Epic. Check the pic, it was outta sight! Well - epic may be a strong word, but here is an idea of the crowd from monday afternoon. (this is joke post btw, it was fun, but i thought a peek at cowells would be humorous).

Hit it while the tide was high and dropping. Stayed out for 3 hours because you just can't get enough 8' bombs when there's only 15 guys in the water. Super fun morning. Chop was getting on it when I got out.

I thought I would post a pic or two from Sunday at the Lane. Quite uncrowded for the size, as the NSSA only took up first peak. Worth the drive down Hwy 1 this weekend as all the breaks were firing.

"Those pictures are just cruel. Were there very long waits between the sets? Where I sur ..."

slightly wind affected, very longboard affected. paddled out, got a SH right, spent most of my time avoiding longboards flying down the line. obviously brought the wrong equipment to this spot (5-10 quad). next time i'll be showing up with some massive foam, so i can work my way around the legions of junior high kids, ucsc students and retired state workers.

The tide was high, the waves were small and warbly, but I had that bitch allllllllllllllll to myself from 3:30 - 5.

Started on the east side this morning. Shoulder highish, glassy n' clean, and stupidly crowded. I sat for over and an hour only got scraps. After lunch I moved over to SL. As expected, it was also crowded, but surprisingly not as much as the other side of town. Size there was substantially larger with the occasional set going overhead at the peak. A lil' bit of wind on it and some bumpy drops by the cliff due to backwash, but mostly pretty damn good. Scored a couple super fun and long ones including a standout set wave due to a dude taking off too deep and blowing it (your loss is my gain, hombre) that made the morning's disappointment worth the while. The native crew was absolutely tearing the place to shreds. Watching some of the talent out there just added to the fun.

"I was at the Hook. Super crowded. I caught two fun ones though."

Shoulder high to a pinch overhead and pretty clean. Sets were lully. Grom Connery and crew were on it, but the atmosphere was mellow. Scored a few fun set waves with patience. Nat Young was doing a photo shoot and lofting airs on the closeout left in the little cove by the jump off rock. Good times.

Super-fun for the loggers at low tide. Sunny. Mostly WH-SH, glassy peelers.

(No, that pic isn't SL.)

"My thumbs weren't moving well enough to post this part of my report... Met a guy who w ..."

"@greacen: was the switch foot practitioner that dark-skinned kid with the afro?"

Started at Co####s early this am and got a bunch of 2' waves before the spring break surf classes and kiddos covered the entirety of the cove. Then paddled over to Steamer and got a few more waves before calling it. Typical south swell with a good wait between sets, but there's definitely fun to be had!

"Not too shabby out there this am. Mellow, little breezy, but fun. Major surf school crowdi ..."

"made the drive myself, today. long waits, which meant that the same five guys at the peak ..."

Figured I'd go south and I glad I did long lulls but fun waves! Vibe were good and waves were better than here!

Lunchtime surf was solid 2-3' with frequent 4' sets rolling through. strong sideshore wind and only about 10 guys and 2 gals in the water by the time I got out. Still some fun to be had until the building tide and/or wind kills it.

Debated on meeting some friends at SMHM but chose to get up early and head south. Surfed from 7:30 to 9:30 and it just got better and better as the tide dropped. Solid 4-6' with frequent 7-8' sets rolling through. Only 6 guys in the water at 7:30 and we were all sharing waves. Very unusual vibe for sittin on the peak with a mix of long and shortboarders. Sunny, warm, and lots of waves. Great way to start my Friday and stoked to have logged 4 sessions this week!

Happy Friday everyone, hope you got or get some!

"What a week. 5 solid days of surf and I'm spent. Totally wiped out but happy. Glad you had ..."

"Thanks! I grew up surfing mostly west side SC and I never get tired of it. And yes not oft ..."

"Good times! And it's been like this since Christmas weekend, conditions between fair and g ..."

surfed on the boil up to high tide. a bit wobbly and chunky. caught a few nuggets that lined up all the way down the reef. the crowd was chilled out and enjoying what was on offer. we are lucky bastards.