Just a heads up on swell conditions, here's a shot from today from around Melbourne Beach:
(clearly a bigger set wave but indicative of the size of the swell, the winds this afternoon were only around 8-10mph)
Currently the buoy 20 miles off of Cape Canaveral is reporting 6' @ 11 second swell. The swell size is forcast to increase with the winds over the next 2 days. So plan on large swells running during the race. The starting area will be sheltered a bit from the swell by the Cape since it's from the NE, the Cape shadow goes away around Patrick AFB so plan on seeing increased swells south of that area all the way to Vero.
I went surfing today and the water temp. was 70. Come to your own conclusions on how much rubber to wear to stay comfortable. It's not cold, but it's not warm either.
Just heard about the race this morning but sounds like a lot of fun.
03-19-2009, 11:22 PM
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