vancouver island
on tuesday at 8 pm: mildly agitated, but flat, at our rivermouth point – some churning and swell on the drive down suggested something better, and cox bay, tofino, seems to be offering some new swell, 1 – 3 foot – let’s hope it pushes up the straits – please stay tuned – great new […]
south-west vancouver island
on sunday morning at nine, at our rivermouth point: 3 to 6-footers: excellent, glassy, end-of-swell, lazy, slow lines, pulsating steadily through a fairly-serene, greenish surface – quite easy to catch, and not too closed out – two small, growing pods of brethren, at the point, and in the southern pools, where I am enjoying more […]
south-west vancouver island
on sunday morning at 9, one – three-footers, end-of-swell, a little soft around our rivermouth point, but five eager takers on the still-sharp and shapely middle section – more opportunities likely at the lost village point, 40 minutes further up the straits – warm, springish weather – please stay tuned …. twitter . …. 🙂
south-west vancouver island
on saturday at noon: long, slow, clean, 2 – 4 footers, at our rivermouth point – i jumped in at the southern pools – easy paddleout – end of swell, slightly mushy, but very rideable, gentle descents – well-populated by civilized folk – 4 quick waves, and i was back in, with cold hands but […]
south-west vancouver island
on saturday by noon, our rivermouth point was all played out, depositing just steady, but tiny, fan-shaped wavelets – the deeper waters of the straits were churning, and heavy surfmobile traffic suggested good conditions at the lost village beach, some 35 minutes further west, into the wilderness….. please stay tuned …. – twitter !! 🙂
south-west vancouver island
on sunday morning at 930, we enjoyed glassy, end-of-swell, two to three-foot lines at our rivermouth point – especially copious in the southern pools, just east of the point, where a distinct, mildly-mellower crowd hangs – there i picked off four in quick succession, until cold drove me in – water not at its coldest […]
south-west vancouver island
on sunday at sunset, the surface was mildly undulating at our west-facing spit in town, and showing consistent 2 – 3 footers at cox bay tofino, some 175 km hence – steady, not heavy surfmobile traffic – marine winds northwest 10 knots, to southwest 15 knots and decreasing – seas 2 to 3 metres – […]
vancouver island
on thursday at sunset, nearly flat at our rivermouth point, and not doing a great deal better at cox bay tofino (175 km hence), with small, long, potentially surfable lines – we have had significant weather and pressure changes, now winds, and a suggestion of a 2d rainfall in months, in our cherished rainforest – […]
vancouver island
on wednesday afternoon, looks like only light, 1 – 2 footers at cox bay tofino, with some limited surfing action – the faintest swell at our west-facing beach outside town, some 175 km to the south east and 90 km up the straits – on monday evening, after our first rain in weeks, cox bay […]
vancouver island
on tuesday at 5 pm: blustery whitecaps across the westerly spit in town, give hope for our chances at our rivermouth point, some 25 km further west – meanwhile, cox bay tofino is showing long blustery 2 – 3 foot lines, suggesting a new swell, and well-attended – please stay tuned ….