Offshore Wednesday

[KeyWest]

Anyone up for a run:

WED
S WIND 40 KT...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 50 KT... BECOMING SW
25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT BY AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS 26 FT
DOMINANT PERIOD 17 SECONDS. RAIN EARLY...THEN SHOWERS. ISOLATED
TSTMS.

[OuterLimits]

Surfs up!~!

[skein]

I dunno. What's the SST look like?

Skein

[Reel Creel]

Fill her up one last time.

[KillerBeee]

Looks pretty mild and do-able. I'm in, who else?

[tomictime]

Nothing like this...for awhile.....

I need a fix bad.....

[Onokai]

Hey Dean that's a 17 second interval. I'd say go for it. Mark

[ron m]

The 11 am wave summary from Stonewall Buoy

Significant Wave Height (H0): 13.8 ft
Swell Height (SwH): 12.5 ft
Swell Period (SwP): 16.0 sec
Wind Wave Height (WWH): 5.9 ft
Wind Wave Period (WWP): 7.1 sec
Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS): SWELL
Average Wave Period (AVP): 8.5 sec

and the forecast is for it to get worse

Consider that it's not gonna get better this week and the ocean crab season opens Sat. I bet some of the commercial crabbers will be setting pots this week (or have they already done that?) and pulling them on Sat. I think they are nuts to go out there in those conditions, but I never claimed to be gutsy and don't claim it now. I hope they come home safely.

ron m

[Coastalfisherman]

The commercial crabbers were supposed to start putting pots out yesturday and start picking them up on Jan 1. As of this morning, no boats have left Newport, and it does not appear that they will for a while.

[Abalone]

Is CAPT KUJO running the Trifecta this week ?

[Double G]

I encountered water 18 inches deep flowing across Hwy 126 in the Cushman area 2 miles east of Florence today. The Siuslaw River was flowing across the highway at 10:45am today. I expect it will be closed soon. The river at Mapleton is above flood stage but the highway is still clear there. I was driving a SUV and was darn glad that I sat so high.

I was at Charleston Tuesday and all the commercial crab boats were still in the harbor. Predicted swells there were 22 feet according to the folks I talked with.

[Herring Problem]

Wouldn't this be good Halii fishing, the bait would cause some good action to the bait or jigs with the sudden rise from the boat and then go back down really fast. So we should be loading up and heading out. Whatu think!
I have my root beer and sandwich in a sack to go.

[Ride Red]

After a couple of good blows, it looks like it will finally settle down
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NOT!




<font color="red"> GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT </font>

...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

TODAY
SW WIND 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 14 FT AT 13
SECONDS. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.

TONIGHT
S WIND 15 KT...BECOMING SE 25 TO 30 KT. SOME <font color="red"> GUSTS TO
40 KT </font>OVER THE OUTER WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 6 FT. W
SWELL 15 FT AT 12 SECONDS. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS IN THE
EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE.

SUN
S WIND 40 TO 45 KT. <font color="red">GUSTS UP TO 55 KT. </font>COMBINED SEAS 17

FT... BUILDING TO 24 FT. DOMINANT PERIOD 11 SECONDS. RAIN.

SUN NIGHT
S WIND 35 TO 45 KT...BECOMING SW 25 KT AROUND
MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 50 KT EARLY. <font color="red">COMBINED SEAS 24 FT.</font>
RAIN...THEN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.

MON
SW WIND 20 KT. <font color="red">WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 22 FT. </font>SHOWERS
LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS.

MON NIGHT
S WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL
19 FT. SHOWERS LIKELY.

TUE
<font color="red">S WIND 35 TO 40 KT.</font> COMBINED SEAS 20 FT.

WED
S WIND 30 KT. <font color="red">WIND WAVES 7 FT. W SWELL 19 FT.</font>