Recheck the forecast

[Chuck Tribolet]

This afternoon's forecast took a big turn for the worst.

9:30AM:
> > .SAT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
> > NW SWELL 4 TO 6 FT AT 10 SECONDS.

2:44PM:
> > .SAT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
> > NW SWELL 8 TO 10 FT AT 10 SECONDS.

The Navy WAM and the Scripps CDIP model agree with the
later forcast. The only saving grace is that it's going
to be VERY NW and we might see some protection.

 

[fuggler]

I hope someone gives an update tomorrow morning. Trying not to waste gas here.

 

[Chuck Tribolet]

Everything you need to know is at
http://www.garlic.com/~triblet/swell/wamglance.html

The 3 am forecast improved a little, and the 9am is the same:

.TODAY...NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
NW SWELL 6 TO 7 FT AT 10 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG.

But the actuals from the buoy are running about 9 feet.

I stayed home and pruned five 96 gallon toters before 8:15,
decided what new oven I'm going to buy, and edited a bunch of
pictures. No regrets.

 

[mofongo_max]

Fuggler and I should have heeded this warning. Slight swell and pea soup vis is what we got at Lover's and Breakwater today. :|

 

[mikeguerrero]

Ahh,,

Nothing like the pea soup in your swim... Becomes compass diving and bumping into kelp and rocks.... Just another day of diving the Calif coast....

 

[ccohn2000]

I stayed home and pruned five 96 gallon toters before 8:15,
decided what new oven I'm going to buy, and edited a bunch of
pictures. No regrets.

Bet you're wishing you did that today too. Hope you and Linda got back to the dock OK. Larry and I stayed home to let my big toe (sprained playing with the dog) heal prior to our Fiji trip next week. Hence we were not near in your hour of need. Too bad, Larry would have been happy to provide a photo record of the event. I still cherish the shot you got of our Coast Guard tow.

 

[Chuck Tribolet]

What Carol is alluding to here is that when Adm. Linda and I got to the first dive site
today, and I put the boat in forward idle to seek the precise place to drop
the hook, it wanted to idle at about 2000 RPM in gear, and a bazillion RPM
in neutral, both of which are way too fast. Looking for a buddy boat, I
called John Yasaki on the cell phone to see if he was diving today (he
wasn'), John called Carol to see if she was diving today (she wasn't),
so we said the heck with it, let's go diving, and did. And over the course
of the day, figured out to slow the boat down to avoid ramming the
dock on our return (1. put the throttle as close to neutral as possible
without actually being in neutral. That got it down to about 1700 RPM.
2. Put weight in the back of the boat.) And docked it no muss no fuss.

I'd pulled the cowling off when it first happened, and couldn't find
anything obvious. When I got home, I hosed down the boat, and pulled
the cowling again. From outside the boat, the problem was obvious --
a hose had pulled off the "air cleaner" (really just a plenum box without
a filter) and was preventing the throttles from return all the way to idle.
It was a five second, zero cost, fix. I'd changed the spark plugs this
week, and must have knocked the hose loose, though I don't know how --
the hose is almost at the front of the engine, the plugs are at the absolute
rear.

We had two nice dives. We were about the only recreational dive boat
out today.

 

[zf2nt]

Ahh,,

Nothing like the pea soup in your swim...

No, it wasn't pea soup at all. I would say S. Monastery on Sunday reminded me more of chopped spinach soup, if there is such a thing. While I do love spinach, the 3' vis. didn't stimulate the taste buds at all.

It looked nice from shore, and even looked decent as we swam out. But as soon as we went down...ugh! This was with an OW class, so I couldn't take them far out and down. It might have improved out by Mono-Lobo, but in 30'-40' it was flat awful.

Bruce

 

[ae3753]

This past winter and spring really spoiled all of us...

Bruce - glad you're in the water again.

 

[dannobee]

40 ft vis in Bluefish Cove, 30 ish at Moss Cove (measured with Secchi disc).