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West Coast sees fun SW swell -- from Centroamerica to Canada, and select spots in between
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July 9, 2012
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West Coast sees fun SW swell -- from Centroamerica to Canada, and select spots in between
Wait, we take that back. June was actually good if you're an East Coast surfer. (Alberto, Beryl and Debbie all sent fun waves during a normally horrible time of year.) Or if you're a big-wave charger. (Remember giant Cloudbreak?) Or even a rabid WCT surf fan. (See: Volcom Fiji Pro.) But for most regular West Coasters who just wanted to get a couple fun waves before/after work, June 2012 can't be forgotten quickly enough.
And don't say we didn't warn you. Back on June 11th, ace forecaster Jonathan Warren issued our annual West Coast/Hawaii summer outlook, and gave it a solid "average" rating, pointing out the fact that "neutral ENSO conditions are forecast for much of the summer (June-August), but a gradual trend toward a weak El Nino in late summer and into the fall/winter is likely."
This translates to "slow start," which is exactly what we saw. Non-existent start, more like it. But luckily, after a little nap, the South Pacific finally woke up again at the end of June with stronger storm systems stepping into the SW Pacific -- as well as developing in the SE Pacific off the southern tip of South America. This flare-up in better storm activity sent up good overlapping pulses of SW and south groundswells for the West Coast, lighting up numerous spots from Central America to Canada from July 3rd-7th.
Unsurprisingly, Puerto Escondido managed to reap the biggest rewards, offering up some flawless beachbreak tubes for locals and visitors. "The swell started on Wednesday afternoon, with six- to eight-foot waves and inconsistent 10-foot sets," explained photog Edwin Morales. "Thursday morning was by far the best day we've had in a long time, and everyone was happy about it. By Friday, swell had lost steam, but conditions were as good as Puerto can get for a swell that size."
Meanwhile, a few thousand miles south, every WQS warrior from the States and Hawaii worth his salt found themselves lurking in El Salvador for the 3-star at Punta Roca. (Congrats Hank Gaskell!) And while the contest site actually saw the best of the swell, aerialists from all over the place went all over the place looking for wedges. Which they found. (Stay tuned for a full feature from El Salvador when Surfline's Billy Watts makes it home.)
As for the surf, the southerly energy gradually decreased in size as it went northward, as well as the swell angle shifting more from the SSE, limiting the amount of spots that would have exposure. Meanwhile, the SW-angled energy graced the entire west coast of the Americas, offering up some fun summer surf all the way up to the better-exposed spots of North America.
The entire state of California was not going Looney Tunes, unfortunately. Only select breaks really lit up. You could sit in the water in San Diego and see the swell lines pulse in and get bent back out to sea. Lowers saw perhaps the best of it, but after such a dismal June, the crowd was at an all time peak. Certain Central Cal spots saw some wedges, and Santa Cruz had a few moments in between thick fog and onshores as well. As a little bonus, the swell made its way up to Canada, where it snuck into some fun nooks and crannies. It was almost enough to make one forget the great June Gloom of 2012.
We asked Surfline forecaster Jonathan Warren if things were looking up, which, as it turns out, they were - from a southeasterly direction. "Aside from the recent run of Southern Hemisphere groundswells, the Eastern Tropical Pacific has flipped the switch as well," he said. "With a conveyor-belt of tropical cyclones currently developing one after the other off Mexico and tracking WNW, pulses of tropical swells are looking promising for the second week of July and possibly through the middle of the month -- which will mainly show for Baja and Southern California. Good thing too, as long range forecast charts indicate that the South Pacific will slow up once again for the next several days."
Monday, July 9, 2012
Carlota Hurricane - Oaxaca Relief Please help us raise money to send food to the community of Costa Chica in Oaxaca that suffered a lot of damages because of Hurricane Carlotta.
Dear friends,
Last week a hurricane hit the coast of Oaxaca in Mexico. It ws category 1 but it hit really hard in the small village communities where people's houses are but little huts. The wind was so strong that their roofs fell or flew away. Many people were left with nothing, no food, no electricity for a week, no clothes, they lost everything.
This is a place that I love dearly since I have been calling my part time home for the past year. It is a wonderful place to visit because the people there are wonderful. I am collecting items to send them, they need food and clothing, but since we are kinda far away from them the packaging for food might take a long time to get there or it might be too expensive. I am collecting money to donate and to buythe food over there and then give it to them. Even a donation of 5 dlls can go a long way. If you would be able to donate some money I promise you will help these communities a lot. Whatever you can give. If you would like to donate clothing I can pick them up too. If you are interested in donating please let me know I appreciate it a lot. I can either pick up the money or you can donate it to an account.
Thank you for your time.
Diane
Hurricane Carlotta Relief Fund for Puerto Escondido Lifeguard Service Hurricane Carlotta Emergency Relief Fund to Re-Establish Puerto Escondido's Lifeguard Towers.
Hurricane Carlotta Relief Fund for Puerto Escondido Lifeguard Service
Hurricane Carlotta Emergency Relief Fund to Re-Establish Puerto Escondido's Lifeguard Towers.
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Hurricane Carlotta Emergency Relief Fund to Re-Establish Puerto Escondido's Lifeguard Service.
I have been so busy since Hurricane Carlotta hit Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca on June 15th organizing around the clock an online campaign to raise emergency hurricane relief help for the Lifeguard Service of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca to rebuild 8 lifeguard towers that were wiped out by Hurricane Carlotta. Oaxaca is the poorest state in Mexico and Puerto Escondido is a surfing destination in a very poor rual farm area of southern Mexico. They don't have the funds to rebuild the 8 lifeguard towers for Playa Zicatela where the surfers visit from all over the world to surf Zicatela Beach.
Here are some photo's taken by Urska Milavec, the lifeguard captain's wife, the morning after Carlotta hit. This is how they found the lifeguard towers.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.31901...
Here is our official facebook page for the Hurricane Carlotta Relief Fund for Puerto Escondido Lifeguard Service. There are lots of nice photo's of the lifeguards and warm friendly people posting here, and valuable information here. This is where I am organizing my outreach campaign to send help.
I am also doubling on my facebook page as an information link for the Red Cross connections we are trying to make from California.
Also I want to mention that if we get an abundance of contributions to our campaign then we will give all that surplus money to the lifeguards to distribute into the local native communities away from town that got hit the hardest and need to rebuild entire villages, schools, churches, and family businesses. It is going to take along time for this beautiful place to recover, even longer because they were already living in an impoverished region.
I have been so busy since Hurricane Carlotta hit Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca on June 15th organizing around the clock an online campaign to raise emergency hurricane relief help for the Lifeguard Service of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca to rebuild 8 lifeguard towers that were wiped out by Hurricane Carlotta. Oaxaca is the poorest state in Mexico and Puerto Escondido is a surfing destination in a very poor rual farm area of southern Mexico. They don't have the funds to rebuild the 8 lifeguard towers for Playa Zicatela where the surfers visit from all over the world to surf Zicatela Beach.
The international surfing industry that visits Puerto Escondido is the backbone and sustenance of Puerto Escondido's economy and without the lifeguard towers re-established for the surfers to keep visiting Puerto Escondido, the people of Puerto will suffer in poverty for a long time to come. The lifeguard service is the most important public service down there and they need our help to get them re-established as soon as possible so the surfers will start returning to rebuild the economy that was wiped out by Hurricane Carlotta.
Hurricane Carlotta was a category 2 hurricane and wiped out a lot of homes, schools, family businesses, and all 8 of their lifeguard towers. I created and organized this fundraising campaign to help them re-establish the Puerto Escondido Lifeguard Service.
Hurricane Carlotta was a category 2 hurricane and wiped out a lot of homes, schools, family businesses, and all 8 of their lifeguard towers. I created and organized this fundraising campaign to help them re-establish the Puerto Escondido Lifeguard Service.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.31901...
Mission Statement:
Please help us keep Playa Zicatela safe for everybody by re-establishing Puerto Escondido's Lifeguard Service.
On June 15,2012 Hurricane Carlotta wiped out all 8 of the Puerto Escondido lifeguard watch towers on Playa Zicatela, a world class surfing destination.
Our mission is to join together with all our combined strengths to quickly rebuild the 8 lifeguard towers that were destroyed by Hurricane Carlotta and in the process of rebuidling the 8 lifeguard towers we also want to to help raise the funds for 2 new water rescue crafts that are also needed by the Puerto Escondido Lifeguard Service to save lives in one of the most heaviest and most deadliest monster waves in the world, the Mexican Pipeline! Some of these waves have been known to reach 40-50 feet during the big wave season when the big wave surfers come from all over the world to challenge themselves and inspire others like myself to live fearlessly and to push yourself beyond your limits.
Without the lifeguard towers, visibility of surfers and swimmers is at only 40% at Playa Zicatela, and 40% is just not enough to save endangered lives when in trouble. Please help us keep Puerto's surfing community safe out there in Zicatela!
We need to raise $8,000 to quickly rebuild the towers to keep the swimmers and surfers safe at Zicatela Beach. Right now they have no lifeguard towers up and there are swimmers and surfers out there in the water without proper lifeguard watch tower protection in a dangerous pipeline and lives will be lost if we do not resurrect these lifeguard watch towers quickly.
Whatever you can give will help a lot! $5, $10, $20, it all helps!
I am also doubling on my facebook page as an information link for the Red Cross connections we are trying to make from California.
Also I want to mention that if we get an abundance of contributions to our campaign then we will give all that surplus money to the lifeguards to distribute into the local native communities away from town that got hit the hardest and need to rebuild entire villages, schools, churches, and family businesses. It is going to take along time for this beautiful place to recover, even longer because they were already living in an impoverished region.
here is a video of the storm report from storm experts and how serious the storm was .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-sVBcSbD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-sVBcSbD0
Thanks for your support!
Donna Love, founder and organizer of Hurricane Carlotta Relief Fund for Puerto Escondido Lifeguard Service
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