Dillon Beach Just Firing

what you didnt see were the 1/2 dozen white sharks patrolling the take off spot.

home break of Dale Webster:

He did it! 10,407 days after beginning what is now the most legendary streak of consecutive days surfed, Dale "Daily" Webster has achieved his goal. On February 29, 2004, on a cold, gray winter morning at Doran Park in Sonoma County, California, Dale paddled out for his ritualistic "three waves to the beach." Everyday for more than 28 years Dale has taken a bare minimum of three waves to the beach. Rain or shine, storm swell or flat spell...every single day. It started with the Monster from New Zealand swell of 1975. From there, Webster set his heart to "never missing waves like that again." As he surfed day after day in 1975, Dale pondered what to do with his surfing streak. It turned into the quest to surf for an entire lunar cycle, 28-plus years according to Dale's original research (once the Internet was invented he came to find out a lunar cycle was only 18-plus years, but true to his conviction he stayed the course on his original date of 2-29-04, that and he was already more than 20 years into it).

That's a goofy footers dream! Look at all of those lefts. Talk about shark country though :(

That looks sweet. The Surfer Magazine Norcal description of Dillon Beach is: "Sharky sharky, shark shark. Tomales Bay is like Niagra Falls for Mr. and Mrs. White. This is where they meet and breed, and if they're anything like people, they tend to get hungry after sex."

these are beautiful pictures. I really love the coloring. Nice shots.

I've been meaning to hit Dillon or Doran for ages, but have yet to convince any of my coterie of drivers to make the additional trek. Bolinas always seems far enough.

As for the sharkiness, I think by this point I've heard every beach in Northern California described as the sharkiest beach in Northern California. I'll believe it when I see it.

whoaWTF IS THAT LET GO OF ME ARGHG*@#$*@#$@#$ NO CARRIER

maybe @Sharky can fill us in. haha ATHCOMPCHOMP

Thumbs up!

I'm not goofy, but I loves the lefts.

Wow. Great photos.

Come to the North Bay... where you can get chomped by a shark, hop back to your car on one leg and find that the air has been let out of your tires.

Looks big too and quite a paddle? Any guess at the size @duder?

love the shots @duder. the sepia thing really works.

To @duder-

I urge you to please refrain from posting photos of locations such as you just did. This is going way above and beyond what is acceptable in the surf community that has been here long before you arrived and will probably outlast your stay as well. The fact that individuals post exact locations on where to surf and when on this site is beyond me and always will be, but to blast to the world as you did a spot that is sacred to some of us that grew up here enjoying it and it's solitude is not cool whatsoever. Share these photos the old fashioned way man and show just a tad bit of respect for those that do the same to you when you show wherever it is that you show up to and tweet about. I respect the stoke on this site but why is it necessary to tell people where you surf or where the waves are good, as in the actual street name or in your case @duder the actual location? Lame.....

@moresurflesstalk: when the expected influx of thousands of Internet users fails to materialize at your "sacred" spot, will it become apparent to you that you're getting worried over nothing?

Dillon Beach is not exactly a secret. It's listed on pretty much every forecast site, for one. And the users of Stokereport are not some mindless herd which swarms the subject of any pretty picture. I don't think you're giving us enough credit.

It is quite a remote site that I have seen a few times and surfed just once. As for sharks, I saw a lot of beginner body surfers in the water so they may be well fed. But all in all the sacred spots are further up the coast. Interesting picks. : 0

i've just sent an email to surfline asking them to take down their info page and pictures of dillon beach. they even link to the dillon beach website. these inter-tubes are getting out of control! burn the tubes! burn the iphones! all hail the fax!

when I followed that link the only inclinations I had were to 1) obey the flat stomach rule 2) get ripped 3) join fitness singles.

@moresurflesstalk - lets defintely remove the pics, lets remove the site, shame its founder, lets bash anyone taking a photo there...lets take it one step further and start selling more drugs in our cities, tax people more, feed images to kids and pump up the advertising channels, make people want more so they work, so they use up everything until the only option is for the mind-numbed herd to expand and pollute the limited resources that are pristine and available to us all.

OR!!!

Let's get people clued into this one big spinning motherf#$%ing mess and start identifying the beauty and teaching people why it is so important to value that which so many take for granted. The biggest challenge to anyone old enough to think is to think one step further.

Peace.

I'd like to know how, uh SP's was doing the last few days? I bet some people scored amazing long peeling lefts into the Tomales channel.

@moresurflesstalk - Sorry brother but the train has left the station. There is no turning back unless you can set off an EMP (that's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse if you don't have your carbon dictionary handy) to turn back time.

I normally don't chime in and just read, but I felt I had to say something here in regards to Dillon Beach being some undiscovered surf spot only known to the few and privileged. My girlfriend who is from Arizona and does not surf, nor has any intentions of surfing knows of and has been to Dillon Beach!

I guess you must be the guy that's getting shacked in photo...

Sorry. I guess you're not.

so back to the nice photos, any chance of getting a desktop sized version (say 1440 x 900 or larger)?

I thought proper surf etiquette dictated that lesser surfed spots are not to be promoted or named out of respect to the people that surf the break on a regular basis. The issues is not whether or not the break becomes overrun with interlopers, but the fact that the pics were post in such manner that the break was so clearly identifiable. Anyone that surfs Dillon Beach on a regular basis will view this post as an attack on their home break. I’m not advocating appeasement of localistic behavior (I’m not a local at any break), but feel people need to be a little more aware of surfing customs.

P.S. The photos do look great.

The point isn't that it's a "secret spot", the point is that it is a lesser surfed spot that is not as accessible and where fewer people have really scored it when it's good. And when they have, it's for them to know and return to. And it's there for others to go and try to understand as well. The whole "the train has left the station" argument and the "I guess we should just kill technology" sarcasm that everyone follows up with are ignorant. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Yes, there are bound to be some random tourists who end up taking a picture of epic conditions at beaches like this and posting on their flickr album - that's inevitable, but low impact. As surfers, we should know better than to make posts like this. I would agree with @Yah-Guy. If I surfed Dillon Beach regularly, I would not appreciate this kind of post at all.

Wow - based on these pictures I am going to sell my house, move to Dillon beach and start a surf school/guide business.

I can't wait to be welcomed by the community.

srsly ppl all takz a chill out pill lolz.

There were probably hundreds of breaks in CA firing last weekend people. I got bored of looking at perfect Santa Cruz / Monterey DOH+ barrels (Triple plus at Scotts Creek on sunday morning, mad props to the hell men surfing it), I didn't even take any photos. That it looks like *no one* is out in the above photos kind of makes a joke of the whole idea that photos like this are harming the local surfing community. Where are the supposed locals who are getting harmed by these photos / this thread? They're not even out surfing it. As @duckdive pointed out, this spot is hardly secret anyway.

In the weekend I scored a westside SC break with *no one* on it and a supposedly localized Monterey break with one other stoked guy. I've found that if you're willing to drive, get up early and go surf some random places, empty peaks await. People who live out of the big cities are I guess used to being super chilled out, walking down at 10am to empty peaks with a couple of their buddies. I guess these days they're walking down to peaks with some young rippers on them because these days there are more people armed with better information. I can understand their annoyance at this, but can't say I feel too much sympathy. I mean, surely it's only going to be an issue on weekends? I doubt many SF people are going to be pulling dawnies or after work sessions up at Dillon Beach. So these guys still have their spot to themselves 5/7 of the time. And hey, as oil runs out, maybe people won't be able to travel so much and these distant spots will be returned entirely to their locals. Problem is incomes are so high in the bay area...

Stoked to see the vote count for this thread growing! Sick pics! More sick pics plz!

Give me a break! Pun intended. How often does Dillon, or any other spot north of the Gate break like this? Stop your whining moresurflesstalk, & duckdive. BTW duckdive, did you fire off an email or phone call to Sean Collins to pull all his editions of Surfline's California Surf Guide/Secrets to Finding The Best Waves book too? Seems that several of you lately are offended at the pictures and locations being published here of our good surf. If that's the case, and you feel so strongly about it, then maybe shut down this site all together.

Anybody is free to post what they want as long as they don't violate the rules of the site, controlled only by the administrator. So chime in and let us know if you think we shouldn't be revealing what is already public knowledge, and free to surf for anybody, anytime.

Go get wet, and keep the stoke all. I look foreword to a session with you at my favorite spot, the 'Bo. Been surfing there for over 4 decades, and would never be offended by pics or write ups about it. Nor would I consider a "locals" attitude to those first timers who happen in the water either.

I believe Duckdive was kidding, posting links to show that this is, in fact, not a secret spot. And oh "the outrage" that surfine would dare expose it with their tips on where to eat after your surf session.

@Tracey: exactly. thanks for clarifying.

Dillon Beach is the only secret spot that I've been to that you have to pay to park.

@Wave Glider... I know that rock! Any history on the carving of it?

Tracey, & duckdive; Since I'm relatively new to this site, but not surfing, I respect everything to do with surfing, to include the locals who "live" at specific spots. However, I don't and never will condone "LOCALISM" in any form. I have had my run in's with the likes of those ignorant gutless cowards of whom rarely take you on one to one, both here at home, and Hawaii. My intent about duckdive's comment was to see how much truth there was in the post, that's all, and thank you too. As for moresurflesstalk's post, I won't speculate as to the true meaning since I know nothing about the seriousness of its content.

shOwn, as for the rock sculpture, I don't know who the artist is, but it is very anatomically detailed. During the winter it is usually covered in moss, and sometimes seaweed. During the summer months, it's completely tan. Here's another pic of it when the sand has filled in the beach. And no, that's not me. A Japanese tour company was doing a photo shoot that day, and wanted an American in the brochure pics, so this guy volunteered, and was given $100 cash for that one shot.

Well, unlike many others here, I'll speak from experience. Every so often Dillon does look like the picture above - but take a closer look at how far that wall is standing up from the peak. It's a mirage. You paddle for an hour, only to find it's sectioning off too fast to make. Take one wave, get passed by, paddle for another hour. Then deal with the degenerate meth-heads who will slash your tires or worse to protect "their" spot. I wish it were as good as it looked, then it might be worth dealing with them. Most hardcore norcal guys go there once to claim how hardcore they are, then never bother going back because the sad truth is its not worth the hassle.

Hassle is one thing, sharks are another. I tried to convince myself it wasn't that bad until that most recent attack opened my eyes. I talked to the Bodega Marine Lab researchers, and they told me that off the point, they get UNBAITED hits on a decoy seal cut-out on average every 2.9 hours. Just as bad as the Farallones. And I wouldn't surf the Farallones on a bet, so why Dillon?

The last straw was when I found this seal washed up after my final session. How bad do you want it?

@apocalypsenow, Best. Post. Ever. Awesome.
@waveglider, yours gets honorable mention for the picture of the dude posing on the rock sculpture.

Holy chomp! That's quite a calling card. That looks worse than my foot post fin-stab.

I see that section now in pic #1. Pretty pics nonetheless. Thanks for the perspective @ApocalypseNow

@apocalypsenow...thank you. that's amazing.