I got out last night for a session south of Newport. It was pretty flat. I knew that it would be but I had the time and I figured worst case scenario I would spend a nice evening floating in the ocean and catching a nice sunset (if not a lot of waves). No regrets.
Whether it was the conditions or corvid-19 I don't know but social distancing was definitely not a problem. Just me and two kite surfers who packed it in shortly after I got there. Can't speak to the weekend traffic, though. I went hiking and kayaking.
No cases in Newport as of the time of this post, but the city is on lock down. Closed the pool, the rec center, the senior center, the performing arts center, the library, etc. Nothing to do but surf
Oh, and the local police don't want you to call 911 if you run out of toilet paper, either...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/us/newpo ... index.html