| In between catching nothing a few nights ago on my skiff that cool, dry, smokey-smelling canyon breeze kicked in and the stern went out to sea for the first time in however many nights this season. There was no current (yeah, that has to be why there were no fish caught) so the out-to-sea swing came from the return of some offshore breeze.
In the fall and especially early winter the offshores blow through the canyons in the dark and through the grey, often becoming the bane of a skiff fisherman's existence. After all, it's tough to set up on spots when you can't really set up with the current because the wind is more powerful.
Offshores make it tough locally, but they are what offshore anglers dream of. There's nothing like Santa Anas on the beach and being way out west.
It's been a windy season; but not this week, not to end the season, hopefully.
WX is shorthand about how most talk about weather in their notes. This week's forecast looks insane, especially Thursday.
Get out and enjoy it. Here is the WX forecast from NOAA:
CALIFORNIA WATERS FROM
60 NM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE.
POINT CONCEPTION TO
GUADALUPE ISLAND
930 AM PDT MON OCT 1
2012
TODAY
AND TONIGHT
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...
HIGHEST W.
TUE
THROUGH WED
NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT.
SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7
FT TUE NIGHT.
THU
WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE
10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT (bluefin on the banks, anyone?)
FRI
WINDS BECOMING NW 5 TO
15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
WATERS FROM SAN MATEO POINT
TO THE MEXICAN BORDER EXTENDING 30 TO 60 NM OUT INCLUDING SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND-
906 AM PDT MON OCT 1 2012
(****Note, no numbers higher than 10 before KT)
TODAY...WIND VARIABLE
LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING NW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS.
MIXED SWELL W 2 TO 4 FT AT 12 SECONDS AND S 3 FT AT 16 SECONDS.
TONIGHT...WIND NW 10 KT
IN THE EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS.
MIXED SWELL W 2 TO 3 FT AT 12 SECONDS AND S 3 FT AT 16 SECONDS.
TUE...WIND W 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR
LESS. MIXED SWELL W 2 FT AT 11 SECONDS AND S 3 FT AT 15 SECONDS. TUE
NIGHT...WIND W 10 KT IN THE EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. WIND
WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. MIXED SWELL W 2 FT AND S 3 FT.
WED...WIND VARIABLE LESS
THAN 10 KT...BECOMING SW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. MIXED
SWELL W 2 FT AND S 3 FT.
WED NIGHT...WIND SW 10
KT IN THE EVENING... BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR
LESS. MIXED SWELL W 2 FT AND S 3 FT.
THU...WIND VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT.
WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. MIXED SWELL W 2 FT AND S 3 FT.
THU NIGHT...WIND W 10 KT
IN THE EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS.
MIXED SWELL W 2 FT AND S 3 FT.
FRI...WIND VARIABLE LESS
THAN 10 KT...BECOMING SW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. MIXED
SWELL W 2 FT AND S 3 FT.
FRI NIGHT...WIND W 10 KT
IN THE EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS.
MIXED SWELL W 2 FT AND S 3 FT.
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