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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

MixedBagofTricks — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:47:31 -0700

Good day to fish...it's flat

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poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

platypus — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:57:51 -0700

As if the buoy & wind readings didn't tell you already, let me attest that OB was knee to waist high (on the set waves) wind slop with stiff onshores this morning.

However - I was sick all last week and damned if I wasn't going to paddle out. Egged on by sticker, I took my low expectations into the water and damned if I didn't have a fun kookslop session. Lots of little pathetic (yet fun) rides. One of those days when you get out of the water, look back & think "damn did I just surf that crap?".

Bad bad bad conditions yet enjoyable session for me. Also didn't look like it was going to be any better tomorrow...

Your mileage may vary.

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poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

shredlife — Sun, 20 May 2012 13:54:18 -0700

dodged the bay to breakers crowd, scored some fun little ones. skated a quarterpipe with friends on the closed great highway and met / talked with k spaz about ob. good times in the sun.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Other

Squid Lips — Sun, 20 May 2012 09:39:55 -0700

Looked like crap, surfed better and bigger south of the crowded spot. Good vibes and I shared the line up with three mellow guys. Double digits for all. Surprise!

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

caliSUPkitty — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:09:49 -0700

It's sunny and small. Good day to get your SUP on. Haters stay home. Only positive vibes in the water without you. +1

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poor surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

BDsurfer — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:34 -0700

Flat like Cameron Diaz's chest. But on the brighter side, super beautiful day.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

1ptshark1 — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:08:02 -0700

Saterday morning, surfed tacobell rights. got in 7 a.m. not great but had a good maintanance sesion. until the sup's paddled out and changed the vibe. Whats up with those guys?

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

MJ — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:10:05 -0700

Utility session.... Sun was out, wasn't expecting much but ended up finding some fun rides. There is a left across from the bell that was working well. I would do it again.

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fair surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

AC — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:06:07 -0700

Soouuper looong lulls....but some fun clean glassy chest high sets. It was nice to be reminded what a right point break is.

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

lmnewbe — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:27:00 -0700

Windy, lumpy, bumpy. I went in with low expectations. managed to connect the dots on one or two. Got out of the water feeling like i had a decent go-out.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

surfermax — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:31:21 -0700

Choppy Sloppy but not bad. Got some short rides. Saw a huge sea lion headed straight towards me. I think he wanted a bite of my sweet feet.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Other

greacen — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:01:26 -0700

Stopped at LM to survey the mess. Didn't look so hot. We took the scenic tour of the local backroads and found progressively better conditions as we meandered southward. Picked a good-enough spot and found a WH peeling right that kept on giving. Pretty fun!

Overcast, occasionally breezy. Nobody else in the water.

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

Tenderloin tom — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:13:10 -0700

Cold and gray mush potatoes, topped with 1-2 foot crumbles
-------~ OLB would go!

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great surfing conditions at San Mateo - Other

piss_shiver — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:23:23 -0700

SCRATCHYYYYYYY!!!!!!! I was the only guy out and there was a sole whale playing in the lineup. I couldn't believe my eyes, nor could I believe that I had gotten that close. I paddled over to it, and it ran away. Then sticker and this other guy showed up. We caught some blech waves but whatever, it's something to do, especially after a sleepless, perturbed night. I should have medicated but whatever I'm not like that. Sticker stuck around and a few minutes later we kept seeing bulbous buoyant barnacled bodies bobbing up and down, so I started to chase. Me and my bright ideas. We got to them and I shit you not, if we wanted to pet them, we could have. I was within ***10feet*** of a mother and her calf, but I decided to not touch them for fear of a breach due to spooking it. Absolutely amazing. Quite possibly the most amazing thing I've ever seen out there. I've seen whales before, but not that close. Contact made. Contact.

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surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

tehdely — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:41:08 -0700

Pedaled up and down SFOB and saw nothing but junky slop. Went home. Felt the winds shift a little bit on my way back through the park. Alas.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

Purpeana — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:40:47 -0700

Really fun, bowly peaks in the CH-SH range. Pretty inconsistent, but the sets always provided 2-3 good, rippable waves. Not much crowd, but a good amount of current. The south swell + incoming tide made it hard to stay on the same peak. Water felt a few degrees warmer than normal but maybe it was the warm evening air. Once the tide came in it sort of killed the spot I was at, but even as I was changing i saw some good sets roll in and it made me wish I stayed out just a little longer.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

sandcastle — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:47:58 -0700

Mediocre maintenance session. Got one nice, long, waist-high right. The rest was pretty meh. But still, not windy, easy paddle, and better than going to the gym.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

Kevi — Sat, 12 May 2012 12:08:02 -0700

Fun in the upper latitudes despite dropping tide and weekend crowds. Might be worth a look this afternoon if the wind stays calm.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Other

platypus — Sat, 12 May 2012 11:48:59 -0700

Fun shoulder high dumpers with some corners. Pretty stoked given the weak options today.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

tehdely — Sat, 12 May 2012 10:49:38 -0700

First I had a cup of tea, and then I got on the bike.

It was freeeezing pedaling out to OB this morning. I actually added a couple extra hills just to crank up the body heat, because apparently arm warmers + leg warmers were not enough to battle the gloom. Srsly cold. Ugh.

I arrived at $STREET[0] at 6 AM at high tide. The wind was blowing something fierce and the waves were flooded. Nothing to surf, nobody trying. I pedaled up to $STREET[1] instead because I saw a solitary surfer paddle out there. He knew something I did not, which is that it was breaking in one little spot on the outside. I've never surfed $STREET[1] before. It was alright but the current pulled me out of the spot 3x before I gave up.

Anyhow, the falling tide shut that spot down and I pedaled down to $STREET[0], still suited up, to find that the wind had stopped and some nice little rollers had formed. 2-3 people were working it. I joined them and feasted on tasty bites.

As I left, per usual, it was shaping up, gaining size and a bunch of surfers were arriving. It's getting sunny. Probably be great!

I earned my breakfast.

Also: biking in a wetsuit is funny. Go REALLY slow!

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

hurricanewe — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:33:08 -0700

OLB was going off today! Screaming and threatening to run a dude over in the lineup and getting shit talked in the lot. Hilarity. Homie needs a deep tissue massage and a few xanax real bad. Anyhow, the lot peaks were packed, but there were some fun uncrowded ones a few minutes up the beach. Shoulder highish with a few head high ones on rare sets. Soft as usual, but not closing out. OB looked fog locked and kinda hacked by afternoon, but Linda stayed close to glassy, sunny, and hot. No complaints.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

CO Kid — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:58:38 -0700

Good times this morning! I was in from 7-8:15'ish. Found a solid rip that made for a dry hair paddle out which otherwise would have been a paddle fest. Pretty Clean, solid, focused peaks with some power...I thought I was at OB. Boomy Drops but fast shoulders. Some closeouts but hey it is Lindy. After a good rocking I went south to round out the session with some ego boosters.

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good surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

Squid Lips — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:55:06 -0700

Beautiful morning. CH+ on the small end. Opted not to sit in the pack for the steep and fast inside; found my own roller coaster near a rip. Plenty of waves, plenty of stoke and plenty of sunshine.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

mlanson — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:16:56 -0700

You're welcome. Those of you who made it out today, I'm glad you got to enjoys the great spirit's personal birthday gift to me.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

piss_shiver — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:53:09 -0700

Very nice today, a whale spotting, a dolphin reconnoiter, and a dragonfly pretending to be a parrot. Oh yeah there were some nice shoulder to head tasties for the taking too. Clean, but a little spring mixy, but it's May 10, so I'm not expecting much :) Go get some whilst you can. I may go out later too for the double, depending on the wind.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

greacen — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:41:57 -0700

This is a late post from my early am session. Quite a bit bigger and wilder than yesterday. Wind was up a bit too. Still plenty of zippy low-tide leftiness to enjoy. A few more people in the water, but plenty of waves (and mega-close-outs) to go around.

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poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

platypus — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:05:44 -0700

Mixed up maintenance surf. A couple of nuggets but still can't recommend it. felt like things might be about to change though...

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poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

sandcastle — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:04:25 -0700

Meh. Sunny and an easy paddle. That's about it.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

greacen — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:15:27 -0700

I got an early start on the morning, took a peek and passed on SMLM. I headed south toward one of the off-the-grid spots which looked good enough to give a taste-test. The waves were CH, heavy, and pounding./dredging right a the edge of a sandbar. I had my ass served back to me on a paper plate. Decided to trek back up toward LM and paddle off the shame. To my surprise, I found a nice glassy WH peeling left. The fog even cleared and let the sun come out. Pretty damn fun.

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surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

tehdely — Tue, 08 May 2012 08:08:59 -0700

There were no waves at SFOB this morning, just slop. Basically, I got to play dress-up and get some "sun". Good bike ride though!

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Other

Rev.MCC — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:03:40 -0700

the spot away from the people collected like seagulls fighting for scraps was actually pretty fun every 10 minutes or so... Had a lot of fun with lefts & rights all longboard fun... wish you were there but won't say where...

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

piss_shiver — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:29:53 -0700

Small fun in the sun. Found a peak that was breaking and paddled out at low tide. Few others out too. No wind, clear, and a nice respite from the howling of late. I wish there was more pulse, but I'll take the tiny clarity over victory at sea. Bring logs and or volume, or just drop later :) That's what I did. Also, yesterday someone stole my goddam sandals at the beach. Unattended doesn't mean unwanted. *FIST SHAKE AT SKY*

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

Purpeana — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:43:39 -0700

Considering how crappy the conditions have been + great weather = surf day. CH-SH+, crumblers with no real organization or consistency. Every once in awhile a nice nugget would stand up. I went on the high tide, which i think helped smooth things out compared to this morning's surf check. Both the winds and the crowds are light. Only complaint is that I hadn't been in the water in weeks and I started to develop noodle arms just after 45 minutes. Time to head back to the beach to get some sun and c h i l l.

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fair surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

Kevi — Sat, 05 May 2012 19:09:30 -0700

Started on the west side in the AM, but there wasn't much action. So I took off for a more pleasurable spot in the PM, with long fun WH-SH rights for the longboard.

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poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

Purpeana — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:19:59 -0700

It's so damn nice out it's a shame that SFOB is still sloppy jo-loppy. Poor shape...SH-HH waves breaking all over the place. Still pretty windy (I'm over this freakin' wind). Saw two guys out the entire stretch of the beach. At some parts of the beach the inside looked kind of fun to body surf. Happy Cinco de Mayo!

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

hurricanewe — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:29:48 -0700

Highway to the danger zone. Some of the worst board ditching and body flailing I've ever seen was going down out there this morning. TOTAL SHIT SHOW. Multiple collisions, double to triple burns, and a large pack of clueless guys on big, hospitalizing boards. Pretty sketchy in regards to saftey. Definitely some fun spring style shoulder high lefts running for a while if you found a way through the shooting gallery gauntlet. Loving the frat boy sponge crew in the lot. One fella put his suit on backwards.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Other

greacen — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:47:40 -0700

Pretty windy down here. Found a spot that should have been totally blown-out, but wasn't. Plenty of chop, but there were waves. Shifty. Larger sets were SH (and remember I'm a giant, that might be HH to you). Worth the paddle.

Sun, whale spouts in the distance. No human beings in the water ('cept me).

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poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

paddleout — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:05:37 -0700

Pretty onshore, hacked up and sucky, highway closed (again), but found a 'reasonably' smooth stretch of ocean and caught a few small semi-nugs. Crowds were NOT an issue (joke) - came out of the water more stoked than most SC sesh's. Glad I paddled out.

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great surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

Cazart — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:21:10 -0700

"Great" may be a little strong, but jesus-h-christ-on-a-funboard it's been a while. Go today if you can; it's fittin' ta blow out again.

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fair surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

Eduardo420 — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:53:40 -0700

Nice morning out there,mostly sunny skyes with almost no wind. Things started a little slow but got better with the dropping tide after 9, SH+ lines and only a few guys on the lineup, long lulls but all in all a fun, glassy sesh.
Went to a surfshop and got a rip curl f-bomb 5/4 for 280$, double stoked

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

wavecraver — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:00:22 -0700

Millworks at around noon was tons of fun, the unorganized short period confusion got organized and for a while offered up some wedging overhead gems. Winds got light to nearly nothing. Went from poor to good...for a while.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Other

futuresparky — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:18:45 -0700

somewhere between fair and good somewhere south of the Salinian Block (look it up! learn something!) - chest to shoulder high. find a place to hide from the wind, and you got it made.

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surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

sticker — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:13:40 -0700

Free bucking bronco rides at SFOB. Just need to get past the inner bar bouncer. HH, good energy, nice shape, but bumpy! #stoked

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

futuresparky — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:42:12 -0700

haha I actually went out in the slop tonight. was pretty bad, but still nabbed a few fun corners here and there. right time + right equipment + trashy waves = ?? I won't say the location I have been going to lately, which has been a lot better, but i thought with the south wind and all lindy would be moderately fun. not too disappointed.

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poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

Purpeana — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:45:34 -0700

KH to WH wind chop. Fog rolled in right around 5pm. I sat and watched it for awhile and saw maybe 1 or 2 waves that looked surfable. Tide is still kind of high and it's doing that weird switch-over thing that isn't helping. Saw a few LB'ers snag a few, but all I have is a fish which I brought. Even with that, it would have been tough. Classic spring.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

paddleout — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:02:50 -0700

oooh oooh
pain at the view
the wave outside
chasing scraps to ride

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

sandcastle — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:19:01 -0700

Modest little sunset sesh. Easy paddle, warmer water, mellow vibe, somewhat adequate waves. And that friggin sunset! Good lord. Stoked.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

platypus — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:34:22 -0700

Not super clean but still surprisingly fun. Shoulder high and generally a little soft - well suited to fish or long board. Saw a couple of people ripping on short boards too though - you know who you are.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

SFOBKnewb — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:07:06 -0700

Was out from 5-7pm, there were long lulls, but some fune ones mixed in. I got a bunch of waves, some fun, some meh. Was good to get out there though.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

tracey — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:03:39 -0700

Much better than I thought the low tide would be. It's small, there are looooooong lulls, but with winds are southerly and things are clean. You're gonna want plenty of foam to cruise the soft thigh-waist high waves and the water's a rather funky brown so you're gonna want to avoid gulping any down. Fun enough for me, the whales took a pass and headed south.

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