20ft @ 10secs
Wind 42mph
Temperature Sea 11°c Air 13°c

Cape Kiwanda Surf Report, Surf Forecast and Surf Webcams

Cape Kiwanda Surf Report, Surf Forecast and Surf Webcams

Saturday Surf

NWW3 Forecast

Swell Wind 11.5ft 11secs 7mph
Swell Components 11.3ft 11secs 8.6ft 12secs 7.2ft 11secs	Breaking Wave Estimate 13.5ft Double Overhead

Issue Date: Thu 12th November 2009 : 12pm

Surf Report: Tuesday 1o-2009

Nelscott Reef Contest

So, I decided to go watch the nelscott reef content in Lincoln City for like an hour or earlier… oh man. Driving down the little canyon I saw peter Mel and his crew getting ready to ski out to the reef. It was exciting to see some known faces – kind of validates this region as a good surfing destination.

The sets were in the 35 – 40 feet range. Surfers were tiny on the waves. From the cliff, it seemed as if the waves were 10 feet out there, but once a jetski would be pulling in someone into a wave and once this someone would pump, fade and go down the face, there was some serious 5 to 6 times overhead walls to be seen. And the surfers were just doing tricks we’d do on small waves. Tearing them like they were our 4 feet sunny pacific city surf. Crazy.

I think another fun part for me was to watch their amazing wave dodging skills as they battled the 15 foot insiders to ski out to the reef. It always looks small and easy from up high, but once someone is standing in front of a wave or flying off the top, size out there just takes on a whole new perspective. A scary one quite frankly. I saw some chilling wipeouts. Don’t even try figuring whether the surfer is making it back up to the surface: you just couldn’t tell.

The crowd on top of the cliff was fairly thin – which created this very relaxed, comfortable vibe up there. There were three watch spots, I checked all them out and ended up on the tallest one near the commentators - which were drinking wine straight out of the bottle as they were narrating the event. A few people from the Pacific City crew were standing along watching the huge surf. And of course, a whole bunch of oooohhs and aaahs were accompanying each set. Really fun stuff.

Now, I am back in pacific city, watching Gerry Lopez trying to surf the waves here, but they aren’t really doing their magic. Tomorrow and Saturday will be better.

Cheers

Max

little universe.

it is possible our bodies are little universes and our conscious is the little omnipresent force in that universe. But we are young, and naive universes, in essence, "baby universes", born from the stars. As we evolve into ourselves we realize our omnipotent minds have unlimited power over matter and we begin to grow, each of us becoming a universe like the one we live in today...

2 seconds ago · Comment · Like

Spanish Head Inn, Lincoln City