SSE Departure Bay
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 5:29 pm
I see a few old topics covering this. As an intermediate windsurfer (my water starts are meh), I was looking at doing more during SSE winds. Normally I am on NW NNW out at Myron or Eby Road since I like the consistent side-shore there in the mornings compared to the stronger NNW at Pipers (and no windshadow).
Was cycling past Departure Bay today and noticed the SSE was white-capping a bit, while Entrance Island was showing 15-18kts. So it seemed close to 15kts in the Bay. Is it too gusty/inconsistent to be worthwhile? I was keen on trying it since it looked quite flat - I'm not up for heavy swells like CB. Was considering either Nanoose or Departure Bay. Since there used to be a windsurf shack there in the 80s I thought it may be worth it, unless that was more for beginners (which I am close to).
Comments appreciated.
Side note I see that there's a new station "Bluebill" on the north side of Nanoose - nice to have since Ballenas Islands seems to be down.
DB
Was cycling past Departure Bay today and noticed the SSE was white-capping a bit, while Entrance Island was showing 15-18kts. So it seemed close to 15kts in the Bay. Is it too gusty/inconsistent to be worthwhile? I was keen on trying it since it looked quite flat - I'm not up for heavy swells like CB. Was considering either Nanoose or Departure Bay. Since there used to be a windsurf shack there in the 80s I thought it may be worth it, unless that was more for beginners (which I am close to).
Comments appreciated.
Side note I see that there's a new station "Bluebill" on the north side of Nanoose - nice to have since Ballenas Islands seems to be down.
DB