Good Times Friday

Good Friday = good sailing this year. Mostly sunny skies and strong winds again along with some pretty nice waves at Uppers combined for a fun Friday. Early part of the day was 4.5 - 5.0 conditions and as is often the case, wind built later in the day to 4.2 - 4.5 conditions for guys.

I decided my body needed a day to recuperate yesterday so I didn't sail, but Maui Windsurf blog correspondent, Speedy, reported that "it was REALLY wind..... and cold!" Winds were apparently clocking in around 30ish for averages yesterday afternoon. Windchill factor and a few clouds probably contributed to the cool feeling. Indeed the last few days I've sailed have seemed a bit cool. I'm guessing a lot of that is windchill factor, but even the water still feels kind of cool - at least to those of us who live here year round. I'm sure to visitors from colder areas feel like it's plenty toasty.

Today looks like more wind so far. As I write this, the iWindsurf Kanaha sensor is reporting 24 and radar shows a rain squall marching down the north shore, but mostly sunny skies elsewhere and temperature at the airport already at 73 degrees. Probably similar day as we had yesterday. Long range forecast for the next week or so is promising for trade winds to continue. And, and extra bonus, we're tracking a late season north swell which may arrive Wednesday/Thursday time frame.