Re: [Paddlewise] Subject: Recent Pacific Storms

Here is a good site to bookmark. It loads reasonably fast. It has a few
of the better Oregon surf cams on the menu:

<http://www.kgw.com/livecams/kgwskycams_hood_river.html>

There was some good shots from Brandon today at 65 knots.

I have many others, including real-time cams from California, Australia,
Japan, etc. I like to keep track of weather systems, though mostly in
the Pacific Northwest -- and the cams give the pursuite a bit of visual
appeal.

I'll let you know if I'm down your way, Steve. I did get around to the
break off Seaside last May, but didn't want to infringe on the local
surfs. I had enough trouble not slamming into the surfers south of
Tillamooke Head (forgve my late nght spelling).  I think it was Ecola
Bay. There was lots of great surf there. Sure spent a lot of time upside
down, trying to get back up before being slammed against the rocks in
the rock gardens between the bay and Cannon Beach. It was really wierd
being in surf rolling through miles of rock pillars. I got a good sense
of what the Tsunami Rangers must experience if the seascape is similar
in Northern California.

So sorry if I was abit negative last post regarding paddlers and
overuse. It is a bit of a concern. Sea Kayaker Mag has done a bit of
journalistic annunciation of the problems, so at least folks are
thinking about the issues. Like one of the SK articles said,
"expectations" need to be modified for those who have been paddling for
a long time in the sport. Goodnight.

Doug Lloyd

> >
> > Doug, how about sharing some of those URLs for the Oregon surf cams,
for
> > those of us too lazy to use a search engine?
> >

 this'll get you going.  I can zap you some others from work.

 www.oregonsurfpage.com
 www.oregonsurfcheck.com
 http://nwprtsrf.oce.orst.edu:8080/nwprtsrf/surf.html

steve



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