The main reservoir release gate will remain at 50 cfs, and the fish hatchery will remain at 5 cfs today, Thursday, May 9, 2024.
No surprise that Chatfield release remains low. Maybe if you lost a fin surfing the past swell at Sixx, you might want to take a look around the river edges today.
Beavers is still at surfable level at 190cfs+/-.
Scout just bumped up to over 600cfs into that flushy wave level that is not as steep as say 400cfs. So definitely have a bigger board in your quiver if you plan to surf Scout. Talking like a wider foamie w/ more volume than your performance skinny low vol stick. Though some boards are quiver killers that surf both steeps and mellower flushy waves…
Tip: Avoiding Face Hits in Secondary Wave Trough… Scout’s secondary wave trough is very retentive for both boards and surfers (like any other green wave such as Sixx, etc). Always watch the previous surfer before you jump/push into the wave. Last thing you want is to blow your ride and get hit by someone else’s board in the secondary (happens with boards stuck in the trough with a “swim drag” surfer’s stretched leash and surfers without a leash).
Also show some safety mindedness by making sure the person before you did not get hit by their board…. Don’t be “that guy or girl” who just jumps in like they don’t got time to safety check the person before them…
If someone is hit by their board and you see it, announce it loudly “HEAD HIT!!.. NEEDS HELP!!!’” for all to hear and get ready to make a rescue….
The other week there was a nasty damaging hard hit to the face/mouth of a surfer in the secondary at Scout Wave that went unnoticed by the next people in the line-up. Had the surfer been knocked out (and not sure how they were not) it probably would have resulted in a fatal drowning.
In any wave when you fall off into the secondary, stay low under the water until you get flushed past the secondary trough and secondary wave. Then come up hands first to block your face from that possible slingshot board coming at you either on the surface of the water or in the air. This holds true for leashed and non-leashed surfers…. Helmet is recommended surfing but that helmet does little to nothing to protect your face and forehead.
Be smart wherever you surf.
LBK
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