Turn On It, Tune Out, Drop In

NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 15 KT.
WIND WAVES 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
NW SWELL 15 FT AT 12 SECONDS EARLY.
SUBSIDING TO 11 FT AT 11 SECONDS BY LATE MORNING.
TONIGHT NE WIND 15 KT...VEERING TO E AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND WAVES 2 FT. NW SWELL 10 FT AT 10 SECONDS.
SUBSIDING TO 7 FT AT 10 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

Things are looking up...
Surf could improve substantially over the next couple days...
Tomorrow and Friday are both forecast as head high swell...
With possible offshores...
We'll see.

Here's a nice take from a Pacific Northwest surfer:

2 weeks, 2 trips, 2 sides, 2 countries.

1,556 miles, gale force winds, sideways rain, 3-4 inches of SNOW, and some fun waves along the way.

All strictly Pacific North West.

This time of year I can’t help but think of warm water, the tropics, and reef passes. Hawaii, Cali, Mex, Costa Rica? But why? Forget it, it’s still fall and there’s plenty to be had right here in the equally as beautiful PNW. After all there’s a time and place for everything.

Call me crazy, but I like cold water. I like surfing places where there shouldn’t be waves. I like surfing in the pouring down rain over kelp beds. I like hiking through the rainforest in knee deep mud and seeing bears and elk on the beach. I like seeing Sitka Spruce, Red Cedars, Doug Firs, and snowcapped peaks from the lineup. I like trading waves with a good friend or stranger in total solitude. I just plain like PNW surfing no matter how far I have to go to get it because when you do put in the time and effort it’s always that much sweeter.

Shouts to the foreigner heads for keeping it real. A refreshing change from the normal BS I often deal with surfing local winter spots. Thanks to the Sitka bros for letting us and my dog chill while waiting for the ferry during the freak snow storm. And F the BFE guys who have no edicate and think they run spots that clearly have no locals, and if they did they sure wouldn’t be white.

The waves are the motivation, but it’s the adventure that keeps me going.