Pacific City Friday 2/7 ?!?!

Hey guys my buddy and I want to dive haystack on friday. The swell and winds do not look to bad but the tide will be changing by 7ft! My question is how bad does the current rip out there? If we jumped in do you think we would be fighting to stay in place? We are thinking of being on the ocean side of haystack thinking that might provide some shelter from the out going. I havnt been out there on a large exchange so I dont know 


Wes

In my experience the current off the coast doesn't really correlate with the tidal cycles like it does in the bays.  Sometimes it's ripping off the coast, sometimes it's pretty calm.  I haven't found a reliable way to predict the near-shore currents.  One thing that's certain is that at PC the currents are usually always either north to south, or south to north and it's usually running from north to south.

Last Saturday the current at PC was south to north then switched north to south. Also the free divers said visibility was only around 7-8 feet. Most likely due to the big tide swings last weekdnd

Wes
Got Google maps? And an android phone? If so check out www.yoyana.com/Currents
Its overlay software showing currents  that works with googlemaps.

Wes
Got Google maps? And an android phone? If so check out www.yoyana.com/Currents
Its overlay software showing currents  that works with googlemaps.

That's pretty cool.

Awesome guys. Thanks for the advice! I'll check out the link now WR

You going to dive in the snow? Take pictures!

http://www.pacificcity.org/webcam/webcam.html

Looks like regular winter fishing to me.  Need more ice though.

haha no diving for me guys too cold/stuck in my drive way