Weird sight this morning.... piece of a rainbow....... red sky..... Not too cold, low 50's, after a great day yesterday! This morning should be pretty damn good..... W 7ft @ 11sec's with light E winds. High tide at 7am, low at noon..... later in the day, W6-7 with S/SW winds picking up to 25. So...... get out this morning if you can!!! Monday W 10ft @ 12 sec's with W winds 20+. Tuesday W 13ft with NW winds 25mph Wed. NW 11ft with SE winds 25mph Thursday W 113ft with SW winds 25mph Sun will start to burn off some of this stuff this morning, but expect some rain this evening..... or so we hope!!

A much nicer morning than we have had in a while.... went up to Indian to check it early.... 7:30a and still dark..... by the time I got back down the hill, sun is starting to burn off some of the crud...... Weekend is starting to shape up ...... Today, NW 7-9ft @ 11 sec's, dropping as the day goes on. Light N/NE winds ( some off shores this morning). High tide was at 6am, low at 11am. Sunday even better in the am, W 7ft @ 12 sec's with light E winds in the morning. High tide at 7am, low at noon. later on Sunday, picking up to W 8ft with SW winds 25+mph. Monday W 12ft with W 25mph winds. Tuesday NW 14ft with N winds 20+. Wed. NW 10ft with SE winds 25+...... Yesterday, Gary Linden and Pierre stopped by after the Nelscott contest..... had some great stories, and glad to see he represented my generation.... took 6th out of 11 contestants, and almost 60! He said the first wave, the biggest, he took before the heat started, but it was just too damn good to let go...... said he didn't make the "corner", straightened out, and got hit from behind by a wall of white water..... twisted his back and knee pretty bad..... he was limping around the shop...... but, he did paddle out and caught one that he said was not as big as the first, but about the same size as last years wave.... 30+ft.... rode it...... then decided he better get in..... but, on a good note, he said his knee and back hurt so much, he forgot about his sore hip....... see, there is always good in everything.....!! I will be heading south the week of Nov. 9th, to pick up all the custom boards being done..... so, if you have one on order, it will be here by saturday the 14th....yes, even cousin Eddie's! So, if anyone down south needs/wants anything from "God's Country" , let me know..... or if anyone from up here has something special they need picked up, let me know as well. Have a great weekend!!!

Raining this morning, with S winds 25+mph...... just a plain nasty ass morning...... Swell is W 10-11ft @ 10 sec's and pretty much blown out.... Winds turning from the NW later today 25+mph. Low tide at 10am, high at 3:45p. Gary will be stopping by later this morning, so we will get some info on the contest yesterday.....anything fun, I will post on the blog...... Saturday, W9 @ 11 sec's with light N winds, 6am high tide, 11am low tide. Sunday W 10ft with light S winds and high tide at 7am, low at noon. Monday W 15ft with W winds 25+mph Tuesday W 13ft with NW winds 20+mph. Looks like Sat will be the best day.... only partly cloudy and 58 down here..... light N winds..... then rain for the next 5 days...... until Friday....... must be late Oct on the Oregon Coast..........

by all reports, the Nelscott contest is still on today. I have a call out to Gary , to get a first hand report, but he is either sleeping in, eating, or possibly in the water......????? IF I hear anything, I will post it on the blog..... Today, doesn't look like the W 15+ the reports were calling for, looks big, but about W 10ft @ 12 sec's...... actual reports : W 12-14ft in the am @ 16 sec's, building to W 17ft @ 15 sec's later. Light S winds, low tide at 9:30am, high at 3pm. Hope it is bigger south!!! Friday, W 10-12ft @ 12 sec's with S winds 20+. Saturday W 10ft wtih light N winds. Sunday, one report calling for W 11ft, another W 6-7ft with S winds 20+mph. Monday W 12-15ft wtih W winds 20+mph. Tuesday NW 12-15ft, Wed. NW 12ft. So...... not sure what I am doing today...... either working outside, as the sun is burning off the morning funk, and I do have a bunch of projects that are screaming for my attention...... OK... just got off the phone with Gary....he said the reef is breaking, but looks 20-25ft...... not epic, but he will take his 10'6" Balsa out around 1p I guess, he thinks , when the paddle part starts.... said there are a couple of jet skis pulling people in............ Swell should pick up around the 1pm time and hold for several hours..... good intervals. So.... If you are heading down, there will be some waves.... Naturally, I have to pull for our buddy Gary.....hell, he will be 60 in December!!! Got to root for him!!! At least all of us old guys are!!!!!

Happy Birthday Bird!!! Getting older....got to love it!!!! Swell didn't get as big as expected this morning, but still pretty damn nasty and junky..... W 6-8ft @ 6-13 sec's wtih S/SW winds 25+mph. Minus low tide at 8:45am, high tide at 2:30p. Just doesn't look like fun out there....... supposed to pick up to W 14ft @ 17sec's this evening...... Thursday; Will the Nelscott contest happen?? Spoke to Gary Linden yesterday, they were going to try to make it to Ashland and spend the night, then get to Nelscott by noon or so..... he is thinking with the W 15-16ft swell @ 15-20 sec's, might build to a 30+ft wave..... he is hoping anyway...... guess I might take a drive down in the morning..... Friday; W/SW 10-11ft with S winds 15mph. Saturday W 12ft with light NE winds. Sunday W 8-10ft with S winds 15mph.... Monday W 10-12ft @ 16 sec's with light S/SW winds. Tuesday W 8-12ft @ 16 sec's with South winds. Just got in this info...... Sample Date: 10/19/2009 Sample Results Received: 10/20/2009 9:07 PM NO ADVISORIES Station Name Result (enterococci/100ml water) 29394 Seaside Beach west of U Avenue parking area <10 31817 Seaside Beach 100m south of U ave. 10 31818 Seaside Beach 200m south of U ave. <10 34744 Indian Beach at the mouth of Indian Creek <10 30523 Indian Beach at the mouth of Canyon Creek 10 29395 Cannon Beach at the mouth of Ecola Creek (2nd Avenue) 10 31536 Ecola Creek at the mouth of Logan Creek 52 34608 Ecola Court at the outfall pipe (fresh water) to Cannon Beach 108 29396 Cannon Beach west of Ecola Ct. (Gower St.) at the mouth of the storm outflow 20 29390 Short Sand Beach 2nd creek mouth north of Short Sand Cr. <10 29389 Short Sand Beach 1st creek mouth north of Short Sand Cr. <10 29388 Short Sand Beach at the mouth of Short Sand creek <10 31525 Short Sand Creek at the footbridge between hwy. 101 and beach 10 29381 Kiwanda Beach at the dory launch 10 31821 Kiwanda Beach 250m south of the dory launch at sign post on beach 10 31822 Kiwanda Beach 1Km south of the dory launch 100m south of deck on dune <10 NOTES: Advisories are issued for marine water samples that are or exceed 158 (enterococci) orgs/100ml.

Colder this morning, was about 46 when I came over to the shop..... sun is out, and should warm up to 64 today.... yesterday turned out great!! Sunshine, glassy, about chest high..... beautiful day.... hoping for the same today! Going to go after the tide turns.... thinking after 9am, get some water in, and hopefully will be as fun as yesterday. Great pics this morning... the red tint to the sky made it look surreal.... supposed to get rain tonight..... W 4-7ft @ 10 sec's today, minus low tide at 8am, high at 2p. Light S/ SE winds this morning, but picking up to 25+ this evening. If you can, go get some today!!! Wed. W9 @ 17 sec's with S winds 25+mph. minus low tide at 8:45am. rain, 59 Thursday W 15-17ft with S/SW winds 15+mph cloudy and 62. Heard from Gary Linden, they are on the way up to Nelscott for the paddle in contest on Thursday...... hope it is big enough for him..... I may have to go see it on thursday morning...... Friday; W 10 - 12ft with W winds 15mph+, partly cloudy and 59. Saturday W 10-12ft with light NE winds, partly cloudy 58. Sunday W 12ft , rain and 56. Monday W 7-10ft with rain, 55. So..... either Gary will surf on Thursday, or maybe we will have him up here for cocktails..... more on that later..... Have a great week!!!

for some reason the first email went out very late.....hung up in email hell I think........ so, went up to drop off the 11 softops for the Univ. of Puget Sound kids, and decided to paddle out.... 2 guys out, but they were on the way in, so ...... I figured.... hell yes..... no crowd, OK waves.... not cold....dry wetsuit, great white to change in...... glad I did.... had a ball, everything from waist to overhead, long waits between the biguns, but well worth the wait...... finger and target showed up as I was leaving.... probably going to be better as tide comes in.... The kids from the University, had a lesson yesterday with Luke and Jules, and they were having a ball.... no one but them in the water..... Overall, a damn good morning!!!!! Hope yours is doing well !!!!!

Took pictures at 7:30a...... can't wait for the time to change, and get lighter earlier. Going to go after unloading all the rentals for the Univ. of Puget Sound group.... good kids, having a ball! Yesterday, we all got lucky with a nice change in the weather, and actually had sunshine!!! Hopefully, it will do the same today. Swell dropped and cleaned up this morning.... W 4-5ft @ 10 sec's, and no wind. Minus low tide at 7:30a, high tide at 1:20p. Should be some fun waves later this morning. Mixed reports for the week...... Tuesday calling for W8ft @ 12 sec's from one source, another calling for SW 5-7ft.....???? Wed. W 11ft with S winds 30+, another calling for SW 6-7ft in the am..... Thursday both calling for W 15ft with light SE winds. Friday Both are W 10-12ft with NW winds 20+ Sat. W 10-12ft, and Sunday W 12-15ft......

One hell of a day for the dog show...... this morning, the south winds were blowing about 25mph... hard rain early..... by the time Gordonite and I had hit IB, it was almost nice.... south winds had dropped off a bit, air temp in the mid 60's, and the swell didn't look as big as was being called for.... Today, SW 6-8ft @ 9secs. Minus low tide at 6am, high tide at noon....... We figured, if we don't get the S gusts of 30+mph, at high tide, it might be fun up there...... or not....... Sunday looking better, SW6ft @ 9sec's with light S winds, Monday SW4ft with light SE winds. Tuesday W9ft with S winds 25+mph, and Wed. starts the big stuff... W 11ft, building to 15+........ Did see Baby Face and his crew coming out of IB looking for some surf, before Adam has to take the move to Michigan on Sunday...... Looks to be a strange day...... Have a great weekend! Still better to be here than there...... where ever that is.......