Coastals

Posted: **Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:48 pm**

meeting Pat saturday(3/12) at 11 am at reedy creek to run the upper. the more better.

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:11 am**

Man, wish I could join you guys!!!
I miss my paddle buddies!

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:59 am**

Probably in, 11am sounds good.

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:37 pm**

I am interested. What is the Upper like at 14+ compared with 10.7? It looks like a whole lot more volume...is there any play left or it is just a raging mess?

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:41 pm**

very pushy.

some other play spots open up such as Hawaii 5-0

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:02 pm**

Oh it gonna be a mess, I want to get a run in on Saturday morning.. Definitely hitting up z dam for a While..... 11 am works, but could meet a little earlier to play on that beautiful wave for an hour or more, I might just decide to stay there all day.... who knows?? haha JK, i will make the run down with the group, so how many do we have so far that are confirmed?

It is of utmost importance to stay in you boat, at aprox 65000 cfs it promises to be a looooong swim, so Everyone please bring your A game!!

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:13 pm**

What's the situation at Z dam for play at this flow? On Wednesday at 10.7' there was a wave with no eddy at Pony and we just headed downstream.

If there's something poppin' at Z dam with decent eddies I'm tempted to make the drive just for park and play.

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:18 pm**

I am hoping for the perfect wave at Z dam..... It was pretty nice at 12-13, but heard stories and have seen pics and videos of somthing great at higher levels... we will see...

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:21 pm**

tinyfrogs wrote:What's the situation at Z dam for play at this flow? On Wednesday at 10.7' there was a wave with no eddy at Pony and we just headed downstream.

If there's something poppin' at Z dam with decent eddies I'm tempted to make the drive just for park and play.

Decent Eddies are washed away at this level... you gotta catch most everything on the fly, and when you get flushed at z dam you gotta carry back up, but it is worth it

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:10 pm**

See here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd_E9WXkzW4

I believe this was somewhere between 14.5 and 16

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:45 pm**

Well that looks like fun.

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:50 pm**

Looking to hit Z, what time are you going and where can I catch up with you? Hope to get there around 10am

e

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:07 pm**

Nutter wrote:I am hoping for the perfect wave at Z dam..... It was pretty nice at 12-13, but heard stories and have seen pics and videos of somthing great at higher levels... we will see...

No pics or video, but Mike Elsea and I (and a couple of other boaters) paddled down Riverside Dr. around 1996 and surfed a BIG green wave at "Z" Dam. We then paddled down and through the Pony Pasture trail and the Willow Oaks CC golf course. So, the level was at least 20 feet.

The whirlpool at the RR trestle deserved its reputation that day.

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:22 pm**

eric wrote:Looking to hit Z, what time are you going and where can I catch up with you? Hope to get there around 10am

e

i will be there at 10, maybe we can catch a ride back up?? or we can meet at reedy at 9 30 to leave a car there... Let me know 804 six 8 three 555ocho

i will be up early to check here also

Posted: **Sat Mar 12, 2011 7:37 am**

Dave I will try to meet you at 930.

Coastals

upper james saturday @ 11 am

upper james saturday @ 11 am