Likely Port Closure

[pelsasser]

Thanks for the intel!

PORT is OPEN, still pretty rough but the fleet headed out of the Marina about 8:30 and I fly out this afternoon.

I went shore diving the last several days with a friend who is a DM here on the island. On Sunday we went in north of Coconuts, just below the Alberto's stand, about 20 mintutes out to a shallow reef of primarily soft corals, popped 5 Pez Leon (3 @ 15"+). Per Julio their is normally a north to south current but on that day there was no current and we came out where we went in. Entry / exit in the surf just about kicked my a$$. Yesterday we were going to try and head over to the gallion wreck site but the road got pretty bad about 3 1/2 miles N of Mezcalitos so we headed back about a 1/4 mile and found a semi sheltered site behind on the south side of a point for entry. North it was all iron shore and moderate surf. The plan was to work south about a quarter mile outside of the shallow bay and do a surf exit in some sand but found a strong north current when we cleared the point so we retreated back in close and explored the shallows for about an hour and a quarter and then exited where we came in. Managed to get a few Lions, 2 of which were large guys I clipped and brought out. It was getting late but we figured to head down to Rastas and get a twilight in, with the idea it might be calmer down south. On the way out we found a couple in a rental Jeep stuck in a very large mud puddle (I didn't bring up that it was more than likely a crocodile lounging pool). The Jeep had controls for 4 wheel drive but in reality it was a 1 wheel drive (no positrack) and buried to the axel with water up to the doors. So much for a twilight,a couple hours later and a call to town for a friend to bring a good rope later we got them out.
All in all the shore diving on the east side was interesting but I wouldn't try it without an experienced guide. The entries and exists are scares and there really is no plan B if you get in trouble.

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[ggunn]

Heads up. A strong polar cold front is coming through Texas as I type and its track is nearly due south.

 

[Dave Dillehay]

Heads up. A strong polar cold front is coming through Texas as I type and its track is nearly due south.

Dear Gordon, Must be some localized thing there in "left" Texas but Galveston County shows very little activity on Weather Channel and the gold standard Windguru.com shows nothing for Cozumel other than steady east winds for the next week. But "quien sabe"

Dave

 

[gopbroek]

Windguru Galveston is still showing the front blowing thru tomorrow (as it did last week) but it does not show anything making it to Cozumel. It was a long underwear morning in North Texas

The NOAA 48 and 72 HR forecasts show the front basically stalling out in the gulf so hopefully it will not effect Cozumel over the holidays.

 

[Dave Dillehay]

Windguru Galveston is still showing the front blowing thru tomorrow (as it did last week) but it does not show anything making it to Cozumel. It was a long underwear morning in North Texas
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The NOAA 48 and 72 HR forecasts show the front basically stalling out in the gulf so hopefully it will not effect Cozumel over the holidays.
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Kinda odd, Weather Channel for Galveston County shows a top wind of 13 MPH not 22 Knots like wind guru. Temps hit a low of 49 F briefly over the next few days. ON the other hand I have had great confidence in wind guru for Cozumel coupled with a strong north wind in Galveston…some divergence of evidence here but I'd still bet on no problem with Cozumel.


Dave

PS Still running my A/C here!

 

[mikeycanuk]

PS Still running my A/C here!

Awesome!!

 

[DandyDon]

This site says the front that came thru the panhandle yesterday (yep, it's cold here now, expecting warmer tomorrow) will be there tonight: "Thunderstorms/Wind. Low 49F. SW winds shifting to NNW at 20 to 30 mph."

 

[ggunn]

Dear Gordon, Must be some localized thing there in "left" Texas but Galveston County shows very little activity on Weather Channel and the gold standard Windguru.com shows nothing for Cozumel other than steady east winds for the next week. But "quien sabe"

Dave

It unexpectedly ran out of steam on Friday. It came through Houston (where I was at the time) 10 hours or so later than they were predicting just a day earlier. Fizzle.

 

[gopbroek]

Fizzle is good, hopefully next weekend's front stalls and fizzles also.

 

[MMM]

I know this is a totally off the wall thought but here goes. You can't change the weather. So why the obsession with it? You get here and you deal with what you have when you have it. It's not like you are going to cancel your flight and hotel because at the 11th hour it's looking like you might have a bad day or two, right? So take a chill pill.