Santa Anna's and Lake Mojave

jp5 · Joined: 19 May 1998 Posts: 3394 Location: OnUr6

SANTANA winds...HA! thats a good one. California history from our very own hungarian princess. And did you know that Goulash is a Russian dish served cold? Tell me another one Razz

dabull1 · Joined: 19 Mar 1997 Posts: 556

Oh,just thinking of those starry, starry nights with NP may give me a "happy dream" tonight, better go take a cold shower and a colder margarita! Also, as an added bonus, a Steve Bard Malibu fire report from Monday night... surf was up Sunday and Monday with him and two other guys at the Point all day... so much for disasters! I can just hear" Black Magic Woman" or" Soul Sacrifice" playin' on the ol'IPOD while he was shreddin those Santana waves... Aloha, Bull

jp5 · Joined: 19 May 1998 Posts: 3394 Location: OnUr6

While not having had the pleasure of starry, starry nights with NP Sad

I did sail Lake Mohave once. It was very, very hot and very, very windy. After a 2 hour session I returned to my very, very air conditioned room at Harrahs Lauglin for a well deserved nap. Followed by dinner and a 3 hour session at the craps table. The dice were as hot as the wind at Katherine's landing.

A 3-5 ft swell with 3 guys out at the point and Santana playing in the background sounds like heaven to me.

nealpar · Joined: 25 Oct 1998 Posts: 624

kevinkan · Joined: 07 Jun 2001 Posts: 1661 Location: San Francisco

Thans EzzyCzar for the info. I've always wanted to check out that place. Perhaps post a shout out next time you or a group is headed out there, and I'll try to rally some troops to check it out ourselves.

kev

MalibuGuru · Joined: 11 Nov 1993 Posts: 9300

That would be 1st point in Malibu. I found a way into town.

I took my fiddle out while I surfed. (nero)

nealpar · Joined: 25 Oct 1998 Posts: 624

[quote="stevenbard"]That would be 1st point in Malibu. I found a way into town.

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U must have one helluva filter on your lungs.

WindsurfUtah · Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 93

Here are some weather links that help. Typically it will blow for 4-6 days from the north if the Santa Ana sets up. Look for high pressure to set up over northern Nevada/western Utah and cold temps.

I am not at all an expert on the weather stuff.

I might go down again the first week of Nov. Also it seems like quite a few people head there for Thanksgiving.

Josh

http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=KIFP&time=GMT

http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/database/meso_2week.cgi?unit=0&hour1=0&type=1&var1=SKNT_DRCT&day1=25&month1=10&year1=2007&stn1=KIFP

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=VEF&llon=-115.383747&rlon=-113.618747&tlat=36.677084&blat=34.909584&smap=1&mp=0&map.x=112&map.y=194

EddyBreffitt · Joined: 31 Oct 1992 Posts: 40

Can you pretty much camp anywhere, or are you stuck at designated sites with the hordes??

WindsurfUtah · Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 93

I might get hung for saying this but there are a few windsurfers that camp on six mile cove beach for a month at a time. No fees, no water, no electricity, no designated sites. Beautiful water and beach. You have to drive down a graded dirt/sand road for 10 miles. Not something you want to commute on. Great south wind, north wind works as well but you get a wind shadow from the cove.

At Katherine’s landing the camping is good. Very quiet. 99% of the campers are the retired folks heading to and from Needles. Everyone will be to bed at eight thirty. Plus Katherine's has showers, a restaurant, bathrooms, water hook ups, etc. Cabinsite point is only a two minute drive from the camp grounds. The water is so clear when you come into the shore you jump off the board thinking it is only two feet deep but it is really ten.

So as far as camping anywhere, I believe there are beaches all over the lake that allow camping, but it is a matter of getting to them. I have seen pictures of the beaches on the Arizona side of six mile, absolutely desolate. Long dirt roads to get there, but the wild donkeys will visit.