Crab season on the North Coast

[Jan from Humbol]

It never fails


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Thursday: S wind 20 to 25 kt. Rain likely, mainly after 10am. WNW swell 6 feet at 13 seconds. Wind waves 7 to 8 ft.

Thursday Night: S wind 20 to 25 kt becoming SW 9 to 14 kt after midnight. Rain. WNW swell 7 feet becoming 10 feet. Wind waves 9 ft subsiding to 5 ft.

Friday: SW wind 5 to 9 kt becoming WNW in the morning. Rain likely before 6am, then showers likely. WNW swell 18 feet. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Friday Night: S wind 5 to 15 kt. A chance of showers. WNW swell 21 feet. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft.

Saturday: S wind 6 to 15 kt becoming NNW in the morning. A chance of showers. WNW swell 21 feet. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft.

Saturday Night: WNW wind 7 to 9 kt becoming NNE after midnight. A chance of showers. WNW swell 20 feet. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Sunday: NNE wind 5 to 7 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt in the morning. A chance of showers. WNW swell 19 feet. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

[johndtuttle]

Well, at least Mavericks will be breaking .

Sorry about the weather Jan, us NorCal types suffer the North Pacific and the windows it offers for fishing. Crab season is always notoriously dangerous with a couple of commercial vessels lost off of Half Moon Bay in recent years past.

It always makes me annoyed when the SoCal pansies are complaining about seas they would consider "a little sloppy" when it's 2-3 feet and no wind cause I guess they got their blow dried hair wet...

[madriverman]

I'm pretty bummed also but we'll get a chance soon enough. The Eureka bar is going to be pretty fuckin impressive though.

Originally Posted by johndtuttle

It always makes me annoyed when the SoCal pansies are complaining about seas they would consider "a little sloppy" when it's 2-3 feet and no wind cause I guess they got their blow dried hair wet...

It kills me when they cry

[Crash]

it's just wind and water......



going to run over the hill to HMB and see how it looks friday afternoon, sucks we only have a week until the commercial guys show and run htrough our strings of pots.

[Jan from Humbol]

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO NOON PST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO NOON PST
SUNDAY.

NORTHWEST SWELL OF 20 TO 24 FT WILL HIT THE COAST FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. SWELL ON FRIDAY WILL INITIALLY START OUT NEAR 13 FT AND
THEN BUILD TO 20 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SWELL WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD TO 24 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...WITH
A DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 17 SECONDS. SWELL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL
PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SURF...WITH BREAKER HEIGHTS UP TO 30
FT POSSIBLE.

BOATERS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO POSTPONE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY AND
AVOID TRAVERSING BAY AND HARBOR ENTRANCES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

[JFK]

Be safe. A year ago, almost to this day, some guys died trying to pull their pots in hmb during one of the largest swells of the year. I was up there helping a family member move and from the deck you could see closeout sets breaking over a mile off shore. The Harbor Master boat (which looked tiny as it went over the swells) as well as jet skis looking....a real tragedy, but very avoidable. Just remember the crabs will be there on the flat calm days we get in the winter too.

[Bigeasy]

Those swells to 21ft is nothing to play with!

[johndtuttle]

Monterey buoy peaked at 21' overnight with 20 knots of wind. Looks like Cape Mendocino peaked at 26'...Surf's up boys!

[Retriever]

Good day for Crabs. They just get bigger for me to enjoy them next weekend.