A chilly start to the day

I'm nursing a tendon injury below the knee currently so not been surfing much in the last month. I had a dip @ Freshwest 2 weeks ago but only in 2ft weak, surf - off F.point and wasn't particularly comfortable turning or attempting manoeuvres so I've been hitting the pool instead x 3 times a week to keep surf fit.

Off to Fuerteventura on 18 Feb for a week. It's been 4 years since my last visit so I'm stoked to be going back and pray that my beloved Isla de Lobos is working at least once during our trip and that my knee is a bit better by then...

The WCSC have asked local surfers to keep a record of surf and rough numbers in the water in order to use as data for the Atlantic Array windfarm modelling which we can feed into. SAS will then check their computer models independently to see if the data is accurate and we hope to be able to build up a picture of surf conditions and possible outcomes if the wind farm goes ahead.

There's been a small, clean swell the last few days and yesterday we had an Hawaiian style 19 second wave period!

The swell angle has been a little off so we've only been getting 2-3ft and this morning is similar only 2ft. Hardly a breath of wind out there and what there is, is offshore but it's damn cold, barely nudging 2 degrees all day today! And more talk of snow on the way...

Today's swell @ 8am:


1.m + dropping with the tide
Swell angle 264 degs
HT: Big tides, 10m at 6:30am
Wind: Very light SE
At the beach: Clean 2ft and plenty of lines but not much power or shape