worse than it looks, and that is saying something; mushy, soft, choppy, crumbly, disorganized, weak, jumbled... these are all words that describe mid-beach OB from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Dolphins are definitely the best thing going on in the water today.
fair-. beautiful sunset, warm, mild wind... can't remember the last time I had such a chill evening surf at OB (last fall?). inside section was thump and dump, but thruster riders looked like they were having fun. eventually the tide dropped enough and the outside bar producing shoulder high ramps. nice one.
poor +, but more fun than it looks. A few waist high nuggets mixed in with crumbly shore dump. Actually found a clean a-frame "peak" but the northward current made it tough to stay on it. on the plus side, it is empty out there, even at the typically popular OB spots. Multiple dolphin pods and some serious schools of fish too.