Wind Hype

Well the National Weather Service has done it again - overreacted to their forecast models. They were predicting winds of 25 - 40 with gusts to 60 yesterday and today. Well yesterday was probably the steadiest we've seen in the last week and the 4.5 was the right call for me. Pretty good fun. No real monster gusts, definitely not hitting 60, or even 50, or even 40. Waves are still fairly small. Outside the break, the wind swell has built to a good size from several days of strong winds.

The crowds have thinned out at Kanaha with the waves at Lowers even being pretty uncrowded. The water temperature has cooled off noticeably, probably around 70. I've had to start wearing a shorty, but then I am a cold-weather whimp. I'm sure anyone visiting from the mainland would find this balmy.