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.

"Yeah, but how did der wagen do?"

"Cazart: It got there! That realbig set hurt. I took all 5 waves on the head, including ..."

"it's a long line of wrecks on the road to radical"

"@caz- Der Wagen got me there in style as usual. I had a moment of freakout when I was goin ..."

"Nothing worse than a lyin', backstabbin' gas gauge. "

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!

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.

"I'm going to pretend each and every one of those closeouts was a barrel. Ahh, that's bette ..."

"optimism+"

Fun stuff out there this morning. WH-CH peelers, occasionally walled-up. Not a lot of wind, but the ocean was a little bumpy. Lots of smiling faces.

observed: MOON!

"That was super-fun. Great to see everyone. Stoked!"

"Happy I didn't completely burn a day on the little board. Chilly, moonfilled, and fun enuf ..."

"@tracey, how'd the new fin go?"

"That's no moon..."

"New fin is okay enough. I didn't overshoot the scrappy little waves I got like I normally ..."

Quality, not quantity. Pretty dang fun in the sun tho. HH+ on the larger sets. A little texture on the water but barely any breeze. The crowd was in good spirits too... LOTS of smiles. Calling it G- because it could still be better, and you need a little minus-y doubt, don't you.

Observed: a flight of cormorants swimming around.

"Pretty long lulls but big forgiving waves on the sets. Sure the tide was fat and my wave c ..."

Remarkably junky this morning with the low tide. Possibly getting better as it rises tho. Couple of fun moments tossed in there just to tease. Go see for yourself.

overheard: "the sandbars are crap."

"There's sandbars there?"

"Crapbars, apparently. "

"Some fun was had between 8-9am. Looked like it had softened a bit when I was pulling away ..."

"I occasionally surf the spot because it's close to my work. I check it once in awhile if O ..."

"who's feeling insecure?"

Enjoyed the last few moments of this swell. Bye bye. More riptide madness and ob-junior currents to paddle against. Mostly WH breaking on each side of the rip. Found myself in the right place at the right time (a couple of times) and called it a day.

Moderate offshore breeze. Sunny! Not a whole lot of people in the water.

"improved around 1 for about an hr then took another dump"

Smaller than yesterday, but still pretty fun. WH-CH peelers. Breezy, but offshore. Southbound current reminiscent of a mild day at ob, kept the arms flapping. Funky rips kept me on my toes. Sunny!

"u forgot to mention coooolllllllddddddd and windy and coooooooollllllddddd. had on booties ..."

"Super fun this morning at the snowy end. WH-CH sections opening up into a channel for some ..."

"The crowd volume seemed to ebb and flow; ok when I arrived, suddenly hectic, eventually al ..."