Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
7′ Al Merrick
SURF: 3-5 ft. waist to head high and poor conditions.
This morning’s dawn patrol: Mostly walled up lines coming through with just a slight texture to the surface. Occasional workable corners through the inside.
This morning was a bit mixed up. The pumphouse was showing some niiiiice waves for people who could catch them. After paddling [...]
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
Watching from the Beach
Surf: 3-5 ft. waist to head high and fair-good conditions.
PM REGIONAL OVERVIEW: Mix of old Southern Hemi swell and new/building NW swell on offer this afternoon. Better breaks have waist-chest-shoulder high+ surf, while top exposures are pulling in head head high+ sets at times. Conditions are still clean, with most spots seeing scattered peaks, [...]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Back in Pacifica
Conditions: 1-3ft. Glassy, peaky lines with soft/mushy corners looking semi-workable to the beach.
The mellow little waves followed me home!
Sure it looked pretty flat out there, but I got in some nice long rides on little waves. Jamie and I found a nice spot that, with a LOT of patience, set us up for a [...]
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
Good rides!
SURF: 1-3 ft ankle to waist high and poor+ conditions.
This morning’s dawn patrol: Weak, scattered peaks, with soft, semi-workable little corners on offer.
Wow. Today was a small, clean little day. It looked pretty unassuming from the beach, but man did I have fun. The waves were pretty easy to catch and gave some long mellow [...]
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Sea lions!
SURF:
2-3 ft.+ knee to chest high with occasional 4 ft. and fair conditions.
This morning’s dawn patrol: Mostly walled up lines with inside shoulders that are open and workable, but a little soft and crumbly. Clean conditions.
Headed out early for another dawn patrol. Short swell period made a tough paddle out. Weather was beautiful. I got [...]
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
Fun, warm, sunny day. Now with whales!
REGIONAL OVERVIEW: The surf is looking fun this afternoon as NW swell and S Southern Hemi energy back out. Better breaks are still seeing knee-waist-chest high waves with some shoulder high+ sets making it through standouts. Conditions remain clean this afternoon, with some fun, peaky surf on tap with racy/lined-up corners, especially through the inside.
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Saturday, December 6th, 2008
Slow sets and rough timing
Conditions: 3-5 ft. – waist to head high and fair-good conditions. Things are staying clean this afternoon with fun, workable waves in the shoulder-head high+ zone. Top spots see sets running a couple feet overhead. Winds are offshore and the tide drops to a 2′ low @ 12:20PM.
Gear: 9′2″ Sunset Soft Top.
Today was a pretty [...]
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Making Friends with the Wildlife
Conditions: 2-3 ft – knee to waist high and fair conditions. Fun, semi-peaky lines with workable shoulders. High tide left things pretty flat around 3 pm.
Gear: 9′2″ NSP Epoxy.
The project I’m working on got pushed back a week. I found myself with a clear week of no daytime olbigations and semi decent surf. What’s a [...]
