Turn On It, Tune Out, Drop In

N WIND 10 KT WITH GUSTS TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT 9 SECONDS.

"You have to go out, but you don't have to come back...."
~Surfman's motto

The ruins of the old Coast Guard launch station at Port Orford...from the Port Orford Lifeboat Station website:

The boathouse, which burned down in the late 1970s presumably due to arson, was located in Nellie's Cove, 280 feet below the main station on the Heads. It sheltered two 36-foot motor lifeboats, which surfmen used to carry out rescue duties. The boats were hauled out of the water on a cradle mounted on the rails. When needed, the boats were launched down the rails and out to sea. A concrete breakwater was constructed between the rocks to allow safe passage through the narrow channel out to open waters to the south. Access to the boathouse was provided by a steep 532-step wood and concrete staircase. To fuel the lifeboats, crewmen carried five-gallon cans down to the cove, one can in each hand, until the tanks were full. Remnants of the boathouse can still be seen from the cove trail.

A super low tide is opening up the seldom breaking spots this morning. Winds are calm and there are waist high waves out of the NW. Some patchy fog on the southern coast with clearing expected later. ~pointer

Super fun LB'ing at da 'Bu! Solid waist to chest, rights and lefts with a snappy N wind grooming easy on the eye faces. Needed an accountant to keep track of my wave count. Building tide on a negative low dished up plenty of consistent treats and I was in full on sample mode. ~smithgrind