Santa Cruz 6-21-13

Hey everyone,

Fishing with Chuwy4 out of Santa Cruz on Friday, hoping to launch very early and fish as long as possible. Targeting rockfish/lings of course. Weather looks to be pretty good. Company welcome.

Will be out there that day too.  Ch 69.

-Allen

last I checked, it looked like it's going to be windy even early in the day?  maybe I don't have the best source though.  where do you check your conditions?

last I checked, it looked like it's going to be windy even early in the day?  maybe I don't have the best source though.  where do you check your conditions?

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=PZZ535

Thanks Jack,

I've been using this site which shows higher winds and lower swell.  It seems like it's been pretty accurate for me?  I dunno though, I'm pretty new at this! 

http://www.swellinfo.com/surf-forecast/santa-cruz-california

I'll take a walk along west cliff tomorrow and see how things are.  if it's pretty calm I might get out there friday.

last I checked, it looked like it's going to be windy even early in the day?  maybe I don't have the best source though.  where do you check your conditions?

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=PZZ535

Then click on the local area ... http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=36.95647639022989&lon=-121.99836730957031 .  The forecast has gotten worse than yesterday, particularly the swell is lingering another day.  And it's a relatively short period.  I may switch to the weekend, but I'll wait for the afternoon updates before deciding.  Saturday's forecast is what Friday's forecast looked like yesterday morning.  Sunday is more of the same.

Friday: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming W 9 to 14 kt in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Mixed swell...W 6 ft at 8 seconds and SSW 2 ft at 13 seconds. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft.

Friday Night: WNW wind 6 to 11 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt in the evening. Partly cloudy. Mixed swell...W 4 ft and SSW 2 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Saturday: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming W 5 to 9 kt in the afternoon. Sunny. Mixed swell...W 3 ft and W 1 ft becoming SSW. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Saturday Night: WNW wind 5 to 10 kt. Partly cloudy. Mixed swell...W 4 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Sunday: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming W 5 to 9 kt in the afternoon. Partly sunny. Mixed swell...WNW 4 ft and W 1 ft becoming SSW. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Sunday Night: WSW wind 5 to 9 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt in the evening. A slight chance of rain. Mixed swell...W 3 ft and W 1 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Santa Cruz is going to be crazy windy Friday afternoon!

Friday: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming WNW 18 to 23 kt in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 kt. Patchy fog before 11am. Mixed swell...W 4 ft at 8 seconds and SSW 2 ft at 13 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft building to 6 ft.

Santa Cruz is going to be crazy windy Friday afternoon!

Friday: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming WNW 18 to 23 kt in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 kt. Patchy fog before 11am. Mixed swell...W 4 ft at 8 seconds and SSW 2 ft at 13 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft building to 6 ft.

Where you seeing that Tim?  NOAA local isn't showing that high in the afternoon.  Although with the short period W swell and the SSW swell, it's still not the best forecast. The weekend looks much better.

-Allen

'twas super-duper windy yesterday afternoon

'twas super-duper windy yesterday afternoon

It is right now too!

-Allen

   I just drove by La Selva area..     no where near the whitecaps as yesterday.  What is there is much further outside the bay.     
       Tomorrow morning will be epic.

I'm switching to Saturday ... because I can.   

-Allen

Santa Cruz is going to be crazy windy Friday afternoon!

Friday: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming WNW 18 to 23 kt in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 kt. Patchy fog before 11am. Mixed swell...W 4 ft at 8 seconds and SSW 2 ft at 13 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft building to 6 ft.

Where you seeing that Tim?  NOAA local isn't showing that high in the afternoon.  Although with the short period W swell and the SSW swell, it's still not the best forecast. The weekend looks much better.

-Allen

I saw it on NOAA.

I'll be headding out of Capitola tomorrow morning, and possibly Sat as well.  NOAA sucks at wind prediction IMHO.  This is the site I use, which conviently has swell and tide information as well.  Friday and Sat both look about the same in the morning.  By noon it will be windy everywhere for sure.  http://windalert.com/spot/49611

  I can't get out this Fri/weekend, but I would if I could.  I was down inside the upper harbor yesterday morning and saw lots of anchovies flashing in the water, and there I've seen a lot more  pelicans in the last week or so.   There were several boats this morning almost to the Mile Buoy, kind of where you'd expect them to be fishing for flatties.  There was a little wind at 10:30, but not bad.  Go gettum!