Mellow Cruiser Day

After Tuesday's cloudy and somewhat gusty winds and yesterday's really light wind (one local characterized yesterday as "really sucky"), we saw a return to beautiful weather and moderate wind today. This despite a forecast of really light ESE winds today. Most of us were surprised to find the Kanaha sensor reporting readings of 20 by midday. By the time I got down to the beach at 1:30 it looked like marginal 5.3 so I went with 5.7. Turns out 5.3 would have been perfect. So, after a half hour or so of blasting up to Camp One and back on the 5.7, I downsized to the 5.3. The conditions were super-mellow - no waves to speak of, the wind was pretty steady and consistent until late in the afternoon, the often choppy inner reef zone was pretty smooth, the skies were sunny, the water was clear and beautiful - all in all, just a great day for either cruising around and/or practicing some new moves or tricks.