When will the weather let up? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Mwhitcraft · 09-21-2015, 10:27 AM

I got a seriously false weather report from the fish tracker app and went out this morning at Dana Point. The water was puke green, wind was blowing 15-20 knots and the waves were simply unmanageable. I ended up trolling around the harbor with a small rapala for about an hour with no results.

Does anyone know when this is supposed to let up? I'm dying to get out again!

ctfphoto · 09-21-2015, 10:32 AM

It is a Super El Nino Year ....

Get used to wild weather in a place we never get any .......

Iceman · 09-21-2015, 11:23 AM

Can't have Baja water temps with out some Baja weather! This was a couple weeks ago in Dana Point. Light morning winds, 10-12 kts from the west in the pm and then an about face, hot 25-30mph offshore came out of nowhere.

RedSledTeam · 09-21-2015, 12:01 PM

Andy,
Did the AI get de-masted in that wind? or was the mast supposed to come off due to the wind?

Iceman · 09-21-2015, 12:11 PM

Jim was solo in a TI, he took the mast down as it does create significant resistance heading into the wind. I reefed my sail as I had a trampoline full of loose items that would have bounced out for sure.Shane tacked in like a pro. I was pedaling in at 1 kt when Jim offered the tow and the fact that we were trying to beat the storm cell that was slowly creeping West and had already produced some lightning over the foot hills made accepting the tow a no brainer

now if I had a tuna on board, I would have got in under my own power ............

Mwhitcraft · 09-21-2015, 12:25 PM

Thank you for the replies. I was just wondering if this was a system that will move on, and if so, when it will be over. I can't seem to find an accurate weather forecast for a few miles off shore.

Iceman · 09-21-2015, 12:44 PM

looks to settle down Wednesday and continue hot and sunny.

DanaPT · 09-21-2015, 01:37 PM

the puke green is the sand that was stripped from beaches during the last swell we had.

Strands beach, the beach north of the headlands, was full of sand a week ago and now full of cobblestones. The water was dirty tan color for 100 yards out.

I like weather.com hourly report to gauge wind. seems pretty accurate. And for Dana I try to be off the water by 12, when the wind generally blows south.

Mwhitcraft · 09-21-2015, 08:31 PM

Great info. Thanks a lot

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Originally Posted by Iceman

looks to settle down Wednesday and continue hot and sunny.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaPT

the puke green is the sand that was stripped from beaches during the last swell we had.

Strands beach, the beach north of the headlands, was full of sand a week ago and now full of cobblestones. The water was dirty tan color for 100 yards out.

I like weather.com hourly report to gauge wind. seems pretty accurate. And for Dana I try to be off the water by 12, when the wind generally blows south.

09-21-2015, 10:27 AM	#1
Mwhitcraft Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Orange, CA or Aiea, HI Posts: 32	When will the weather let up? I got a seriously false weather report from the fish tracker app and went out this morning at Dana Point. The water was puke green, wind was blowing 15-20 knots and the waves were simply unmanageable. I ended up trolling around the harbor with a small rapala for about an hour with no results. Does anyone know when this is supposed to let up? I'm dying to get out again!

09-21-2015, 11:23 AM	#3
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	Can't have Baja water temps with out some Baja weather! This was a couple weeks ago in Dana Point. Light morning winds, 10-12 kts from the west in the pm and then an about face, hot 25-30mph offshore came out of nowhere. __________________

09-21-2015, 12:11 PM	#5
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	Jim was solo in a TI, he took the mast down as it does create significant resistance heading into the wind. I reefed my sail as I had a trampoline full of loose items that would have bounced out for sure.Shane tacked in like a pro. I was pedaling in at 1 kt when Jim offered the tow and the fact that we were trying to beat the storm cell that was slowly creeping West and had already produced some lightning over the foot hills made accepting the tow a no brainer now if I had a tuna on board, I would have got in under my own power ............ __________________

09-21-2015, 12:44 PM	#7
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	looks to settle down Wednesday and continue hot and sunny. __________________

09-21-2015, 10:32 AM	#2
ctfphoto Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 901	It is a Super El Nino Year .... Get used to wild weather in a place we never get any .......

09-21-2015, 12:01 PM	#4
RedSledTeam Daddeo Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: OC Posts: 660	Andy, Did the AI get de-masted in that wind? or was the mast supposed to come off due to the wind?

09-21-2015, 12:25 PM	#6
Mwhitcraft Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Orange, CA or Aiea, HI Posts: 32	Thank you for the replies. I was just wondering if this was a system that will move on, and if so, when it will be over. I can't seem to find an accurate weather forecast for a few miles off shore.

09-21-2015, 01:37 PM	#8
DanaPT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South OC Posts: 1,605	the puke green is the sand that was stripped from beaches during the last swell we had. Strands beach, the beach north of the headlands, was full of sand a week ago and now full of cobblestones. The water was dirty tan color for 100 yards out. I like weather.com hourly report to gauge wind. seems pretty accurate. And for Dana I try to be off the water by 12, when the wind generally blows south.