That had me worried for a minute

The forecast has been inaccurate up here so often that when I saw a Small Craft Advisory with 20-30 knots for today I decided to go to Port Angeles anyway. But after bashing hard into waves for a couple of hours I decided to divert South to Dungeness so I wasn't taking them on the nose and to give myself the option of escaping open water if I needed to, especially since I was alone (see my sudden turn South in Google Earth).

That was a wise decision. By the time I passed the spit into Dungeness Bay the wind was 25-30kts and the 4-5ft waves were having their whitecaps blown off in gusts while I was soaked from spray and starting to get cold as the sun set. The video doesn't capture how big the waves felt, but the motion might give you some idea.

Kinda fun. Kinda scary.