Surfski Knowledge Base

Alan Lipp's Model for Finding Birch Bay Downwinder conditions:

—–> CHECK the tide at Birch Bay - IT IS A SHALLOW BAY & BEACH IS EXPOSED AT LOW TIDE —> Low tide means you walk out to the water then paddle through eel grass to get to waves to surf ….

TideCharts Birch Bay
http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/birch_bay_state_park
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—> CHECK Straight of Georgia - South of Nanaimo from Environment Canada - is wind predicted from NW?
https://weather.gc.ca/marine/forecast_e.html

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—–>CHECK: Cherry Point Windfinder.com- is wind predicted from NW or NNW above 12 mph?
http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/cherry_point