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wahoodad wrote:

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I'd rather get the crappy weather out of the way going south. Hopefully smooth sailing coming home.
And even though the big fish haven't shown (yet), the fishing they are having is very very good fall fishing. Sounds like some very fat wahoo have been take the last few days.
Have a great trip, say hi to Captains Justin and Jason for me.

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snordo wrote:

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Looks like the weather should be fine...until you plan to come home (if the storm materializes). I have been keeping a watch as I'll be on the Indy and we return home on the 16th.

This is from the wetsand website for Southern Cal:

http://swellwatch.wetsand.com/#place=30.715201644740844_-111.575195_7_1422_height_none_Sat_-1


Wednesday the 5th weather should clear as some NW swell comes down from the Gulf, angled from 300 degrees and size chest high for west facing breaks. Some light southern hemi should help south facing breaks with waist high waves. Winds should be light and variable in the AM, then onshore in the afternoon to 15 mph. Tide remains in a slack-water state in the 3-foot range for much of the morning, hitting an ~4-foot high around 1:40 PM.

Thursday the 6th the Gulf NW is expected to back off as the minor SW remains. In all, it's looking like a waist high day most everywhere. Weather should improve further, and winds could be lightly offshore in the AM. Tide on Thursday is high around 5:30 AM at ~3.5 feet, low around 10:30 AM at ~3 feet, and high around 3:30 PM at ~4 feet.

Friday the 7th some minor SW is due, but this should only bring waist high waves or so to south facing breaks. NW energy is looking nil.

Saturday the 8th looks about the same: waist high SW, barely any NW.

Sunday the 9th the SW is expected to back down, and we should see some westerly swell come in. This is from a storm in the Western Pacific right now that should die off long before reaching our shores (actually about 3000 miles away from us). Size should be around waist to chest on the 9th, angled from 280, periods 13 seconds, but sets sporadic. Models hint at some reform of the storm, which could mean weather and winds, but looking at the long range weather models today around SoCal, this just doesn't add up. More on this over the next few days.

Monday the 10th this WNW swell is expected to peak. Provided there is no reform of this storm in the next few days, Monday would see size running chest+ around west facing breaks, perhaps a bit better at standouts.

Tuesday the 11th is looking like a WNW swell day so far, but I'll need to see how this WestPac storm plays out in the next couple of days.

Wednesday the 12th we should see some southern hemi come up from a storm forming right now near New Zealand. The models don't favor this one having much northward movement, so waist to chest is the call so far, with an ETA on the 12th.

Thursday the 13th or Friday the 14th would be our next swell event, if, that is, you can believe the 132h+ northern hemi models this afternoon. The long range projection in the Western Pacific shows a massive fetch forming south of the Kamchatka Peninsula, whipping up 40-foot seas once within 2900 nautical miles of SoCal. This would mean 16- to 18-second period swell from 280-290, and size potentially a couple feet overhead...Double Overhead if this storm holds together long enough on its eastward trek across the Pacific. But, it's still too early to make a confident call today.

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Bluefinkilla wrote:

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Interesting quote from Brian Kiyohara from the Angler.

“We had a great ten-day trip for variety,” said skipper Kiyohara, “and the big fish are there right now, on the southern banks.”

Good Fishing,
BFK

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Steve K wrote:

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What it is, it's getting later and time for those fish to go on the chew. I've got a feeling it's about to go off. Why? Couple of reports.

First, the Angler's recent return with a 103 and an 88 from an area "just off Punta Tosca." Look that up and you'll see that it's "Located on the point of Punta Tosca, the rugged southernmost tip of Isla Santa Margarita, at the southern end of Bahía Magdalena."

Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

Second, the Indy just reported "...we got on some nice tuna 50-80lbs. It was a good way to end the trip we had a few shots at the nicer tuna and landed about a dozen of them."

and, Randy reported from Royal Star that: "We went to the outer area down there,” said Randy, and we saw 80 to 150-pound tuna, but they didn’t bite. It’s still 82 degrees down there, and 79 to 80 degrees on The Ridge.”

Hmmmmmmmmmm again. Things are changing down that way. Good luck, we'll be keeping an eye on you all. Go find 'em for us.

edit: Oh, yeah. One more thing. Looks like the water temps are easing just slightly. I see a hot pocket of 84-85 degree water tight to the coast below Mag Bay, but offshore it's dropping into the lower 80' and soon the upper 70's. I think that will help make a difference, too. It will have been six to eight days that will have passed between the time they left and you guys arrive.

Once again, best of luck, and have a great time.

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