Course Conditions

2002 San Diego Crew Classic

April 6-7, 2002

Mission Bay – Crown Point Shores Park
San Diego, California, USA

Course Conditions

Saturday

10:10 am: A cross wind is starting to pick up, blowing from Lane 1 towards Lane 7 (port to starboard).

06:45 am: Early morning showers gave away to glassy conditions with virtually no wind

Sunday

06:20 am: No rain this morning. Water is flat and winds are calm.

12:50 pm: A strong cross wind has started, going from lane 1 to 7 or port to starboard.

Tides and Wind

On Saturday, April 6th, high tide will be 4.5 feet at 5:03 a.m. PST, low tide will be -0.2 feet at 12:32 pm PST, and the tide will be high again at 4.1 feet at 7:02 pm PST. This means that Saturday races run before 12:32 pm will be against the tide as it goes out, and those run after 12:32 pm will be with the tide as it comes back in.

Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT) begins on Sunday.

On Sunday, high tide will be 4.7 feet at 7:01 am PDT, low tide will be -0.3 feet at 2:10 pm PDT, and the tide will be high again at 4.3 feet at 8:26 pm PDT. This means that Sunday races run before 2:10 pm PDT will be against the tide as it goes out, and those run after 2:10 pm PDT will be with the tide as it comes back in.

Given prevailing wind patterns at the Crown Point Shores course, outgoing tides and low tides generally favor lanes 1 and 2, while incoming tides generally favor the higher numbered lanes, unless a cross-headwind is blowing from lane 1 toward lane 7, in which case the effects are somewhat off-setting.

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