===== Alan Lipp's Birch Bay Downwind Diagnosis =====

Alan Lipp's Model for Finding Birch Bay Downwinder conditions:

—–> CHECK the tide at Birch Bay - IT IS A SHALLOW BAY & BEACH IS EXPOSED AT LOW TIDE —> Low tide means you walk out to the water then paddle through eel grass to get to waves to surf ….

[[https://www.tideschart.com/United-States/Washington/Whatcom-County/Birch-Bay/|TideCharts Birch Bay]]\\
[[http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/birch_bay_state_park|http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/birch_bay_state_park]]\\
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—> CHECK [[http://weather.gc.ca/marine/forecast_e.html?mapID=02&siteID=14305&h=WAQH-K-l3AQH2mQZXIDT7CQNUXmcTP3Et4SJo__KQs4ZDYg&enc=AZPeq8sshvSHLJssELRqmNayeZyV-WRZgHuiHZ8CoesY30b3R-_5EQUGxPjoMlPXBmaVUCd7SkwhVyu_JNaYBWUQmS634welSlIZQCzTqK4UKjHYwY_2jeGTynwWAxdSauxAzDFogTGm9LmV-9VA_IGogf9eE24YiNoUf0UjaFC_NA&s=1|Straight of Georgia]] - South of Nanaimo from Environment Canada - is wind predicted from NW?\\
[[https://weather.gc.ca/marine/forecast_e.html?mapID=02&siteID=14305&h=WAQH-K-l3AQH2mQZXIDT7CQNUXmcTP3Et4SJo__KQs4ZDYg&enc=AZPeq8sshvSHLJssELRqmNayeZyV-WRZgHuiHZ8CoesY30b3R-_5EQUGxPjoMlPXBmaVUCd7SkwhVyu_JNaYBWUQmS634welSlIZQCzTqK4UKjHYwY_2jeGTynwWAxdSauxAzDFogTGm9LmV-9VA_IGogf9eE24YiNoUf0UjaFC_NA&s=1|https://weather.gc.ca/marine/forecast_e.html]]

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—–>CHECK: [[http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/cherry_point|Cherry Point Windfinder.com]]- is wind predicted from NW or NNW above 12 mph?\\
[[http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/cherry_point|http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/cherry_point]]