coast tide this weekend

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

i went out to pacific city to get a repeat of my goodwind sessions... crazy high tide... i looked at an old prediction table, +8.6...wow...the water was coming way over the beach wall...the beach was pretty much buhbye.... anyone else on the coast around 2:30pm witness this? how was manzanita?

ps... this resulted in like 5-6 foot breakers at the shore.... death blows.

genek · Since 21 Jul 2006 2165 Posts East Po KGB

Manzanita was off da hook. There was definitely less beach than I've ever seen. We launched further South and there was only a bit over 100ft of beach there at 3pm. However, there's always less beach there than by town, but not that little. We were probably missing over 100ft of the beach...it also contributed to awesome waves and HUGE fields of butter smoothness between the waves by the beach.

Good times were had by all Very Happy

Kataku2k3 · Since 14 Aug 2005 3753 Posts Los Angeles, CA Videographer

Hell yea, the tide was waaaaaay high! I was down in Newport (Beverly Beach) and Lincoln City (Siletz), Friday night though yesterday and the tide down there was +9.2-9.4... which is like the highest it ever shows. And that swell was some of the biggest I've seen for this time of year too. Unfortunately the wind wasn't cooperating and I was super underpowered for my two little sessions on the 11m.

Onad · Mon Sep 11, 06 10:48 am

NOAA dudes say that a waning full moon can to do that!!

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/sunmoon/astsep06.php

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/sunmoon.php

COASTAL FLOOD...
WATER LEVELS ARE A HALF FOOT TO A FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED VALUES. THE
LUNAR CYCLE IS WANING FROM A FULL MOON. THIS MORNINGS HIGH TIDE IS
THE LOWER OF THE TWO TODAY...EXPECTING WATER LEVELS TO BECOME AN
ISSUE THIS EVENING WITH THE SECOND HIGH TIDE. WILL BE ISSUING A
COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT (WBCCFWLWX) THAT WILL CARRY FURTHER DETAILS.