Hello Friends,
Oh, that MHL buoy doesn’t look too flash. Primary swell direction is showing as SSW. Must be heading off to NZ… Could be a little something on offer for the Saturday early risers though – if… if the swell goes back to the south that is…
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: W/SW 20/25 knots Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: S’ly 1.5 to 2 metres.
Saturday: Wind: S/SW 15/20 knots reaching 20/25 knots offshore.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: S’ly about 1.5 metres.
Sunday: Wind: S/SE 10/15 knots, tending E/NE.
Here in Southern California we got a little pulse of west swell along with sunny skies today. My pal Tim and I jumped in the water at a spot called Pitas point (about 10 km south of Rincon) and pretty much had a stretch of this very long right hander to ourselves. Nothing spectacular, but there were a few chest high peelers that ran for a couple hundred metres. And the water was quite pleasant (around the 18 mark I’d guess). After surfing we went and got some fine burritos at a little hole in the wall place in Ventura – muy bien amigos!
On the way home I drove up north of Santa Barbara (actually west) to have a look at some spots. El Capitan State Park features a perfect, zippery right point. It’s one of those not very often spots, and the waves it had today were sorta marginal, but there were a fair number of folks on them.
