Turn On It, Tune Out, Drop In

N WIND 15 KT WITH EVENING GUSTS 20 KTS.
WIND WAVES 2 FT.
NW SWELL 3 FT AT 8 SECONDS.

Blowing pretty hard today...
The north central coast was largely blown to shreds from LC on north...
Decided to walk in to a protected cove on the north coast...
It wasn't particularly memorable...
But a southwest facing beach with a brisk north wind resulted in some fun...
Little shin to thigh high peelers that made me glad I brought a 9'6" single fin...
I watched and wondered at the many who choose little potato chip shortboards...
Those that could paddle into the gutless surf couldn't milk the little waves for more than a turn or two...
Meanwhile the longboard brigade was riding the bumps from the outside to the shallows...

About the shipwreck...
The 174-foot, 634-ton steam schooner Fifield, was hit by a southerly on Feb. 21, 1916, while trying to cross the Coquille River bar. The Fifield tried to follow another ship, the Brooklyn, over the bar but its propeller hit the rocks and a wave pushed it sideways. The vessel eventually landed on the jetty, where the 22 crewmen and four passengers got off the ship. Local residents salvaged the cargo — lumber — as it drifted ashore.