Morning Everyone -

NW winds continue to hammer us – high pressure is parked over the Eastern Pacific – so as such – the winds are coming down the backside of the high right at us. Hoping we get more of a NE shift by Friday, but after looking at the models and forecast this morning – I’m not sure we’ll see a real turn in the winds until Sunday/Monday – when a low pressure system dives out of BC and into the Great Basin. That’s at least the forecast – we’ll see if it happens.

No rain in sight – although long term models hint at perhaps a return to some wet weather in early April.

Swell wise – mostly short period windswell in the water at the moment – 8-9 ft with periods running 8-9 sec. We will see a new WNW long period swell on the rise by Saturday – projecting deep water swell in the 8-9ft range at 17 sec from 307. Sunday, period and size drop a bit to 7-8 at 15. Should still be left overs on Monday, just smaller and shorter period. This storm is still coming together in the Gulf of Alaska – so we’ll see how it tracks over the next 48 hrs.

Between now and then – looks like windswell is the main player. Water temps have also tumbled to their normal spring time lows – 49 degrees and falling! Brrrrr. And I suspect we might see waters a bit cooler by Friday if these NW winds keep howling offshore. Good time for a big suit.

Finally, I’m going to start working on the Wasabi Blog – so as that gets rolling, pictures, stories, links etc will be welcomed as the blog develops. My hope is to be able to update a couple days each week and also start to include some nice material to read and circulate. Get some cool links as well. So stay tuned for that.

Cya in the water,

Wasabi