Worth the drive. Got some nice drops and walls. Nice and clean SH HH. Wind is coming up now though, so I'm likely to check one of the nooks after lunch.

Pre-meeting session on the eastside. Knee-to-chest. Clean. If you're going, bring ALL THE FOAM. You could do worse. It certainly makes meetings more bearable.

NOT OBSERVED: Whales, although everyone else saw them.

Surfed somewhere in capitola....
Dont trust the surfline report for this week....It is poor +. Sets in the 2-3 foot range with little power and zip behind them. Got a few fun little waves, the weather was nice, people were nice, but there were Long lulls and just small waves in general.

"Surfed just south of, oh wait, I didn't even get in the water! The point had two wave 2-3' ..."

Got desperate and made the drive. Shouldn't have bothered. Warbling little waves and lots of peeps who knew them better than I.

"i can't believe i am going to say this...shoulda went to lindy. paddle was easier than it ..."

Some pretty good nugs down south. Better than anything up here. Worth the drive, 4-6' long rights. Fun, sun, and plenty of waves.

"not going to say where the spot to be was but those of us who were there would agree it wa ..."

the usual at punto del placer. shoulder high, clean, lully. there are two or three things that kept it from a good minus: relativity, as in comparison must be apples to apples, not apples to lindy/OB; crowds (duh); and the last is my fault, the mind. there are so many things that convince me that i'm a shittier surfer than i really am, and one of them is crowds. i really dislike dropping in on people, so i hem and haw. when i think, oh they've got it, they don't, and then it's too late. when i do a little insurance paddle, the deeper person invariably makes it. when i paddle away from the crowd, which on a day like today makes sense due to peaks popping up in a variety of places, i think, hey, here comes one my way with my name all over it, only to be bested by some guy who has the place so fucking dialed that he just appears out of nowhere (and not even in a dick kind of way) to be in a slightly more perfect spot than i.

my physical skills aren't all world, but it sucks when the reason you suck is because your mind sucks. suck!

"Been there, learned there (over a decade ago), and I still love that place... And i've had ..."

"Nicely put. But such is the reward for using your mind to think with and for trying to sho ..."

"I counted 40 guys on first and second peak this morning."

"Went out this morning at around 7am. Already tons of people out....went to the second ..."

Took a trip down south yesterday in hopes of making it to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. As we neared closer we realized we were running a little late so why not check out the surf spots and skate Derby park?

I've heard about a certain break outside of the city of SC and have always wanted to check it out. It was ripping as ducks and birds waded in the shallows. The hiking around there is sweet!

"Nice day..."

This is for last Friday. Finally got some real, proper rides on the Mandala. It finally accepted me. I think I broke its spirit.

I took a look at a crowdy spot, then another crowdy spot (off in the distance) and gambled on the less crowdy, in-between spot. GREAT decision. I joined a 5-person lineup that dwindled to the two of us after one set. It was like our little secret in plain view. We kept waiting for the crowd to show up while we tag-teamed the sets. It turned soft with the high tide, but I already got what I came for.

I was at that place near Santa Cruz where no one really goes when it's better than average at PP and Steamers. Think some rocks and a beach and then some other rocks near some sandstone like cliff..... Me and one other person enjoying the fun...

crowded. conditions were crowded. hyper competitive, aggro, some very very fast surfers in the water, and packed to the gills, which is pretty much exactly what i expect every time i go to a place that has a road leading to a parking lot with a shower and a staircase leading to a break with barely any paddle and a consistent peak. i rate it fair because of the crowd, and oh yeah, you can call me weird, but point breaks can get so boring after a while. i kinda like it when swell hits an open beach, breaking up the crowd, and leaving people to have to use snap judgment in the water to see what will or won't hold up versus knowing exactly what a wave will do every time. on the plus the weather was awesome and the waves when you could snag one were pretty fun. all in all, i give the experience a fair while the actual conditions themselves were very good.

"surfed a sc point break yesterday that was pleasurable at times. other times i questioned ..."

"Good times for me on the westside where the street is really "fast". Got covered up multi ..."

"It was a great weekend out there, solid overhead glassy waves all day, saw good waves ever ..."

B-A-YOU-TIFUL morning. HH - OH+, glassy, and reelin down the line. Not giving away the magic but seek and yee shall score.

"It was definitely awesome. The smell wafting off the dead seals was a nice touch too. "

Surfed one of those deepewater places known for the landlord. Not too good at first but the new swell clearly started pulsing between 6 and 7. The real sets were HH - OH+ and pretty clean. Not the best angle for this particular spot but Fun all the same. Definitely some energy headed toward SC....

Happy weekend.

Surfed out in front of that big parking lot that is on the opposite side of town from Steamer Lane. Because sometimes you just have to paddle out, lay down on your board and squint at the horizon and realize you are NOT the reason waves appear at said location.

"Surfed" from 6:30 til 7:45am, warm water, 8 people in the lineup, mix of long and short. I got the best rides of anyone on the 1' waves that were coming through. Otters, seals, fog, kelp, you know the usual.