Craig and I went out for a paddle, leaving Cadboro Bay with the intent of going all the way around to Gonzalez Bay or even James Bay… The weather was forecast to get stormy by noon and we decided in Oak Bay that it would be smart to turn around. The winds increased as predicted, we had a blast surfing off Willows beach and riding some good waves around Cattle Point. We made it back just in time as the beach at Cadboro Bay got nasty shortly after we landed… We went for a drive to Cattle Point and the lookout over Trial Island to check out the weather and waves. We met Andreas there who said that he had heard of a couple of kayakers being rescued by the coast guard – not us fortunately. I measured 30 knot winds from the viewpoint with my anemometer… (5.5 nm, 10 km, YTD 102 km!)
Today’s track. Photos to come as a separate post.
Kelp reef winds today 29 Jan from NOAA site
11:00 am SE 24G31
10:00 am SE 23
9:00 am SE 16
Discovery Light data from BigWaveDave’s site
29-Jan-2006 17:00:00 SE 39 39
29-Jan-2006 16:00:00 SE 40 40
29-Jan-2006 15:00:00 SE 36 36
29-Jan-2006 14:00:00 SE 39 39
29-Jan-2006 13:00:00 SE 35 35
29-Jan-2006 12:00:00 SE 34 34
29-Jan-2006 10:00:00 SE 21 21
29-Jan-2006 09:00:00 ESE 15 15
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