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.

Went down south the last couple days and scored a bunch of waves. Great two mornings with the incoming tide, offshore winds and S swell doing its thing. Crowded and Overhead solid surf yesterday with some nice bombs, and smaller almost empty but still hollow and plenty fun today, stoked!

minus due to the crowds and lulls, but there were some nuggets out there. Should stick around for tomorrow too. Get some!

Headed down yonder early this a.m. to escape the wind and chase the current southerly pulse. Found some glassy, well-formed inconsistent south/windswell combo peaks running up into around the shoulder high range on sets. The lulls were plentiful and there was a crowd on it (most likely due to a surf drought-ridden summer), but when the waves showed, it was absolutely worth the while. Lots of dolphins and seals lurking too. After the past week or so of garbage up here, I'll gladly take it.

"jealous."

Friday late AM session, delayed postage. A friend and I made the drive on my day off despite expecting waist high sets. Had a first: took a wave immediately upon paddleout. Didn't stop to sit up on board, just spun around and went. Took another one as soon as I got back. Two waves in two minutes? Didn't step on anyone's toes, either. Just right time/place, so why wait?

Thawed my toes after about an hour and a half, then switched to my friend's log. Man, did I bring the wrong board / skill set. Had more fun in 40 minutes on the log than I've had in my last 7 or 8 sessions trying to figure out the fish. Admittedly, it had picked up, but damn, that was fun.

Surfed a tiny point next to a large point on the east side with 2-3 others (I know right?) for 3 hours today. High wave count on punchy, shortaboard waist-chest glassy ones, super mellow and positive crowd (wait, I'm in SC?). Positive signs of life form the south... stoked.

Narp. Move along. Sunny and beachy hang-out time only. Knee-hi lessionsessions if you dare to paddle. Otherwise mostly flatish.

Can anyone confirm the rumor of whitey at Capitola Warf? Possible kayak incident?

"I was out in those parts this morn at that time. Fog was really thick. Did not see any of ..."

KH peelers for the groms and day-schools. Sunny, but the breeze was pretty strong. Paddled out with my 9yo to hunt otters (just shooting photos) and ended up riding a few tandem-style. Superfun in placid conditions...

My knees are bleeding from getting slapped by the waves all morning, BUT the water was warm and only two other guys out. Hit it early on the incoming tide. Plethora of NW wind-swell and the occasional SW set rolling through. Poor+ because it's summer and the wind is already on it.

2-4 FT clean and barely any wind until the early afternoon. Crowded but plenty to go around. PP was going off.. tons of people getting good rides. I hung around in between and got a bunch of good waves when the sets came that way.

Found a near empty parking lot on the Eastside and there were some cool steps down to the beach nearby. Foggy, dropping tide, just me and the old timers and our logs. OK, a couple shorties paddled out, got skunked and paddled back in. The surf was macking at a solid 2' and a good time was had by all! (except for the two shorties that couldn't catch anything). Going with good, but not good+ due to size.