Islander trip May 20

[Starsky]

Anyone got a beat on the weather forecast for this weekend yet? Also any tips and tackle recommendations would be awesome!

[stevie951]

Originally Posted by Starsky

Anyone got a beat on the weather forecast for this weekend yet?

It's supposed to be real snotty out there still. They are calling for 20 knot winds on Wednesday, down to about 10 mph by Fri/Sat... 2-3 foot S/SSW Swells..
That's a SCI specific predicted forecast..

Here is some scary stuff from the Nat'l weather service

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Foreca...US56.KLOX.html

""PZZ676-240415-
OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS-
611 PM PDT MON MAY 23 2016

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY

TONIGHT
W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT...BECOMING NW
10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS 4 TO
6 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 7 SECONDS.

TUE
NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 KT...BECOMING W
10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO
4 FT. W SWELL 3 TO 4 FT AT 8 SECONDS.

TUE NIGHT
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 20 KT. WIND
WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. W SWELL 3 TO 4 FT AT 8 SECONDS.

WED
NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT WITH LOCAL GUSTS
TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. W SWELL 4 TO 5 FT
AT 9 SECONDS.

WED NIGHT
W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW
15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS 6 TO
7 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 8 SECONDS.

THU
NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. COMBINED SEAS 6 TO
8 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 8 SECONDS.

THU NIGHT
NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. COMBINED SEAS
6 TO 8 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 8 SECONDS.

FRI
NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. COMBINED SEAS 6 TO
8 FT.

SAT
NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO
4 FT. W SWELL 6 TO 7 FT."