Windy Bowls

[OkiWild]

Last Sunday at a spot on the west side of Okinawa. Blowing 20kts+ side-shore, making conditions pretty horrible (but fun). Mostly waist to shoulder, with the occasional head-high set. Sweet little bowl that drains on a shallow reef outcrop, then the wall stands up on the inside. Super short rides this day, but on a bigger day and deep tide, it really fires.  It's been interesting navigating it on a SUP, as it's really hard to fit a board in the bowl without pearling.

Farther down the coast than most surfers want to paddle, so it's almost always empty. 

I left in all the wind and heavy breathing to give the viewer a sense of how annoying the conditions really were :-)

[LBsup]

Windy and shallow, whew!

[surfercook]

I enjoyed watching that even if it was onshore slop. Nice clear blue water. choppy surf is better than no srf!

[OkiWild]

I enjoyed watching that even if it was onshore slop. Nice clear blue water. choppy surf is better than no srf!

Thanks. For sure it's better than nothing. The north-east side (Pacific) has really clean surf on days like this. Protected from the wind by 300' cliffs along the coast line, and straight off shore. But it can be a two hour drive sometimes. Spoiled...LOL.