Surf: 3.3 ft at 6.7 s from the WNW at 296°.
Still a bit busted but I figured small surf might be okay. I got a few waves. Keeping up with the current was pretty tough. It hurts pretty good to look up when I paddle so I went with the current, not so bad.
My neck was hurting like crazy after. Ow ow. I want to keep active. I feel like it’ll just get worse laying in bed. It’s a very thin line between being active to help, and making it worse. Hopefully this didn’t make it worse!
Surf: 6.6 ft at 9.1 s from the NW at 307°. Windy.
We had some folks visiting from England this week. They really wanted to surf, but the wind was not cooperating. I put my neck out last weekend and was hoping a light swim and a little bit of bodysurfing might do me good.
It was a little bit of a help. Getting the wetsuit on and off hurt like crazy, but swimming itself wasn’t bad. Not sure how much surfing I’ll be able to do in the short term. Hoping to get in a swim or two.
Surf: 3.9 ft at 12.1 s from the W at 275°
Smaller today. I took the fish out hoping at the least I’d get some exercise. Wow, I barely remember how to surf that one. I got a couple waves. None of them steady. But hey, lovely sunrise.
Surf: 5.6 ft at 12.9 s from the WNW at 290°. Low tide.
I came prepared for small waves at Lindy, but with the low tide there wasn’t much to surf. Heading back north the waves were looking better, but much bigger. I just wasn’t up for it. I was up for getting in some bodysurfing time so I threw on the fins and swam out.
We only had an hour, but yeeheew that was fun. I got a couple really long one with the handplane. Fun fun.
Surf: 5.9 ft at 12.9 s from the NW at 311°
Lovely sunny little morning. More small waves. I got a little bit of stepping in, which was pretty fun. I watched another longboarder get in a solid head dip and once fall of his board, bodysurf for a sec before scooping it back up and continuing on. Pretty sharp. 🙂
Surf: 4.3 ft at 10.8 s from the NW at 308°. Incoming tide. Light winds.
Brien brought his funky little camera to the beach so we goofed around with it while checking the surf.
More small waves and that same little right this morning. Things were holding up a bit better, but the crowd was pretty stacked so it was occasionally a bit of a challenge. I got a few super cruisey waves and a few steps. Lots of dolphins and sea lions out there. Sadly I plowed my board straight in to the dang beach on my second to last wave. Looks like I’ll be doing ding repair this weekend.
Surf: 5.9 ft at 13.8 s from the WNW at 297°. High tide. No wind.
Headed south for a pre-client meeting surf.
Wow. The water was SO clear and dark. I saw lots of little fish. There were crabs, sea anemones, kelp, all kinds of things to look at.
Up at the surface, the grey skies and grey water were about as smooth as can be which made wave hunting a little exciting. (I think that’s a wave? Oh yep, it’s a wave.)
The spot I picked was perfect for grabbing scrappy little waves no one else wanted. I worked on some swishing, a little stepping, but mostly tried to squeeze every little bit out of these small waves. Got into a pretty good loggy groove.
Had a leisurely morning with breakfast, a cafe stop, and ice cream.
Sketch a Day 99, Clear Water:
Surf: 5.3 ft at 14.8 s from the W at 280°. High tide. Light/offshore wind.
Fun little waves this morning. The peak with the best wave was pretty packed so we took the next peak over. It was a little more closed out, but still pretty fun. Some bodysurfers were getting wave after wave. Sun was out, even though the fog was thick all around the beach. Nice morning.
Surf: 4.9 ft at 10.8 s from the W at 279°. Spanning the low tide. Light winds.
Size came down, in theory so did did yuck factor (although that can be disputed), but the closeout factor was still high. It was a little bit ridable, so it counts as “better than expected” in my book.
A big ole sea lion came barging through to catch a few fish.
Same waves were had.
Surf: 7.6 ft at 11.4 s from the NW at 306°. SW winds. Rising tide.
Drug myself out of bed this morning hoping to make up for Tuesday’s disastrous surf while still full expecting frustration and slop as the result. Thankfully the usual spot was serving up somewhat unusual breaks in the closeout party.
With the exception of Tuesday, it’s been really nice to have my longboard out lately. It was nice to get into waves early, cruise past lumps and warbles, and have the weight to plow through incoming waves.
Sunshine, a rainbow, some birds. All kinds of good stuff this morning.
