Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Angry Sea


Tillamook Bay bar claims 3 more...

TODAY - N WIND INCREASING TO 20-25 KT. WIND WAVES 5FT. W SWELL 10-11FT AT 14 SECONDS. AREAS OF DRIZZLE THIS MORNING.

TONIGHT - N WIND 20-25 KT. WIND WAVES 5FT. W SWELL 11-12FT AT 13 SECONDS... SUBSIDING TO 10FT AT 13 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TILLAMOOK, Ore. -- The U.S. Coast Guard is searching near Tillamook Bay for two men who were aboard a commercial fishing boat that went down early Tuesday morning off the Oregon Coast. A search was launched about 1:30 a.m. after nearby vessels reported seeing two distress flares, according to Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson.

The Catherine M. was apparently crossing the bar into Tillamook Bay when it experienced trouble. Anderson told KOIN News 6 that surf conditions at the mouth of the bar can be dangerous.

Coast Guard crews found debris from the boat and the body of 30-year-old Jeffrey King on the south side of the bay opening. Still missing is the skipper, 32-year-old Craig Larsen of Hammond, and 30-year-old Trona Griffin of Garibaldi.

KOIN reporter Drew Mikkelsen was on Bay Ocean Spit at noon Tuesday and said there was a half-mile-long debris field on the beach. He saw large sections of the hull, as well as three unused survival suits.

Local Report:
...Conditions were not what I had hoped for. All last week I watched as the forecast went from Sunny with 5K East wind to mostly cloudy with 10-15K N winds. The forecast was reading around 12' and I was really hoping for some screaming rights. Paddle out was tough and the waves were big and confused once I was out...hard to stay in one spot, clean ups rolling in with regularity...Maybe Friday will be better.

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