Surf: 4.9 ft at 9.1 s from the NW at 312°, low tide.
I’ve been out of practice getting up and getting moving in the morning. The guys were headed to Santa Cruz for a pre-meeting surf and I rolled on to the usual spots. The tide was so low there was barely any water to surf and hardly any waves to chase down. Thankfully all I need is a little bit of room to work on my one step. Step, splash, step, splash. Now if I can just make getting up a habit again, I should be all set.
Surf: 2.6 ft at 13.8 s from the S at 184°
Took the new board out at the home break today. 😀
Surf was pretty sloppy and a little mushy, but still plenty fun. I surfed for a while while Chris took the handplane. We swapped after a few waves. I was hoping to get another opinion on my board. So far, so good. I got some great rides on the handplane, too. Pretty good end to the holiday weekend!
Surf: 4.9 ft at 10.8 s from the NW at 326°. Light SW winds. Outgoing tide.
Little bit smaller today with a little bit of a peak. Most waves had a fun drop, a space for a turn or two then a rough shallow inside closeout section. Managed to get to the beach around 6:30 and into the office before 9:30. Slowly starting to get back into routine.
Swish swish surf surf.
Surf: 6.9 ft at 10.0 s from the WNW at 290°. Outgoing tide. Light wind.
Finally! I’ve been slacking on the whole “get up, get out of bed, go surf, go to work” plan lately. Part of that is being injured, part of that is not wanting to get out of bed, and part of that is spring surf being junky.
There were hints at summer glass this morning. Like the ocean is almost ready to be it’s mellow, grey summer self. Still plenty of closeouts and chop, but overall not bad. Worked on a few steps. Stoked just to be getting up and moving early. 🙂
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: 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: 5.3 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: 5.9 ft at 19.0 s from the W at 281°. Low Tide.
After Friday’s wet but successful hike, we came back on Sunday for round two with other coworkers and kids. Weather was sunny and warm, a rarity that I’m not sure was appreciated by the little ones. Everyone pulled through. The parking situation was definitely a little wild west, but doable.
Afterwards we hit the beach. I was able to get in a little bit of surf. Not every wave was a closeout, but it was crowded. After working a few lumpy, congested waves, I opted for fins and caught a few more.Saw a sea lion bodysurfing another wave nearby. Even managed an on-wave high five, ha.
Some sand castle building, some sunburn getting (whoops), and a little bit of swimming.
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: 8.2 ft at 10.8 s from the W at 274°. Incoming tide. Light offshore winds.
Spent a long time staring at the surf this morning. I didn’t have anywhere I needed to be so I waited for the tide to come up and storm pumps to stop pouring dirty water into the sea. Chatted with some folks in the lot about the local wildlife and other stories. Got to hear the Pacifica Tsunami warning test blast. Soaked up some sun.
Finally a wave like wave started to break so I suited up.
I love surfing that spot and plenty of somewhat sectiony, but otherwise fun little shifty waves were happening. I worked on my stepping (and face planting.) I got plenty of waves. I went in.
Ran into Mike who talked me into heading about out for a few more.
Not bad. Wind eventually shifted and turned it all to chop. Went home for a hot shower and general post-storm surf disinfecting. Bleh.
Sketch a Day 92, inspired by parking lot conversation.
