Winds Trending Up

Yesterday was a weird mish-mash of a day for windsurfing. The morning started out dead-calm, then turned light SE. Later in the morning, the winds turned NNW, light, then back to light east. But early afternoon the wind shifted a little to a more favorable trade-wind pattern and kicked into the upper teens. Great. It's Friday. Time to blow out of work and go sail. 5.8 looked good when I got to the beach. After 4 reaches though I was headed in for my 5.0. The 5.0 was pretty nice up at Uppers/Camp One for a while, but the wind kept building until I was pretty maxed out. But there were some fun rolling swells to play on so I hung on. Late in the afternoon the wind really kicked in - into the 30s - easily 4.0 territory. Could have been a four sail day.

Today started out at 5.0 and quickly built to 4.5. I found it pretty gusty today but lots of people were loving it. Once again some really nice clean rolling swell on the outside to play on. No waves breaking but the rolling swell is kind of Gorge-like, except the water is nice and blue, and warm.

Word is that the high pressure to our north is going to strengthen early part of next week and strengthen the trades. Hmmm. It's already blowing 4.0 to 4.5 for most guys. Could be a week of really small gear next week.