BIG SUR 2010

Load up your gear , no more planning....we're there.....

I hope you got a spot..........

We will have stuff like forks and plates and a gas grill...and a gas stove..and a Hot shower....we love to share...

The problem is we don't have any extra parking spaces to share. If you don't have a reservation try to get to Plassket Creek Thursday night or Friday morning....time to network..........see you there.....

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STOKED! don't have a spot *yet* but, we're heading up thursday and hopefully we can get one of the first come first served... WOO HOO!!!

We’ll be there on Friday afternoon.  Our campsite number is the answer to life the universe and everything.

I need an axe…and/or a hammer and a wedge.

I have some firewood that will require splitting…

does anyone have these items…please bring them.

I promise not to axe you.

I’ll bring an axe and a wedge if I can find it.  Wood, too. And beer. Maybe a bottle of Mexican cactus juice.  Mike

    Howzit stingray, After finally being on the mainland when the party is happening I am so bummed I can't make it now.Even got the 12 volt blender nd plenty of camping gear and I love beer and friends to meet. Just have a great time have a beer on me. Aloha,Kokua

awww maaan Kokua! that's a bummer! i was sure looking forward to finally getting to meet you... i'm going to Kauai this November too and was originally hoping to stop by and meet you and some other Sway-bros then too... hopefully you can make it next year.

surf report/forecast ?  looks like maybe a bump on the way.

 

I am making a blood sacrifice tonight.

You might hold off on the blood sacrifice... There are waves now forecast for Saturday and Sunday.  Right now the surf in San Luis Obispo area is pretty crossed up and junky.  The longer period is sounding good as are the warmer weather and potential offshore conditions.

 

 

============ PG&E DCPP Weather Forecast for Monday 09/20/10 ============


  SEA/SWELL

   Increasing northwesterly (onshore) winds will produce a
   5- to 7-foot northwesterly (290-degree deep-water) sea and swell
   (with a 4- to 8-second period) and will remain at this height
   and period through Thursday.

   At about the same time, a 3- to 4-foot west-northwesterly
   (280-degree deep-water) swell (with a 13- to 15-second period)
   will arrive along our coastline later today and will remain at
   this height but with a gradually shorter period through Thursday.

   A 3- to 5-foot northwesterly (320-degree deep-water) sea and swell
   (with a 6- to 11-second period) is forecast along our coastline
   on Friday.

   Preliminary analysis:

   The charts and models are indicating a strong Gulf of Alaska
   (967-millibar) storm developing later this week. If this storm
   develops as advertised, it will produce a 4- to 6 foot northwesterly
   (290-degree deep-water) swell (with a 16- to 18-second period) on
   Saturday, increasing to 7- to 9-foot (with a 15- to 17-second period)
   by Sunday.

   Arriving from the Southern Hemisphere:

   Today's 1- to 2-foot Southern Hemisphere (195-degree deepwater)
   swell (with a 13- to 15-second period) will decrease through
   Tuesday.

   A 1- to 2-foot Southern Hemisphere (225-degree deepwater) swell
   (with an 18- to 20-second period) is forecast next weekend.

  ATMOSPHERIC CONDITION:

    Northerly (downslope) winds have produced clear and dry
    conditions in the coastal Valleys and southwesterly facing
    beaches but mostly overcast skies in the North County.

    Nevertheless, mostly clear and sunny skies will develop
    throughout our area by this afternoon. 

    Today's temperatures will range from the low to mid 60s along
    the northwesterly facing beaches (Los Osos, Morro Bay and
    Cambria) to the low to mid 70s along the southwesterly
    facing beaches (Avila Beach and Cayucos). The coastal valleys
    (San Luis Obispo) will reach the mid to high 70s, while
    the North County will range between to low to mid-80s.

    Tonight will generally be clear and colder with low clouds
    developing along the coast and spreading inland into the
    coastal valleys late tonight and early Tuesday. Tuesday and
    Wednesday will be generally cooler as the northwesterly
    (onshore) winds increase along the coastline to strong to
    gale force (25 and 38 mph) levels.

    Thursday is a transition day as a high pressure ridge is
    forecast to migrate across Southern California and finally
    bring warmer temperatures to the Central Coast on Friday and
    Saturday.  Temperatures on Friday through Saturday are generally
    expected to be in the 80s and 90s with 70s at the beaches.

    Windy and cooler weather should develop near the coast on Sunday
    and Monday with the cooler temperatures extending inland on
    Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

    Note: Tonight, Sept. 20-21, Earth and Jupiter converge for
          their closest encounter in decades. The giant planet
          will soar across the sky at midnight, outshining
          everything except the Moon itself.
 

    DIABLO CANYON AIR TEMPERATURES: 

    Diablo Canyon Meteorological Tower Air Temperature Data 
    
       Yesterday's          Today's           Tomorrow's    
        Min    Max        Min    Max         Min     Max 
       55.7°   62.5°     52.4°   60.0°      52.0°    59.0° 


    PG&E San Francisco Met Office predicted temps:   

    Inland Temperatures, Paso Robles 
       
        Mon   Tue   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat   Sun   Mon
       59 85 48 80 45 76 43 85 46 91 48 96 48 95 50 92       
           
    Coastal Valleys Temperatures, San Luis Obispo 
        
        Mon   Tue   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat   Sun   Mon
       56 71 51 69 51 64 49 75 52 86 52 88 53 87 53 85  
          
    WINDS:

    Today's charts our indicating a steep pressure gradient
    along the Northern and Central California coastline.

    This condition will produce fresh to strong (19 and 31 mph)
    northwesterly winds today, and will further increase to strong
    to gale force (25 and 38 mph) levels on Tuesday and will remain
    at level through Thursday.

    A pattern of gentle to moderate (8 and 18 mph) and at times
    gusty northeasterly (offshore) winds developing during the night
    and morning hours, increasing out of the northwest to moderate to
    fresh (13 and 24 mph) during the afternoon hours will commence
    on Friday and will continue through Saturday.

    Strong to Gale force (25 and 31 mph) northwesterly winds are
    forecast later on Sunday through next Monday.

    DIABLO CANYON METEOROLOGICAL TOWER WIND DATA: 

     Today's winds:

        Max peak winds:      NW       20.3 mph at   8:15 a.m. 
        Max sustained wind:  NW       14.8 mph at   8:15 a.m.  
  
     Yesterday's Winds: 
  
        Max peak winds:      NW       15.8  mph at 10:30 p.m. 
        Max sustained wind:  NW       10.6  mph at 10:30 p.m.  

  SEAWATER TEMPERATURES:  
  
     The Diablo Canyon waverider buoy is reporting a sea surface
     temperature of 58.1 degrees while the Nortek AWAC current meter
     is reporting 51.7 degrees. 
   
     Intake Seawater temperatures will range between 51 and 53
     degrees through Friday. 

  OCEAN CURRENTS:  

     Both the DCPP Cal Poly CODAR stations and the DCPP Nortek AWAC
     meter are indicating a southerly (offshore) flowing current
     today.

     This southerly (offshore) flowing current will continue to flow
     downhill through Friday. 

  SEAWATER VISIBILITY:

     Seawater visibility was 22 to 24 feet at the Diablo Canyon Intake. 

========================================================================== 
 24-Hour Ocean Condition Outlook for Monday 09/20 to Tuesday 09/21
      
  Sea/Swell:      DIR. NW     HT.   5-7    PER.  4-8     This morning
  Remaining  at:  DIR. NW     HT.   5-7    PER.  4-8     This afternoon  
  Remaining  at:  DIR. NW     HT.   5-7    PER.  4-8     Tonight

 (Combined with:  DIR. SW     HT.   1-2    PER. 12-14    All day)

 (Combined with:  DIR. WNW    HT.   3-4    PER. 13-15    Later today)

  WINDS:          DIR. NW     SPEED 10-15 + 20           This morning 
  Increasing to:  DIR. NW     SPEED 20-25 + 35           This afternoon  
  Decreasing to:  DIR. NW     SPEED 15-20 + 25           Tonight 
=========================================================================== 
 48-Hour Ocean Condition Outlook for Tuesday 09/21 to Wednesday 09/22
     
  Sea/Swell:      DIR. NW     HT.   5-7    PER.  4-8    Tuesday morning
  Remaining  at:  DIR. NW     HT.   5-7    PER.  4-8    Tuesday afternoon  
  Remaining  at:  DIR. NW     HT.   5-7    PER.  4-8    Tuesday night

 (Combined with:  DIR. WNW    HT.   3-4    PER. 12-14   All day T)

  WINDS:          DIR. NW     SPEED 15-20 + 25          Tuesday morning 
  Increasing to:  DIR. NW     SPEED 25-30 + 40          Tuesday afternoon  
  Decreasing to:  DIR. NW     SPEED 20-25 + 30          Tuesday night 
=========================================================================== 
    
 Extended Ocean Condition Outlook: 
 
    A pattern of gentle to moderate (8 and 18 mph) and at times
    gusty northeasterly (offshore) winds developing during the night
    and morning hours, increasing out of the northwest to moderate to
    fresh (13 and 24 mph) during the afternoon hours will commence
    on Friday and will continue through Saturday.   
 
==========================================================================
    
  The 24 - Hour Ocean Data From The Diablo Canyon Wave rider Buoy  
   MONTH  DAY  TIME  SIG.HEIGHT   PERIOD   SWELL DIRECTION     SST   
                (PST)   (FEET)   (SECONDS)     (TRUE)       (DEG. F)
    09    15    0814     3.0        5            299          55.0
    09    16    0744     3.5        4            300          55.8
    09    17    1044     4.3       17            216          57.6
    09    18    0744     4.8       17            209          53.4
    09    19    0744     5.1       15            210          55.8
    09    20    0544     5.2        6            284          58.1


               (cm) (sec)  22+   20    17    15    13     11    9    7   
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  09 15  0814   90    4     2     7    28    37    54    18    88  239
  09 16  0744  108    4     3    50    15    62    41    24    17  322
  09 17  1044  131    4     6    34   234    83    39    29   136  348
  09 18  0744  146   17     6    39   397   274    81    26   134  141
  09 19  0744  154    7     1     5    88   297   101    45   253   81
  09 20  0544  159    7     2     4    35   128    62    39   158  513


  Daily Swell Inspection Program   
   
       NAME                      DAY   TIME    HEIGHT   PERIOD     SST   
                                       (PST)   (FEET)  (SECONDS) (DEG. F)
  # 66   South Aleutians         20    0550      5        9        52.7
  # 166  Ocean Station Papa      20    0402      5       15        56.1
  # 06   SE Papa                 20    0550      6       12        66.7
  # 59   California Buoy         20    0550      5       14        63.7
  # 01   Point Reyes Waverider   20    0501      6       15        56.3
  # 42   Monterey Waverider Buoy 20    0550      4       15        58.6
  # 28   Cape San Martin, Ca     20    0550      8        6        56.3
  # 50   DCPP Waverider Buoy, Ca 20    0544      5        6        58.1
  # 71   Harvest Platform, Ca    20    0530      8        7        54.0
  # 01   NW Hawaii               20    0550      7       12        79.3


  * Note: Height (significant swell height) is the average height of   
    the waves in the top third of the wave record. Maximum wave heights   
    may be up to TWICE the height in the data shown in the above   
    table.

  Precipitation at the Diablo Canyon Ocean Lab. 


   Friday     1500 through Saturday   1500   0.00 inches
   Saturday   1500 through Sunday     1500   0.00 inches
   Sunday     1500 through Monday     1500   0.00 inches    
            
                  
  Precipitation this rain season (July 1 - June 30):  0.01 inches  
  Average season rainfall at DIP to date:             0.00 inches  

  Ocean Lab Barometer:   29.85 in or 1011.0 mb  +0.0 mb (Steady)

  Sunrise and Sunset  
    
     Today's         Sunrise 6:50 AM      Sunset 7:03  PM 
     Tomorrow's      Sunrise 6:50 AM      Sunset 7:01  PM 
     
  Tides:   
                        Low Tide                 High Tide   
                     AM          PM           AM            PM
  20 Monday      3:09  0.5    3:09  1.7    9:31  4.6   9:06   5.1
  21 Tuesday     3:34  0.7    3:43  1.4    9:51  4.8   9:43   5.0
  22 Wednesday   3:58  0.9    4:16  1.2   10:11  5.0  10:19   4.8
  23 Thursday    4:21  1.2    4:50  0.9   10:31  5.1  10:56   4.6
  24 Friday      4:44  1.5    5:26  0.8   10:53  5.3  11:36   4.3
  25 Saturday    5:07  1.8    6:05  0.7   11:17  5.3  -----   ---
  26 Sunday      5:30  2.2    6:49  0.7   11:44  5.4 (12:20   4.0)
  27 Monday      5:55  2.5    7:41  0.7    1:13  3.7  12:16   5.3
  28 Tuesday     6:23  2.8    8:45  0.7    2:22  3.4  12:56   5.3

     Hozit John, Now that is what I call a detailed report. Aloha,Kokua

needs more data.

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for sure... needs to tell you where to line up

Sheesh - That's the ABBREVIATED version!  You oughtta see the 'pumped up' version (complete with surf pics and video links) another friend puts out.

OK, go ahead and do your blood sacrifice but don't blame me if the surf's too big for Sand Dollar on Sunday/Monday.  It looks like the swell's been moved out a day from yesterday's forecast....

Here's the update from today...

  The charts and models are still indicating a strong Gulf of

   Alaska (967-millibar) storm developing later this week. If

   this storm develops as advertised, it will produce a 4- to

   6-foot northwesterly (290-degree deep-water) swell (with

   a 16- to 18-second period) late Sunday, increasing to

   8- to 10-feet (with a 15- to 17-second period) on Monday.

16-17 second intervals?  It’s gonna be powerful.  I hope the channel is open.  Bring your good paddlers.  The short interval stuff is good for our beach brakes.  We should be back in  business next week if the forecast holds.  Finally…Mike

I would really like to join in this event and was trying to talk my friends at Future fins into coming up and bringing a bunch of fins. Are there still spaces available and would it ruffle and feathers to bring fin friends?

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I would really like to join in this event and was trying to talk my friends at Future fins into coming up and bringing a bunch of fins. Are there still spaces available and would it ruffle and feathers to bring fin friends?

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It's an Open Party at a public beach / campground......Everyone is welcome....no ruffled feathers.....

The problem is all the reserved spots are reserved....There's first come first served spaces...they will fill up fast....Read the threads and click all the links.....sometimes people flake out...sometimes you get lucky....I can't sleep....leaving town in 4 hours... :)

 

Ray

Does anyone have a 6’4" - 6’8" thruster or quad that they’d like to trade for a 6’3" egg? I’m 6’1" 190 lbs. so pro-tato chips won’t work. I’ll also bring some fins and a hotwire bow. I’m not looking for anything brand new, I  just need a change from the fish/egg/bonzers that I’ve been riding for years.

Marc