P-Pass perfection is no myth.
The classic P-Pass barrel shot.
You can do this!
Marcelo Trekinho
Marcelo Trekinho
AP
Asher Pacey again
and again.
Frosty
Al
Al
Frosty
Cobie
Cobie
Forgot name!
Mike
Day off at an outer atoll.
Looking into the abyss
Diving Pohnpei. Not a bad thing to do on a flat day.
Tap water you can't drink. It's salty!
The Drop Off.
Between session it does not hurt to check the reefs.
More reef into the drop off.
Barrier reef
Reef
Our everyday view on the way back home.
Picture from the swell this week. Swell still held ok until yesterday, saturday. Looks like another pulse tonight or tomorow. Belive me or not, this is windy P-Pass. No wave handles the wind as good.
Forecasts, I wish they went the other way around. Most of the time it shows more surf then we actually get. Wouldn’t it be better if it showed 6 ft and you got 10 ft instead of the other way around? Not to mention the hype it creates. We got so many hits on our PSC Captains Log and FB page from people waiting to see the pictures. Well, bad news. The swell had some solid 8 ft sets and some incredible barrels ridden but all the good pictures go to some magazine and I should not use them not to spoil the surprise. So be it. Winds were on but Palikir handles it very well like no other place (check pictures). Swell on the way down. Looks like more on the way but winds look steady for another week.
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST SUN JAN 29 2012
.OVERVIEW…LARGE NORTH SWELL GENERATED BY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM THAT MOVED EASTWARD FROM JAPAN WILL MAINTAIN HIGH SURF
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND YAP STATE THROUGH
TONIGHT. THE SAME NORTH SWELL WILL MAINTAIN HAZARDOUS SURF ON CHUUK
AND BRING HAZARDOUS SURF TO POHNPEI LATE TONIGHT.
$$
PMZ173-291700-
POHNPEI-
300 PM CHST SUN JAN 29 2012
…A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR NORTH FACING REEFS…
SATELLITE-DERIVED SEA HEIGHTS AND COMPUTER MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATE
LARGE NORTH SWELL WILL BUILD OVERNIGHT ON POHNPEI. SURF ON NORTH
FACING REEFS WILL RISE TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 8 TO 10 FEET BY MONDAY
MORNING. THE SURF WILL REMAIN NEAR THESE LEVELS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
BEFORE A REINFORCING NORTH SWELL CAUSES SURF TO RISE FARTHER TO
BETWEEN 11 AND 13 FEET ON TUESDAY.
AVOID VENTURING NEAR EXPOSED REEFS AND BEACHES…ESPECIALLY ALONG
NORTH FACING SHORES…AS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING.
If you got here this friday you would have surf for as long as the forecast goes or for around one week +. If you got here on monday you would jump into 10 ft + P-Pass. Forecast is looking really good! It is showing the biggest swell since early March last year, almost one year ago.
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display.cgi?a=npac_
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display.cgi?a=npac_per
Forecast showing some good surf for late this week into next week. We are located at corner of 10 north and 160 east. Magic Sea Weed is showng 12.5 ft at 13 seconds for next week. Not so sure about that one. Storm forecast has been on the up and down. If it goes back to the up, that could be very possible.
Swell forecast. That is why it is a forecast. Here and gone in less then 24 hours. Cancel the last post. Still swells but nothing like it looked like. If you are booked for the next two weeks I would say you are in for better then worst.
Forecast showing small fun sized swells this weekend possibly followed but what could be the biggest swell of the season so far. Storm of Japan in around 130 hours has a large fetch of winds pointing right at us. If the storm forecast holds this swell should be around 10 ft.
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=nwpac_slp
Fingers crossed!
Not a bad way to end a day of fun surf. We were not expecting that much. By the end of the day not one could move. Dinner and bed.
Overall swells were on the 3 to 6 ft range and winds were stronger then the two previous seasons.
September had a few days with 6 ft WNW typhoon swells and a few smaller days. Winds were light and variables. Typhoon swells are not the best for Palikir but if one wave is not so good around the corner there could be something better. There was!
October had light and variable winds and small swells from the NE. Winds were perfect for P-Pass but no decent north swells. During last season on the same period we had a lot more swells and good winds. For sure it was better last season.
November was good with two 4 to 6 ft swell episodes giving us around 10 days of really good surf. Winds could not have been better.
December was probably the worst month I have seen in our 8 year history here. Rain, wind and no swells. I mean, the rain was falling sideways and the winds could not have been worst. So much rain it was hard to do any kind of outside activities. We have had incredible Decembers here over the years. Not this one!
For January I would give it a 5 out of 10 (on a 0 to 10 scale). We had a fair amount of swells, winds got better but not perfect. Enough swells and decent conditions to keep everyone surfing more than tours or fishing.
I would have to say that this season to this stage has not been as good as the last season (2010/11).
We still have over 3 solid months to go and if you want to see what the surf has been in previous years during February, March and April check this link from our Captains log . http://www.pohnpeisurfclub.com/gal_feb-april.htm
Late February pumped last season, the famous Shane Dorian swell was in March and we have seen lots of big to absolutely perfect days in April over the years so looks like the second part of this season (2011/12) will be the one to look for.