Dry Sat/Sun with afternoon rain possible. One forecast shows heavier monsoons next week while other forecasts call for dry weather.
Chatfield Reservoir is basically full and it seems almost a third of the normal water calls have not been made yet. Cross our fingers for something surfable at RRP soon! Will send out the Chatfield releases each day as soon as we get the official word.
By the way it was confirmed that Brent Schantz who was the water commissioner for the S. Platte has indeed retired and the new commissioner has yet to be announced. Again, we wish Mr. Schantz a good retirement and thanks for being the person who sent us surfable flows through RRP the seven or so years.
Beavers was surfed Friday by Mr Mike and visiting Gunnison local & river surf advocate, Jason Lakey.
Dave’s Wave was surfed this week by Mark DeNittas.
Matty hit Bingo Wave in Golden while Golden citizens meditated in the Eddy pool.
Everyone is surfing Scout Wave.. When will you?!?
PLACES TO SURF: Beavers. 16th Street. Dave’s Wave. Scout Wave. Montrose. Maybe Bingo Wave.
NEWS: JOB Surfs Scout Wave
Yes, JOB (Jamie O’Brien) former competitive Hawaiian pro surfer and now YouTube star showed up to surf Scout Wave in Salida Friday. If you got a chance to watch him surf in person or on the live Scout cam, it was amazing. Looking forward to seeing the Scout Wave episode on JOB’s YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@JamieOBrienJOB
RIVER SURFING TIP: Scout Wave in Salida is still excellent to surf but the flow is slowly dropping. If I were you, I’d surf Scout before August 15th when the VFMP flow will likely decrease. (See “WaterFlow Announcements” tab on: https://cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/ArkansasHeadwatersRecreationArea/Pages/Waterflow.aspx)
SURF TRIVIA: What famous surf break does JOB live next to?
PRIOR SURF TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1906, Thomas Edison was the first person to film surfing. See the surfing footage by Edison at the 1:14 minute/seconds time stamp in this vid below…
LINKS TO WATCH:
Chatfield gauge (takes 2-3 hours to impact RRP; click on raw/all values then table view for 15 min updates to flow levels): https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/StationsLite/PLACHACO?params=DISCHRG
RRP gauge (click on raw/all values then table view for 15 min updates to flow levels) flow below 130cfs or so means it is too low for Sixx: https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/StationsLite/PLAUNICO?params=DISCHRG
Sixx Pole Cam: https://www.senserasystems.com/public/embed/3M7824646H83
Dave’s Wave gauge (is about 3 hours off since the closest gauge is way down river. So look at prior day’s gauge amount and adjust your mind…. i.e 3pm Friday should likely be noon Sat current conditions… Need at least 200cfs to surf Dave’s on a longboard or inflatable): https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/StationsLite/PLAHENCO?params=DISCHRG1
Scout Wave gauge (1,200cfs or lower is surfable): https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/StationsLite/ARKSALCO?params=DISCHRG
Scout Live Web Cam: (click on the start for the mountain trail and will sometimes be focused on the wave to give you a streaming look at the Scout Wave): https://www.coloradowebcam.net/camera/salida-co-spiral-dr-summit-tenderfoot-mt-ptz-webcam?q=node/595&img_folder=salidatower3&nid=279&width=1280&height=960
LBK
Surf for the fun of it!
The Denver Surf Report 