and crap in the air. My favorite time of year.
But did get some good glass this morning.
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