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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

piss_shiver — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:32:02 -0800

Solid overhead pushing 2x. It takes a special snowflake to even try today. Being my usual self, I of course, was dismissive. Got out the 6'4 gringo thinking eh, no biggie.OK, biggie. Three mouseketeers put in where the crow flies, and after that it was a 6 bar full signal duck a l'orange slogfest. A few times we gave each other 'the look'. You know as you paddle out, and a huge folding meaty beast roars on the inside, and it makes you pause, and 'look' at your paddle partner in disbelief and dismay for confirmation. I even gave the roundup signal, but you know, stubborn me...never gives up a fight even if up against the ropes. So I pushed. And I got out. The next question is what now....I made it out, so now I have to actually DO something. I'm watching HUGE bombs just spray to the South. I see H20 in the pit to the South and I'm like 'wow, I'm glad I'm not there'. So my strategy to get back in was to get a tweener. Not a huge outlier bomb, but something imbetween in the pit. I move in and take the risk. Next thing I know I see a tweener building. Go time. Stand, yet I feel air...shit...then...thankfully board again...tha tha tha tha tha tha tha F YEAHHHHH!

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

sandcastle — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:53:02 -0800

Double session today. Definitely ass cold this morning. Hood, gloves, the whole shebang. Very wonky and hard to line up. But there was some size and power moving out there. Got one HH+ right and had to go to work. Grabbed a sunset session and paid a heavy entry fee. Took 30 mins to get out. Same story as this morning. Wonky and crossed up but some shapely HH+ shoulders rolling through. Again with one nice right and called it good. Better than poor because I made it out and caught a couple.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

SFOBKnewb — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:50:14 -0800

Got a few fun ones in the middle around 2:30. Waist to chest high on the sets, not too crowded, super-easy paddle with dry hair. Overall a good way to ease back into cold water surfing. T'was fun

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Other

Rev.MCC — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:38:53 -0800

I had fun on small longboard friendly waves... at that rocky place with the seaweed...
just me and one or two others made for a nice vibe...

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poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

RashGuard — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:26:52 -0800

Looked alot better than it was. Kinda a mix between close outs and mushy shoulders. Alot of current sucking me south and ass cold this morning. I got two and called it a day.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

Cazart — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:05:16 -0800

7-8 a. Windswelly. Marginal. Some occasional goodness. Just couldn't get too excited about it. Wish I'd checked OB. Probably better now.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

gamed — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:32:26 -0800

Fun morning out there. No wind, mostly small waves with larger sets. Lots of clean lefts, some rights. I was out from 8-9:30; the waves seemed a lot mushier by the end.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Other

hurricanewe — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:22:25 -0800

Got a little post work action this evening. Shoulder high to a bit overhead, fairly clean, with some right runners in the mix amidst a lotta sectiony ones. Decent sized crowd in a tight spot. Maintenance needs, warm temps, and an ill sunset made it worth it the while.

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poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

mlanson — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:39:01 -0800

Size, check. Shape, not checked. Anyone else see the tow surfer? Kind of funny towing into DOH crap. Looked like he was the only one catching anything though...

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surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

sticker — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:09:16 -0800

Punxsutawney Phil is full of sh*t--Spring has arrived at SFOB. 1.5x but textured, unorganized, & misshapen. Fun w/low standards, though.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

Cazart — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:43:40 -0800

A weird report for a weird session:
Really fun at first, with the high tide allowing for some long runs, but then the new swell appeared like an angry ex-girlfriend and...carnage. Just carnage. But then it seemed to back off again and bunnies frolicked in the meadow. (I wouldn't trust those bunnies. I think they're packing switchblades.) So, the after veering wildly between "fair-plus" and "fair-minus," let's just call it "fair." But weird.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Other

gamed — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:06:15 -0800

It was big and lumpy out there, but with enough lulls for reasonable paddle back. I got a couple of huge, crumbly waves between 8-9. The weather was unattractive from my car, but fine once I was out.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

surfermax — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:56:52 -0800

10am was one hell of a paddle out at play land.Definitely brought the wrong board. way too thick. still a good paddle, Lots of force behind them waves today. got sucked back and went over on another. looks like it mellowed out again just 2hrs later. had fun.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

sticker — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:22:21 -0800

Glassy, slight offshores, & 6'@15s swell normally elicits woohoo's, but something was off. Too right place/right time. Way outer bar would throw on occasion, crumble at other times. Infrequent, but just frequent enough to keep me, for much of the session, smack dab inbetween it & in the inner bar. Some beautiful waves seemed to break off in the distance, both S & N of me, but it rarely lined up. Caught a few, still stoked, but a bit of a frustrating day. I'm guessing someone out there is really stoked b/c they successfully lined a bunch up.

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surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

nicoleslaw — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:39:00 -0800

His and hers http://t.co/RXCyNClp http://t.co/bvnhovSC #sfob

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surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

josh — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:42:08 -0800

In hindsight, a #longboard wasn't the right choice. Spent most of my morning #surf paddling desperately away from big waves at #SFOB

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

JLW — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:24:42 -0800

Racy and a little closed out. The waves couldn't decide whether they wanted to break on the inner bar or outer bar. A little warbly and disorganized. Chest high with occasional head high sets. Punch and power behind the waves, but backing off sometimes on the outside and waiting to break on the inside. Very hard to get a good wave due to the inconsistency. Fair -

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

hypno toad — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:12:03 -0800

OB takes a day off from beating the crap out of everyone! Mellow and small. Good day to dust off the log. Probably not worth it anymore with the high tide.

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great surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

glenviewsurf — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:55:07 -0800

Can you say "uluwatu?". Peeling left and rights from boat docks to sharp park. Lots of workable corners. Why go to Bali when we have our own slice of heaven here? Seriously.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

Eduardo420 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:36:24 -0800

fun surf out there this morning around low tide, semi clean HH+ working nicely on the outside bars where i was. things were a little disorganized with the short period but no complaints here, lot of wedgy ones to fill the stoke.

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fair surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

chezwhitey — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:55:55 -0800

Peely and weirdly peaky at a place that often isn't. A little soft, but I'm a big boy who can will myself into waves with the help of my trusty steed, right? Off-crowd fun.

Messed around with the goAmateur wrist mount. Interesting way to critique my footwork and front arm form.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Half Moon Bay

Capra — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:31:24 -0800

Jumped in by the twin kook pipes this afternoon and boy did it feel good to get wet again. Some fun corners to be had in the right spot at the right time. The last round of storms seem to have dredged the hell out of the beach. There were a lot more rocks and there was a huge exposed pipe on the Mexico end that I've never seen before - surrounded by mud slicks where there used to be a lot of sand.

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

Cazart — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:58:54 -0800

I came, I saw, I turned around and left. But it might get better with some tide. Sigh.

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surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

sticker — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:39:24 -0800

Blind paddle in to the heavy fog at SFOB. Warbly chaos throwing 1.5-2x OH waves around... Waves you wouldn't take home to momma.

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good surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

greacen — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:05:01 -0800

Wow. Lots of smiling folks paddling around, but I think there were even more waves than people. Beauty-eous HH+ lining up all along this little neighborhood of the coast. Peelers that go on and on and onnnnnn... the paddle back to the take-off-zone was loooooooonnng (and totally worth it).

Caught a looooong sectiony wave from ### to ### (is that vague enough?). Saw @T blast across a steep pumping wave and land gently in the impact zone just before a realbig set steamed through. Boom! At least it pushed us back to the parking lot.

Sun, hardly a puff of breeze... Wow.

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poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Other

Rick Kane — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:10:01 -0800

Went to my local beach not in San Francisco eager to get a session in because I've been going through withdrawals. To quote the Schaler algorithm on Surfline, conditions were "none." No visibility due to fog. From what I was able to make out it looked super disorganized. No one out.

I walked the beach anyway and picked up trash left at the high tide line. Here was the score:
- Cheetos bag
- Scraps of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup packaging
- Several red plastic straws
- Several plastic bottle caps
- Plastic tampon applicator
- Assorted pieces of plastic packaging
- All collected in a container for "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!"

I would've taken a photo of the trash but, you know, Location Turtle and all that.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

shredlife — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:32:46 -0800

hopped on the bike and headed south cause i took one look at ob and realized there was no way i was gonna make it out.

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fair surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

sandcastle — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:51:32 -0800

Took the drive down with my brand new, custom made board from Sunset Shapers. Amazing how different the surfing experience is there. No shore break at all, long peeling rights (if a little mushy), and concentrated take off zone. Took awhile to get lined up. Eventually got some of the longest rides I've ever had. Not bad. Not bad at all.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

tracey — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:04:56 -0800

It's cleaned up quite a bit from earlier in the week. There is swell, it's not junky, but expect closeouts and long lulls. Swinging wildly from Knee-Chest high to Chest-Head. Workable with patience.

Sun's out. Light winds. Froggies singing over in the marsh.

I've got a warm fuzzy layer of extra stoke this morning after dusting off a board that's been sitting in a corner for well over two years. A friend gave me the board when I'd only been surfing maybe a year and a half. It's a floaty 7'4 round-tail thruster. In fact, this is the very board I took out the first time I ever surfed with Greacen (my log was in the shop.) I flailed around on that board so hard. Every wave I got I pearled. I was really surprised he kept surfing with me. I was terrible. After a particularly kooky day, I put the board in the back of the rack and decided to focus on the basics on my log before trying again. Today I tried again. I was expecting to burn a day but turns out the board is kinda fun now that I've got half a clue how to use it. It was nothing pretty (I was rocking newborn-deer style pretty hard,) but hooray for slow and steady improvement.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

650booger — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:36:57 -0800

lumpy wedgers this morning before work. found a few fun waves for prone riding, but nothing great. nice to be back in the water after the storms though. Fair.

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good surfing conditions at Tahoe - Mt. Rose

austinwim — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:38:02 -0800

Mt. Rose being up around 9000 feet has definitely benefited the most from this weekend.
Friday: it was dumping in Tahoe city but didn't turn into snow until night around 12.30ish, there could be an extra foot of snow if it was colder bummer...
Saturday: snowed all day woot!
Sunday: I skiied Mt. Rose from 10 to 2ish didn't feel the need to push it seeing as I have a season pass. Was windy (15-35mph) and turned into a white out around 1. As we were driving it was 22 degrees and the snow was getting fluffier. Mt. Rose claims 42 inches at base and I believe it got a lot of freshies although only lakeview was open.
My buddies went to squaw said it was poor wind blew off all the snow and rain didn't help, icey patches and puddles.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Other

hurricanewe — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:59:51 -0800

Fast drops into closeout right barrels with a few makeable ones in the mix. None for this guy. SH-HH. Difficult on the backhand with howling winds. Health hazards aside, I love surfing in storms at dusk.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

piss_shiver — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:45:49 -0800

Really good time out there this morning. I looked at the wind projections, and the swell size/period and decided a trip down S would be best. Sometimes I get it wrong and sometimes I get it right. I got it right. LM was lined up, giving nice long rides, with not too many people on the peaks. Norteno side offered very nice head high rollers. Tucked into a few dead ends, but the size was saying it would be of no major consequence, so I stayed in till it got dark a few times. Went back down Southside for a second helping with a few friends, so it was a one and a half session morning :) Dunno why everyone was congregating there, but then again, I was alone Northside and that's just fine says selfish me. Good times.
Polished it off with a free coffee from Sbux because the barista took pity on me because the lady before me was executing a laundry list (no less than 10 fru-fru drinks). So I took my two bucks I saved and went next door to have the bear claw of surfer's revenge. Tore into that mothertrucker like a bear on a mission, digging into the hive....impervious and unabated by the swarm of stings. Fair+, standing on two hind legs, sniffing the wind.

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surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

sticker — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:43:33 -0800

After a 40 min paddle at SFOB, longest of the season, found head high glassy but windswelly peaks held up by offshore winds. Fun & chaotic.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

JLW — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:24:23 -0800

Waist-Chest high sort of near the middle-ish kinda. Inconsistent. Clean long lines were scattered throughout the beach and there was no real defined peak where I was at, or as far as I could see in either direction. Lined up and fun when you could get a good one. Not too weak either. I rode a 5'6" stubby shortboard and was having a ball. This was between 6:45 and 8:30 AM.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

platypus — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:09:57 -0800

Clean small fun this morning. Waist shoulder high and clean. Cold, but felt good when the sun came out. Empty.

Giving it fair- compared to the excellent surf we have been having. Also a bit intermittent. But enjoyable on some foam if you feel like getting out.

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Half Moon Bay

greacen — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:06:47 -0800

Checked a bunch of spots from Pacifica down through HMB. Not a whole lot happening, unless you like wild whitewater and dumping close-outs. Settled on something small and somewhat glassy and found a few moments of fun.

Sunny, offshore breeze, not-too-chilly!

observed: Some folks suiting up at a cove that seemed pretty hairy. Are you reading this? Did it work out?

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poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

3eagles — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:04:51 -0800

Kite boarders are out... Nuff said.

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Other

im-white — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:14:59 -0800

stay in bed, get your rest for tomorrow we will feast

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

hypno toad — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:54:32 -0800

Super soft by the time I got there. Not sure but I think I saw Jeff Clark on an SUP.

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good surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

platypus — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:01:58 -0800

Not gonna bother with details. The freaking magical run continues.

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good surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

jdquay — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:28:49 -0800

Anyone else see the juvenile whale in the Mid-Aves around 8am??! Maybe a humpback? Surfaced 5-6 times and was inside of the lineup in approx 12' of water. Pretty amazing. Hope it doesnt end up beached...

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

greacen — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:54:24 -0800

Small bumps coming in. The ones that don't just crumble and die all seem to jack up and immediately collapse. Face-time for the lucky.

Beautiful morning though. Breeze is offshore.

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good surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

H20MansLibrary — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:37:08 -0800

Magic

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good surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

going_left — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:52:14 -0800

surfed from 1 to 3. fun. lefts and rights up and down the joint. current pulling the crowd towards chile. didn't really mind that since there were waves everywhere. was maybe waist to HH. the offies where a little annoying making visibility hard on the take off.

stoked!

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surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

sticker — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:03:44 -0800

Clear skies, big moon, & small, fun playful surf this morn at SFOB. Nice adrenaline rejuvenation session on the fish.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

eric — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:08:37 -0800

Ate it and lost a contact on the first wave, so the rest of the sesh was a bit of a blur. Nothing like not seeing the wave until it's right on top of you and having almost no depth perception to keep you on your toes. Ended up getting a few OK rides but I'd call it fair-/poor+ at best. Seemed to get wonkier as the day went on.

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

Cazart — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:01:53 -0800

Good morning. My name is Cazart and I'll be your surfer today. I'd like to tell you about our specials...on this end of the table we have Jumbo Family Size Closeouts, and on the other end, the more petite Gutless, Dribbling Closeouts. All served freezing cold.
Can I get you something from the bar?

P.S. It's probably better now.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

platypus — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:09:14 -0800

Clean, glassy, intermittent. Beautiful morning with some fun waves, but incoming tide and falling swell made it a bit git or miss. 1.5x+ on the biggest set waves, solid HH+ in general. Definitely fun but didn't quite live up to its promise...

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surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

sticker — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:07:01 -0800

Morning sick at SFOB. 1.5x, powerful, glassy, & offshore, but warbly. Fun if you can line up a shifty non-closed out peak.

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