Joan is right. The 1.3 metre swells and cross chop were wearing me down, particularly bad from Cape Scott to the Brooks, and were back in force as I left Tofino and made the turn to Long Beach. It was essentially unpaddle-able, and the forecasts were turning worse as a storm hit lower Vancouver Island on Tuesday and worsened on Wednesday, also with strong southerly winds bringing new wave action against the swells from the north west.
I am going to try again at some point. Despite the bad conditions, I was able to post over 50 nautical miles in one day, and my other days were generally in the high thirties, fast enough to set a record, but just barely. The bottom line is that I was being brutalized by the sea state, and saw it getting worse.