surfersteve wrote: “It feels like the corridor (Hatchery/Cheap stretch) has been particularly lumpy this year regarding of water level, flow rate, or wind direction. Curious if others have thoughts on this.” Hi Steve, The short answer is in the image below. Longer answer: Swell size and period and steepness vs. chop is related to: 1….
by Mike Godsey, mikeATwindsurf.com ROUGH DRAFT If you are a Pt. Isabel or Sherman Island or sometimes Larkspur regular you are loving all the southerly flow for the unending eddies this summer. And you are probably noticing how the forecasts usually nail the eddy pattern. But if you are a Waddell or 3rd. kiter you…
by Mike Godsey, MikeATiwindsurf.com You may have noticed the warning in today’s forecast saying: “With strong NNW winds at the 975 mb. level at ≈ 1,000 ft. the prevailing surface winds may be diverted at times at some sites. Note: NNW winds aloft may make the winds UP AND DOWN at times especially Pt….
Long long ago in a climatologically different universe, Larkspur Landing/PSQ was an extremely popular windsurfing site. Sir Francis Drake Blvd. was so jammed on both sides of the highway by windsurfers fighting for parking that is was common for 5 PM traffic to be gridlocked on windy days. And, back then there were 3 windsurfing…
by Mike Godsey, mikeATwindsurf.com I put out a marine surge alert this morning and at 11:47. Now at 5 PM it is clear I was right about the marine surge arriviing tomorrow. In the satellite animation below you can see how fast the southerly marine surge has moved since dawn. If it continued that march…
by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com jmarik wrote about Part 1 of this blog: Hi Mike, Does this explain why 3rd Ave. channel was ripping while SFO was reading only low 20’s today? Cheers. Hi jmarik, I think you are probably right about the SFO winds. As you can see in this first image of yesterday’s standing waves…
by Mike Godsey & Matt Sounders, mikeATiwindsurf.com Link to Part Two of this blog. So take a look at this wind map from today, June 15. Do you see two very strange things? Benicia has AVERAGE wind of 29 and my forecast last night called for very strong UP AND DOWN winds for Benicia. As you…
by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com If you saw last nights and today’s forecast you know we are in for epic winds today as a marine surge southerly winds battle strong NW winds. This morning the southerly marine surge winds win out but this afternoon powerful wind from the North Pacific High winds win decisively as…
by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com Pt. Isabel has, by far, the most interesting cruising ground for windsurfers and kiters in the Bay Area. Where can you round and island, speed sail in glassy waters, find large rolly swell while watching the Golden Gate and the San Francisco skyline. There is just one downside to Pt. Isabel….
by Mike Godsey, mikeATiwindsurf.com Did you notice fast the sky changed today from crystal blue to cloudy? That event is something we have been forecasting for days. Clearly, something is about to happen. Remember the old days when it seemed that wind was just about the pressure gradient? And while the forecasts were crappy more…