Seconds · Sombrio

Reviewed 24 Oct 2026 · not observation-validated

Published-source review, not validation against measured breaking waves. Compass references are qualitative ranking inputs, not surveyed optima or complete acceptance windows. The inherited 0.6–3.0 m offshore-model band remains unvalidated: not a local surf limit, safe learner range or wave-face conversion. Existing approximate pins remain. Sea requests are model-sampling locations, not takeoff, depth, current, access or provider-cell surveys. Delaney directly describes Seconds as left/right and warns of submerged rocks on the right. O'Malley's original 2026 local interview independently confirms Second right of the path, within the fast rocky-reef setting. This agrees with the atlas's 2010 correction rather than its reversed main text. W remains a coarse Sombrio-bay reference from the local operator, not an independently measured section optimum; atlas NW differs. Wind directions remain unresolved. No peak-specific tide optimum is established: wind direction/opposite-swell fallback, phase/motion bonuses, preferred windows and adaptive fallback stay off. Relative peak locations corroborate the imported marker, not a surveyed takeoff or exit.

• Colin R Delaney · original Ice Breakers firsthand account

  Direct original describes Seconds' lefts/rights and submerged rocks on its right; no measured depth.

• SURFER · Nora O'Malley's original South Vancouver Island report, 2026

  Independent authored report locates Second right of path and provides rocky, fast-wave context via local surfer interview.

• Port Renfrew Vacation Rentals · original local Sombrio page

  Published bay-wide W swell reference only; no independent Seconds wind or tide calibration.

• WannaSurf · original Sombrio atlas and 2010 shore-order correction

  Correction separates Seconds from Firsts/Waterfalls; shared NW metadata is disclosed, not treated as a measured optimum.