Recent Surf Reports

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Linda Mar Beach — On June 27, 2009 Zack Ehrlich was surfing at Linda Mar Beach, Pacifica by Crespi. It was 12:45 PM under a sunny sky with a temperature of about 70 degrees Fahrenheit. He was about 100 yards from shore. Ehrlich reported the following; “No other marine mammals were observed in the area. The seal was already dead when I saw the shark 15 minutes later. Did not look like a dolphin fin or a live seal. I was about 30 or 40 yards away from it. I saw the tip of a dorsal fin scrape through the water. The shark seemed to be feeding upon the dead seal carcass I saw earlier.”

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in front of the Beach Chalet between around 9-11am, we found really fun, uncrowded, soft, chest to shoulder high waves rolling through. me and two friends sharing a peak that would yield some super fun long lefts if you got in at the right spot. really fun. started getting choppy and less consistent by the time we went in.

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The surfing industry keeps coming up with ways to put more people in the water with alternative surf craft. First it was surf kayaks, then a re-birth of surf skis and most recently stand-up paddle boards (SUP’s).

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Fun waist to shoulder high conditions up and down the beach. A bit soft but no complaints from me. The crowds are out and the whining is back.

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Sfob small but fun. First dry hair padlle out :-) plenty o shortboarders but perfect longboard or learner day.

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Fun, log-a-licious knee-hi peaks up the north half of the beach earlier this am. Kinda lamed-out a bit as the tide rose.

Holiday crowds in full-effect, plus a big chunk of the parking lot is closed in prep for the 4th.

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Sfob is looking small and floppy but a bunch of people getting short rides. Am getting in.

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Happy July 4th long weekend. Conditions are very similar to yesterday. The wind is basically calm at the beach and we have fairly clean/glassy conditions and surf that looks to be in the waist high range. Once again though, it's fairly weak and crumbly looking. It's a mixture of 10s period windswell from the west, and 14s groundswell from the southwest. Your best bet is likely to find somewhere that sees the most of that south. Overall, it's looking fair-

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Dogman's surf forecast for the Holiday weekend: Small but fun waves will be here for the long weekend. It won't be flat, but it also won't be epic.

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Interesting rant on the postsurf blog about the Women’s Mr Price Pro in South Africa (a key WQS event) not crowning a 2009 champion, due to “adverse surf and weather conditions.” (see the picture for what the "adverse" conditions looked like).

Anyway, check out the postsurf blog for it's usual hilarious commentary.

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A bit small and lack-luster but fairly clean. Bigger sets looked to be chest high but soft. Not for me. There were a hundred pelicans dive-bombing the ocean.

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It's another overcast summer morning here at ocean beach. Winds are light and the ocean is smooth with a light wind texture. Winds are light and the surf looks to be in the knee to waist high range. It's longer period windswell with nice long lines approaching the beach from the west. There isn't much power but the inside bars are producing an occasional decent looking wave. I'm calling it poor+

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Authentic youth lifestyle brand Hurley and Warner Bros. Records will release The Drifter, iconic surfer Rob Machado's much-anticipated autobiographical movie, this fall. The film will have limited theatrical screenings across the country and will also be released on DVD. Directed by Poor Specimen's Taylor Steele this is a personal journey as much as it is a showcase of some of the world's most flawless waves.

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The winds at Ocean Beach have calmed down quite a bit this morning and turned to the south. The sky is overcast and the waves in the chest high range with some larger sets from time to time. Overall the waves are on the crumbly and sectiony side but definitely rideable. It's the same mix of longer and shorter period windswell that we've seen for the last few days. I'm calling it on the poor side of fair.

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Heavy sideshore winds tonight made for some heavily textured water that was still not too cold. 3 and 4-foot waves looked decent but turned out to be a little peaky and surprisingly soft. Really on the "meh" side of fair, although some folks got some nice rides.

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A family's first outing to Montara State Beach turned with terrifying suddenness into a frantic and ultimately futile struggle to save a mother and her 5-year-old daughter from being swept out to sea and drowned. Romila Higgins, 41, and her daughter, Indali Higgins, both of Walnut Creek, were knocked down by waves and pulled from the shoreline of the beach, eight miles north of Half Moon Bay, at 4:20 p.m. Monday. Rescuers came agonizingly close to saving both, only to have the surf pull them away.

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righteous barrels starting at 1:13

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Tuesday 8am - San Mateo - Linda Mar

Smlm was pretty fun this beautiful morning. Shoulder to head+ at times and quite clean, although big sets are closing out. Go surf!

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