StokeReport User Surf Reports

Kayaker killed by swan

magic_surf_bus — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:33:45 -0700

Do we need to start referring to swans as "the man in the white tuxedo"?

Schaler from Surfline, your surf reporting is priceless...

magic_surf_bus — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:13:42 -0800

The rest of the world looks at the Linda Mar cam at 7:20 this morning and sees looming 10-12 ft rollers pounding with a majestic ferocity. You? You see 4-6 ft. with occasional 8ft and "looking mostly closed out"

Staring At The Sea

magic_surf_bus — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:31:52 -0700

Standing on the beach staring at the sea, there's no place I'd rather be.

Stretching from side to side, the cold reaches deep, but I'm beckoned by the incoming tide.

Skier gets stoked with personal jet pack [video]

magic_surf_bus — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:32:02 -0700

This is really cool, but imagine how loud the mountainside would get if everyone had one.

Memorial Paddle Out for Barney the Sea Lion This Weekend

magic_surf_bus — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:55:07 -0700

This week, we lost a great friend.

Barney, the sea lion, was doing what he loved most when fate intervened - surfing and eating just outside the breakers at Linda Mar.

Catch a wave in Wyoming

magic_surf_bus — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:52:45 -0700

Jackson, Wyoming (CNN) -- A surfboard atop a vehicle, 700 miles from the nearest ocean, is your first clue that the surf's up in Wyoming.
Along the Snake River, just south of Jackson, Mother Nature provides a unique venue for the surf-obsessed in a region better known for wolves, grizzly bears, bison and the rugged Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks.

Gulf sea floor leak now confirmed by BP and Whitehouse

magic_surf_bus — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:44:37 -0700

Just when we thought the worst might be over... This could mean the leaks will prove to be unstoppable.

Double Rainbow = STOKE! [video]

magic_surf_bus — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:34:07 -0700

When it's glassy, overhead and peeling, I talk to myself like this in the lineup...

The BP Oil Spill Over-layed on SF Bay Area

magic_surf_bus — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:02:17 -0700

This is more than a little depressing, but helpful to get a grasp on the scope of the disaster. A Google Maps engineer has set up a webpage that helps give a sense of the size of the BP spill by overlaying on some of the world's major cities.

The Killer Fungus Crypto-coccosis Is Set To Invade California

magic_surf_bus — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:05:14 -0700

Gee, I wonder where this could have originated. Maybe in the waters of O.B. a few months back?

Huge Wave Hits Cruise Ship, Killing 2

magic_surf_bus — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:14:06 -0800

ATHENS, Greece — A 26-foot wave smashed into a cruise ship carrying nearly 2,000 people in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, smashing glass windshields and killing two passengers, according to officials and news reports.

KQED Video - The Science of Big Waves

magic_surf_bus — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:36:36 -0800

A nice video about Mavericks and big waves featuring our favorite meteorologist Bill Martin

Cool Mavericks P.O.V. Video from 1/10/10 [video]

magic_surf_bus — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:31:17 -0800

Bart Willems makes it look easy!

good surfing conditions at San Mateo - Half Moon Bay

magic_surf_bus — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:55:30 -0800

Dunes Beach getting shaped by strong offshores right now, with a building swell.

It's been a few months since I last surfed there and I've never seen Dunes as good as it was between 10-11AM.

HH+ on the bigger sets.

Only 8 people out, while only 1 mile up the coast at the Jetty 30 people battled for waist high waves ;-)

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