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No way, man. Hit the sand on Saturday.jwacky wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 1:56 pm Unsure if related to El Nino or not but just listened to @crabman Bill's surf fishing report for the weekend and... yikes. High winds, high waves. Just checked the charts and yep, looks like 6' waves Sunday
Lots of reports of heavy grass/seaweed lately, too.
Think I'll sit this weekend out
None of those are particularly fun.professionull wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 5:59 pm What are you concerned about based on shore fishing.. constant big swell, currents, wind?
Look at the bright side... There hasn't been a bunch of soft (sand) structure lately, and those conditions could very well create some... If the salad isn't too bad afterward, I'll be looking for some nice holes and trenches..jwacky wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 1:56 pm Unsure if related to El Nino or not but just listened to @crabman Bill's surf fishing report for the weekend and... yikes. High winds, high waves. Just checked the charts and yep, looks like 6' waves Sunday
Lots of reports of heavy grass/seaweed lately, too.
Think I'll sit this weekend out
Yea... A few years back, during an El Nino, I caught 2 puffer fish up in LA...foulhook wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 10:25 pm Past El Nino supposedly brought the short fin corvina, cortez bonefish, and trigger fish in are waters, hopefully more fish will be added
I don't recall the surf and currents being too strong along with the wind on the last true El Nino. More or less it was just a ton of south current pushing warm water up the coast and getting a bunch of tropical rain. I know there were a couple days out of the event where there was 10ft surf but for the most part it seemed relatively calm and glassy on the ocean. This year it seems like every day at 12pm the wind blows much harder than it usually does which may be the early warning signs of what is to comejwacky wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 9:13 pm None of those are particularly fun.
I look for incoming/outgoing tide first, but I’ll generally go during my available windows regardless of those. If waves are big, I’m starting to pass because it usually means everything else is messy (current, etc). Too high of a tide hasn’t been much fun (6+ feet). For 8-9 months I’d fish no matter what just to experience all the conditions but I do this for the relaxation and fun more than just trying to catch anything, so conditions that make it stressful are what I’m starting to avoid. It’s been a learning experience, for sure!
Great point!Midnightpass wrote: Sat May 16, 2026 8:36 amLook at the bright side... There hasn't been a bunch of soft (sand) structure lately, and those conditions could very well create some... If the salad isn't too bad afterward, I'll be looking for some nice holes and trenches..jwacky wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 1:56 pm Unsure if related to El Nino or not but just listened to @crabman Bill's surf fishing report for the weekend and... yikes. High winds, high waves. Just checked the charts and yep, looks like 6' waves Sunday
Lots of reports of heavy grass/seaweed lately, too.
Think I'll sit this weekend out
Butch
The best weather forecasts are those made by hedge funds (not public information). Weather scientists can make as much as one million a year at these places. Hedge funds benefit (disaster capitalism) when other people do not believe in climate change, El Nino or weather forecasts.kastmaster wrote: Fri Jun 12, 2026 8:03 am The most informed synopsis for this autumn's broad scale conditions.
https://weatherwest.com/archives/43880
Hedge funds would still need to rely upon publicly available data, which includes NOAA data, universities, etc. This was the fallacy behind trying to 'privatize' weather forecasting nationally, this notion that the loss of publicly funded data would be quickly replaced by the private sector. NOAA also relies upon European models to forecast mesoscale patterns. The U.S. does not operate in a vacuum. Commercial airline flights worldwide are collecting weather data as we speak.Gotfish? wrote: Fri Jun 12, 2026 5:30 pmThe best weather forecasts are those made by hedge funds (not public information). Weather scientists can make as much as one million a year at these places. Hedge funds benefit (disaster capitalism) when other people do not believe in climate change, El Nino or weather forecasts.kastmaster wrote: Fri Jun 12, 2026 8:03 am The most informed synopsis for this autumn's broad scale conditions.
https://weatherwest.com/archives/43880
Accurate weather forecasts are worth billions to the economy, not just to hedge funds. If we had really good forecasts for months into the future, it would help farmers pick the right planting time and crops, oil and gas companies to know how much stock to have for the winter and insurance companies to more competitively price products. Unfortunately, funding for weather services has been cut.
https://www.ft.com/content/d92e7f30-b4d ... 25a6b1a6=1
https://gizmodo.com/hedge-funds-are-hir ... 2000770164
https://www.google.com/search?q=weather ... e&ie=UTF-8
I feel like ever since they dredged the beaches a couple of years ago, much of the structure has been buried under all that sand. Lots of places that used to hold nice structures have become a flat desert.Midnightpass wrote: Sat May 16, 2026 8:36 amLook at the bright side... There hasn't been a bunch of soft (sand) structure lately, and those conditions could very well create some... If the salad isn't too bad afterward, I'll be looking for some nice holes and trenches..jwacky wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 1:56 pm Unsure if related to El Nino or not but just listened to @crabman Bill's surf fishing report for the weekend and... yikes. High winds, high waves. Just checked the charts and yep, looks like 6' waves Sunday
Lots of reports of heavy grass/seaweed lately, too.
Think I'll sit this weekend out
Butch