MarkSSD and Stingray should be there sometime Thursday afternoon / evening......
Should be there Friday w/ kids dogs etc… oh and I think a Resinhead is squatting in our campsite, although I hope he leaves the peanut butter at home. (just bring beer Jay!)
Me and the wife and kid will be there fri. afternoon.
I will see you guys on friday afternoon + Christian will be at our spot too.
I am finishing work thursday afternoon at four and hopefully strapping boards and hitting the road. It will be late but I should come charging. Somebody save me some burnt hot dogs and the last inch or two of a beer. More encouraging news is that Brian and Kaia are coming up on tuesday. Brian has missed the early swell too many times in a row to show up friday night anymore.
And about the head count. “If you build it they will come.” I am expectign a full crew from my contingency. Darren
ps. I am sorry Lee the bundt cake does not travel well. Outside of Plaskett Creek it tastes dry and chalky. It is best served with a side of pine needles, dirt, sanding resin and whatever else your Mark and Ray made for breakfast.
I was out this morning surfing my local (shoulder high and a sandbar showing…fun), thinking about next week and I find each year I’m hoping the waves will be small at Sand Dollar. Coming at the end of summer, for me and much of my So Cal brethren it’s been 5 months of waist high and under surf, apart from one south swell at the end of August. And 66 degree water. Now to be dunked in 54 degree water with solid overhead open ocean swells…
Ah…what the hell…bring it on…
You goin’ clubbin’ Ray?
Yep.........
http://www.lajollasurf.org/nepa.html
The closer we get to the date, the more accurate it will be. At this point I'm watching 96 hours out and it looks as if we may get a break between the bigger swells to which Sand Dollar will likely be overexposed.
Best wishes for that new edition. Of course, it won’t be quite the same without me, but come on, you’re big boys, don’t cry… Sorry, I really couldn’t make it again this year. Wonder who will win the farthest travelled swaylockian award this time…
Good news bad news ,
Got work this weekend , thats good right ! Can’t make it this weekend , bad . Campsite up for grabs if anybody needs it . First come first serve . Take lotsa pictures please .
May you all have head high glassy waves ! Aloha James
We're going to miss you James.....,
I'm going to bring two early 1980's quad fin short boards for anyone to ride....bring your own leash! I know everone feels the need to "pray for surf"....Can I have one day of chest high surf....you know...clean rideable surf for everyone....not overhead hell man stuff....maybe Friday morning before the crowds show up? See you there.....Ray
In the spirit… I vow to get started on my new shop this weekend…
Last year I started a new board - cuttin’ all those 3" strips of pink xps - in honor…
Have some carrots on me…
“Did I see the movie???”
Ray – it looks like the surf will be in the 5-9 foot range? today is more like 12’+, but will get smaller.
Hawaiian?
I hope so… Sorry Ray =)
This came in yesterday from John Lindsey, meteorologist from PG&E at Diablo Cyn. Yesterday was bigger and cleaner than the report indicated. Will up date if anything else comes through. At this point it looks like it might be manageable (maybe good) over the weekend.
============ PG&E DCPP Weather Forecast for Tuesday 09/27/11 =============
SEA/SWELL:
Arriving from the Northwest:
Today's 4- to 6-foot northwesterly (300-degree deep-water)
swell (with a 4- to 11-second period) sea and swell (with
a 4- to 11-second period) will continue through tonight.
A 7- to 9-foot northwesterly (290-degree deep-water) swell
(with an 8- to 15-second period) will arrive along our
coastline Wednesday, decreasing to 5- to 7-feet Thursday.
This swell will further lower to 3- to 5-feet (with an
8- to 11-second period) Friday through Sunday.
Strong to gale force (25- to 38-mph) northwesterly winds
will produce a 5- to 7-foot northwesterly (310-degree
deep-water) sea and swell (with a 4- to 11-second period)
on Monday.
No, I’m not Hawaiian. But thanks for asking.
I hope you are right on the swell stuff for the weekend...because Surfline has Big Sur pegged for Ankle to Waist high waves.
While I don't wish Ray any harm in the surf. I certainly was hoping for a bit more than waist high?
I'm bringing my fishing pole..And I'm setting up a fishing contest. Rules and prizes to be discussed over beer and smoke the night before.