Swell Forecast of 28' on Friday

There's a reason we spend Xmas Eve at Tahoe every year.

POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES TO 10 NM-  236 AM PST WED DEC 21 2016

FRI  S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NW. GUSTS UP TO 45 KT. WIND  WAVES 5 TO 7 FT. NW SWELL 7 TO 9 FT AT 15 SECONDS...INCREASING TO  15 TO 18 FT AT 14 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY.
 
SAT  NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT. NW SWELL 18 TO  21 FT...DECREASING TO 12 TO 15 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
 
CHRISTMAS DAY  E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT...BECOMING  2 FT OR LESS. NW SWELL 8 TO 10 FT...DECREASING TO 6 TO 8 FT.  SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

I hope those nearby are smart enough to stay out of harms way.
I also those nearby post a lot of pics. Huge swells crashing onto the shoreline is an amazing event to see.

Okay, so I might opt for something other than a beach launch at Bean Hollow.  This could be a great opportunity for us to hone our rough water paddling skills, epic!  The downside is that those 25' - 28' swells are kind of a challenge for getting the buoy line scope set correctly....

Would be a good time to go check out the surf at Ghost Trees!!

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Would be a good time to go check out the surf at Ghost Trees!!

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

More like a good time to go check the surf at the bottom of a beer mug at the local tavern. 

Would be a good time to go check out the surf at Ghost Trees!!

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

More like a good time to go check the surf at the bottom of a beer mug at the local tavern. 

There's a nice area off 17 mile drive for viewing that break...soooo powerful. 



Attached pic shows some of the power there even on a calm day...always wanna be careful when paddling back in! 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

there's a great story in an old Surfer's Journal about a young charter skipper (who was also a surfer) riding a huge swell into HMB in the fleet's oldest, slowest boat. He had to actually surf it in through the 20ft high whitewater.
captain of the newest, fastest boat "hurt himself" (as the story goes, it was on a homegrown " toothpick") and couldn't pilot the craft in, gave the tiller to the 18yr old deckhand and went below. Owner of the vessel had to be helicopter'd out and drive it in himself when none of the other skippers would do it for any amount of money.
wanna say it would have been in the 90's?

This is the video I was talking about!

This is the video I was talking about!

My wife was living there at that time and said a few family friends were caught in that storm. 

This is the video I was talking about!

There was definitely some puckering going on there. Good old Noyo Harbor Entrance.

Looks like the forecast has been down graded a bit.

POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES TO 10 NM-  858 PM PST WED DEC 21 2016 

FRI NIGHT  NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT. W SWELL  13 TO 16 FT AT 15 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY.

By tonight....FAC forecast. The reason is, the people wanted to scare anyone off so they could have the coast to themselves. Post up the bad/fake info so people change their plans, and then correct the forecast at the last minute.