We are thinking of heading down to Monterey on Friday. But given the way the wave forecasts are shaping up for Friday I am having second thoughts. Does anyone have an opinion about how things would be given the forecast?
Conditions for weekend of 27th
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So far the wave model through Friday doesn't look as scary as it did last weekend, though there is a swell coming through in the next day or so. I'm hoping to get in some dives this weekend, but probably on the North Coast.
.FRI...NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
NW SWELL 8 TO 11 FT.
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
NW SWELL 6 TO 8 FT.
.SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.
NW SWELL 5 TO 7 FT.
Friday's over my maximums, but Sat. (esp. if you run on the late side, in this case I read the
forecast as "8 ft going down to 6 ft") and Sunday are OK. As always, inspect site with Mk 1
eyeball prior to getting gear out of the truck.
NW SWELL 8 TO 11 FT.
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
NW SWELL 6 TO 8 FT.
.SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.
NW SWELL 5 TO 7 FT.
Friday's over my maximums, but Sat. (esp. if you run on the late side, in this case I read the
forecast as "8 ft going down to 6 ft") and Sunday are OK. As always, inspect site with Mk 1
eyeball prior to getting gear out of the truck.
Twiddles
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Anybody have an average on when Viz gets back to normal after a bad weekend in Monterey (similar to last weekend) or do to many factors come into play for a ballpark estimate? I second that, its too far to drive to sightsee statement 
mikeguerrero
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My buddy and I are planning to dive on Sunday, we dove 2 weeks ago Sunday and had a great time. Last week was devastating to anyone that was diving and a lot of classes were canceled it was brutal, so I heard.
I saw Chucks figures for this weekend, and Sunday being bearable should place me in the water with my dive buddy, we are beginners with only 8 dives on us.
We got a lot of new equipment since our last dive and are eager to use it. So Chuck how does Sunday really look, our dives will be at Break Water...
Thanks,
MG
I saw Chucks figures for this weekend, and Sunday being bearable should place me in the water with my dive buddy, we are beginners with only 8 dives on us.
We got a lot of new equipment since our last dive and are eager to use it. So Chuck how does Sunday really look, our dives will be at Break Water...
Thanks,
MG
rainman_02
Contributor
Anybody have an average on when Viz gets back to normal after a bad weekend in Monterey (similar to last weekend) or do to many factors come into play for a ballpark estimate? I second that, its too far to drive to sightsee statement
Totally unpredictable. Vis Saturday morning on Ballbuster was 50'+ but vis the same morning on the Anchors 2&3 was 10'.
The Sunday forecast of NW 5-7' was fair to middling. And it's better today:
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.
NW SWELL 4 TO 6 FT AND S 2 FT.
.SUN...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.
NW SWELL 2 TO 4 FT AND S 2 FT.
You won't see the S swell at the Breakwater at all. 2 to 4 feet is quite flat, if it holds. Saturday
afternoon the buoy was reporting 12+ feet. Energy content goes up as the cube of the
height, sorta, so 12' has 27x more energy than 4'.
There are many factors affecting vis (sunlight, jellies, surge, upwelling, nearby students and
newbs, ...) so it's hard to predict. The most you can say is "it might be about like yesterday".
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.
NW SWELL 4 TO 6 FT AND S 2 FT.
.SUN...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.
NW SWELL 2 TO 4 FT AND S 2 FT.
You won't see the S swell at the Breakwater at all. 2 to 4 feet is quite flat, if it holds. Saturday
afternoon the buoy was reporting 12+ feet. Energy content goes up as the cube of the
height, sorta, so 12' has 27x more energy than 4'.
There are many factors affecting vis (sunlight, jellies, surge, upwelling, nearby students and
newbs, ...) so it's hard to predict. The most you can say is "it might be about like yesterday".
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