Wednesday, April 25, 2007
late april 07
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Pacifica - 21 April 07 Showery south offshore wind day. Went out toward sunset and everything started to "grey out". Waves were a little slow and crowded at first, but then I started to get some fun, uncrowded, 3-4ft rights as people started to clear out.
Sands Beach - Santa Barbara, CA 14 April 07 Went to a nice beach wedding in SB and had a chance to go surfing on Sat. Sands Beach was definately picking up more swell than other close to spots. Wave were 2-4ft and fairly clean. Kelp forests just offshore helped clean the waves up....wish we had more of that around here. People out but there was room to spread out and there were some nice privileges at times. Sunny weather.
Bolinas-Bodega Bay 10 April 07 Jumped on the grenade and took the day off to go surfing. Started at Bolinas with some 2-4ft waves. Sideshore wind and sunny. Nice fish waves when I first got out. Lagoon was crowded so I ended up at the patch wishing I had a longboard. Drove from there to Drakes Beach and stared at 2-4ft closeouts. Went from there to Bodega Bay in time to surf the last 1 hour before sunset. Offshore wind with overcast skies and many closeouts, but some nice fast rides in between. More driving than I require to do for a long time but the day still felt like a good surf day.
Pacifica - 21 April 07 Showery south offshore wind day. Went out toward sunset and everything started to "grey out". Waves were a little slow and crowded at first, but then I started to get some fun, uncrowded, 3-4ft rights as people started to clear out.
Sands Beach - Santa Barbara, CA 14 April 07 Went to a nice beach wedding in SB and had a chance to go surfing on Sat. Sands Beach was definately picking up more swell than other close to spots. Wave were 2-4ft and fairly clean. Kelp forests just offshore helped clean the waves up....wish we had more of that around here. People out but there was room to spread out and there were some nice privileges at times. Sunny weather.
Bolinas-Bodega Bay 10 April 07 Jumped on the grenade and took the day off to go surfing. Started at Bolinas with some 2-4ft waves. Sideshore wind and sunny. Nice fish waves when I first got out. Lagoon was crowded so I ended up at the patch wishing I had a longboard. Drove from there to Drakes Beach and stared at 2-4ft closeouts. Went from there to Bodega Bay in time to surf the last 1 hour before sunset. Offshore wind with overcast skies and many closeouts, but some nice fast rides in between. More driving than I require to do for a long time but the day still felt like a good surf day.
Oct 06 to April 07
Pacifica 9 April 07 Not great, but worth getting out for a sunset session at OB. 3-5ft waves and on the junky side, but some rideable shoulders. Felt good to get in.
Pacifica 14 March 07 Nice weather and 3-4ft waves. Surf was mostly raw and closing out but I got a few rides. Worth it just for the weather and light crowds.
Pacifica 11 March 07 Some fun waves at sunset. 3-6ft and nice sunny weather. Mostly liberties and a couple of lefts. Surfed until it got too dark to see.
Pacifica 10 March 07 Nice weather but the waves sucked. Just a bunch of close-outs. I deciced to pack it in after about 30 minutes.
South of Pacifica 3 March 07 Went surfing south of Pacifica, decent beachbreak 2-4ft waves. Not crowded at all and sunny out with no wind, fairly clean conditions. Felt good to get some decent waves.
Pacifica 2 March 07 Surfed 3-4ft waves, sometimes bigger with light onshore wind. Not the best waves but I caught a few ok ones. Good enough, considering that I haven't surfed for a while.
Nowhere 23 Feb 07 I purely wanted to take the oppurtunity to tell you how much the surf has sucked recently. It looked really bad today. I am really feeling the urge to get a couple of at smallest number of so-so waves, but I'm simply not reckless enough yet considering these conditions. I'm looking forward to the day when I can go camping again, when the little ones are little older. I don't care if the waves are epic on those trips, purely a few uncrowded decent ones are enough to make it a successful camping-surf trip.
Pacifica 5 Feb 07 Fun waves "at some beachbreak" adjacent. Light offshore wind and partly sunnty skies. Set waves of 4-6ft coming through occassionaly and some lesser waves were rideable as well. Mostly easy paddles back out. I only hit for about an hour because my shoulders feel shot from trying to paddle into closeouts the past two days. Still fun, simply wish I have saved more juice for today. Guys were on it but crowds not too bad.
South of Pacifica 4 feb Surfing south of Pacifica. Wave were anywhere from 3-7ft. I think the superbowl cut down the crowds a little. A few fun rides but mostly closeouts. Sunny out and the water was fairly glassy by late afternoon when I went out. Ocean Beach was probably going off.
Pacifica 3 Feb Surfed some beachbreak within reach, there weres some rides out there for sure but not many for me. Mosty closeout city.
San Francisco 27 Jan 07 Some set waves up to 7ft, got a couple of waves after a decent amount of paddling, partly cloudy and no wind.
Pacifica - 29 Jan 07 Quick session at LM before picking up daughter from preschool. Mostly closeouts but a few quick rides with shortboard, sunny, nice weather.
Pacifica - 25 Jan 07 3-5ft sunny waves at Linda Mar. A fair amount of closeouts with a few decent rides for me. Fairly crowded as to be expected on a sunny offshore day..even midweek, midday. Superior than going for a run.
Ocean Beach - 15 Jan 07 4-6ft waves at San Francisco. Alas it was mostly merely doubling up and slamming on the inside. Outside was mushy. There were a few more crowded sandbars working in and around town, but my session sucked. Got one good wave at OB and that was about it. Felt good to excercise, been at the computer/work too much.
Half Moon Bay Jetty - 5 Jan 07 Some 3-5ft waves, a few fun rides. Got swamped with the high tide later. Very arctic, blustery (sideshore-offshore) going on made it hard to get in my wetsuit. Joyful I did, not that it was great, but a few sunny waves are always worth it.
San Francisco - 30 Dec 06 Bigger than yesterday (3-6ft) but not quite as clean. Light offshore wind turned into moderate sideshore wind. Lots of closeouts, crowds, crumbly waves, and few short sections. Not my top day but sunny out.
San Francisco - 29 Dec 06 Some fun tiny waves at Ocean Beach towards Sloat. Mostly caught 2-4ft waves but some rare 5 footers would come through. Nice and sunny with light offshore wind. Good sandbars crowded but found a decent empty one.
Pacifica - 19 Dec 06 Mostly closeout surf for me AGAIN. A couple of very short rides and some nice sunny weather, but 3-5 ft closeout surf left me thinking about all the other things I should be doing instead of sitting in the water.
Half Moon Bay Jetty - 17 Dec 06 Sunny out with easy paddle and no current. That's the good part, the bad part was it was mostly 2-4ft closeouts at low tide. Caught a few shoulders and the exercise felt good, but nothing special in terms of surf. Even the main peak looked poor. Offshore-sideshore wind and big closeouts at most other spots from good size WNW swell.
Ocean Beach, San Francisco - 6 Dec 06 Brought the gun board, not because the waves were that big but just to deal with the current. Some fun waves out there and got a few 7ft "bombs" on the outside. After some fun rides I drifted south with the current and caught some decent rides there as well. Nice weather again.
South of Pacifica, 3 Dec 06 Went surfing during an uber-low tide. Lots of closeouts but but a few shoulders opened up. Waves were petite most of the time but some 5ft closeout sets would come through once in a while. OB was probably much improved but also much more crowded. Only a few people out. Nice scenery even thought the waves weren't that happening. Pretty sunset.
Half Moon Bay, 2 Dec 06 Took some poking around but with the offshore wind I settled on one of the Half Moon Bay beaches. Surf was about 2-3ft but sometimes 5ft sets would come through. Fast dropping tide made the waves suck back alot and there were a fair amount of closeouts. Overall there were some fun rides, I simply had to work for them. A few guys were getting some nice microbarrels. Nice, clear, sunny day.
Ocean Beach - San Francisco 30 Nov 06 Some fun waves out there, just not for me. Surf was about 3-5ft and I tried to find an empty sandbar. Should have stuck with the crowded ones, the other bars purely weren't happening despite the offshore wind. Sunny out, started out a bit freezing though so I wore my booties AND hood. A rare occurrence. Here is something new I am trying at Technorati Profile.
Pacifica, 26 Nov 06 Surf was lesser, about 1-3ft but cleaner with showery offshore winds. On the weak side, but better than yesterday. Less crowded too, probably because the heavy rain coming through. Session started out boring and ended boring but somewhere in the middle I caught a few funnish small waves.
Pacifica, 25 Nov 06 UGG! The surf sucked! Sunny, onshore wind, and crowded. The one spot that looked barely OK had a sizable longboard contingency on it. Waves were a blown out 3-5ft. Macro waste of time. it. Pacifica, 21 Nov 06 Felt good to get out after a couple of weeks. Conflicting schedule and house hunting conspired to keep my out of the water but today the sun was out and the waves at LM were about 3-4ft, sometimes 5ft. Not the finest shape, with a fair amount of closeouts but I got some fun rights.
Ocean Beach, San Francisco 1 Nov 06 2-3ft my butt. The waves up to 6ft out there on the bigger sets. I stupidly took my thin leash and busted it after 45 minutes. Mostly clean, overcast waves with some power on the bigger sets. I had fun while it lasted.
Ocean Beach, San Francisco 28 Oct 06 A new nice day at OB. Still sunny out with nice waves, although shape is not quite as good as yesterday but still fun. Took out the 8ft gun even though waves were only 3-6ft. My sore shoulders were thanking me. Easy paddle and I simply picked off some outside waves. I did completely nothing with that board other than go straight down the line but I didn't care, at least I was catching waves without tearing my shoulders.
Ocean Beach, San Francisco 27 Oct 06 Great beach day! Offshore wind all day. Waves up to about 6ft, I raced to the beach trying to beat the sun. People surfing up and down the whole thing, porpoises swimming on the outside, very nice. I didn't get a ton of waves but I got some nice ones right around sunset. A little crowded but that's to expected on a day like this. Saw some outside sets bigger than 6ft when I was leaving. Maybe about 8ft.
Half Moon Bay Jetty 25 Oct 06 Sunny 2-4ft waves. Main peak not working too good but NW swell wrapping in enough to give a few fast shorebreak waves. A worthwile session.
Pacifica, 18 Oct 06 Linda Mar was very sunny but closeout city...mostly 4ft closeouts even though the tide was high.
Pacifica, 9 Oct 06 LM fairly fun despite crowds. Went to north end, fewer crowded, a bit of a wait but a few fun 3-5ft rights coming through in front of the community principal and very nice, sunny weather. Very little wind.
Pacifica, 8 Oct 06 4-6ft waves, raw and lowdown, mostly closing out. Got two waves at larger north end including one where I blew the take off and just rode it oafishly like a bodyboard. Not worth it, but nice beach day. Large dead seal on beach.
Ocean Beach, SF 3 Oct 06 Partly overcast and smooth 2-4ft around Sloat. Onshore wind picked up a 1:00PM and it got pretty crumbly but at smallest half my session was OK. Still contemplating the epoxy fish board..might be nice for paddling around at OB. Maybe I will try that surftech quad...or the KG epoxy.
Pacifica 14 March 07 Nice weather and 3-4ft waves. Surf was mostly raw and closing out but I got a few rides. Worth it just for the weather and light crowds.
Pacifica 11 March 07 Some fun waves at sunset. 3-6ft and nice sunny weather. Mostly liberties and a couple of lefts. Surfed until it got too dark to see.
Pacifica 10 March 07 Nice weather but the waves sucked. Just a bunch of close-outs. I deciced to pack it in after about 30 minutes.
South of Pacifica 3 March 07 Went surfing south of Pacifica, decent beachbreak 2-4ft waves. Not crowded at all and sunny out with no wind, fairly clean conditions. Felt good to get some decent waves.
Pacifica 2 March 07 Surfed 3-4ft waves, sometimes bigger with light onshore wind. Not the best waves but I caught a few ok ones. Good enough, considering that I haven't surfed for a while.
Nowhere 23 Feb 07 I purely wanted to take the oppurtunity to tell you how much the surf has sucked recently. It looked really bad today. I am really feeling the urge to get a couple of at smallest number of so-so waves, but I'm simply not reckless enough yet considering these conditions. I'm looking forward to the day when I can go camping again, when the little ones are little older. I don't care if the waves are epic on those trips, purely a few uncrowded decent ones are enough to make it a successful camping-surf trip.
Pacifica 5 Feb 07 Fun waves "at some beachbreak" adjacent. Light offshore wind and partly sunnty skies. Set waves of 4-6ft coming through occassionaly and some lesser waves were rideable as well. Mostly easy paddles back out. I only hit for about an hour because my shoulders feel shot from trying to paddle into closeouts the past two days. Still fun, simply wish I have saved more juice for today. Guys were on it but crowds not too bad.
South of Pacifica 4 feb Surfing south of Pacifica. Wave were anywhere from 3-7ft. I think the superbowl cut down the crowds a little. A few fun rides but mostly closeouts. Sunny out and the water was fairly glassy by late afternoon when I went out. Ocean Beach was probably going off.
Pacifica 3 Feb Surfed some beachbreak within reach, there weres some rides out there for sure but not many for me. Mosty closeout city.
San Francisco 27 Jan 07 Some set waves up to 7ft, got a couple of waves after a decent amount of paddling, partly cloudy and no wind.
Pacifica - 29 Jan 07 Quick session at LM before picking up daughter from preschool. Mostly closeouts but a few quick rides with shortboard, sunny, nice weather.
Pacifica - 25 Jan 07 3-5ft sunny waves at Linda Mar. A fair amount of closeouts with a few decent rides for me. Fairly crowded as to be expected on a sunny offshore day..even midweek, midday. Superior than going for a run.
Ocean Beach - 15 Jan 07 4-6ft waves at San Francisco. Alas it was mostly merely doubling up and slamming on the inside. Outside was mushy. There were a few more crowded sandbars working in and around town, but my session sucked. Got one good wave at OB and that was about it. Felt good to excercise, been at the computer/work too much.
Half Moon Bay Jetty - 5 Jan 07 Some 3-5ft waves, a few fun rides. Got swamped with the high tide later. Very arctic, blustery (sideshore-offshore) going on made it hard to get in my wetsuit. Joyful I did, not that it was great, but a few sunny waves are always worth it.
San Francisco - 30 Dec 06 Bigger than yesterday (3-6ft) but not quite as clean. Light offshore wind turned into moderate sideshore wind. Lots of closeouts, crowds, crumbly waves, and few short sections. Not my top day but sunny out.
San Francisco - 29 Dec 06 Some fun tiny waves at Ocean Beach towards Sloat. Mostly caught 2-4ft waves but some rare 5 footers would come through. Nice and sunny with light offshore wind. Good sandbars crowded but found a decent empty one.
Pacifica - 19 Dec 06 Mostly closeout surf for me AGAIN. A couple of very short rides and some nice sunny weather, but 3-5 ft closeout surf left me thinking about all the other things I should be doing instead of sitting in the water.
Half Moon Bay Jetty - 17 Dec 06 Sunny out with easy paddle and no current. That's the good part, the bad part was it was mostly 2-4ft closeouts at low tide. Caught a few shoulders and the exercise felt good, but nothing special in terms of surf. Even the main peak looked poor. Offshore-sideshore wind and big closeouts at most other spots from good size WNW swell.
Ocean Beach, San Francisco - 6 Dec 06 Brought the gun board, not because the waves were that big but just to deal with the current. Some fun waves out there and got a few 7ft "bombs" on the outside. After some fun rides I drifted south with the current and caught some decent rides there as well. Nice weather again.
South of Pacifica, 3 Dec 06 Went surfing during an uber-low tide. Lots of closeouts but but a few shoulders opened up. Waves were petite most of the time but some 5ft closeout sets would come through once in a while. OB was probably much improved but also much more crowded. Only a few people out. Nice scenery even thought the waves weren't that happening. Pretty sunset.
Half Moon Bay, 2 Dec 06 Took some poking around but with the offshore wind I settled on one of the Half Moon Bay beaches. Surf was about 2-3ft but sometimes 5ft sets would come through. Fast dropping tide made the waves suck back alot and there were a fair amount of closeouts. Overall there were some fun rides, I simply had to work for them. A few guys were getting some nice microbarrels. Nice, clear, sunny day.
Ocean Beach - San Francisco 30 Nov 06 Some fun waves out there, just not for me. Surf was about 3-5ft and I tried to find an empty sandbar. Should have stuck with the crowded ones, the other bars purely weren't happening despite the offshore wind. Sunny out, started out a bit freezing though so I wore my booties AND hood. A rare occurrence. Here is something new I am trying at Technorati Profile.
Pacifica, 26 Nov 06 Surf was lesser, about 1-3ft but cleaner with showery offshore winds. On the weak side, but better than yesterday. Less crowded too, probably because the heavy rain coming through. Session started out boring and ended boring but somewhere in the middle I caught a few funnish small waves.
Pacifica, 25 Nov 06 UGG! The surf sucked! Sunny, onshore wind, and crowded. The one spot that looked barely OK had a sizable longboard contingency on it. Waves were a blown out 3-5ft. Macro waste of time. it. Pacifica, 21 Nov 06 Felt good to get out after a couple of weeks. Conflicting schedule and house hunting conspired to keep my out of the water but today the sun was out and the waves at LM were about 3-4ft, sometimes 5ft. Not the finest shape, with a fair amount of closeouts but I got some fun rights.
Ocean Beach, San Francisco 1 Nov 06 2-3ft my butt. The waves up to 6ft out there on the bigger sets. I stupidly took my thin leash and busted it after 45 minutes. Mostly clean, overcast waves with some power on the bigger sets. I had fun while it lasted.
Ocean Beach, San Francisco 28 Oct 06 A new nice day at OB. Still sunny out with nice waves, although shape is not quite as good as yesterday but still fun. Took out the 8ft gun even though waves were only 3-6ft. My sore shoulders were thanking me. Easy paddle and I simply picked off some outside waves. I did completely nothing with that board other than go straight down the line but I didn't care, at least I was catching waves without tearing my shoulders.
Ocean Beach, San Francisco 27 Oct 06 Great beach day! Offshore wind all day. Waves up to about 6ft, I raced to the beach trying to beat the sun. People surfing up and down the whole thing, porpoises swimming on the outside, very nice. I didn't get a ton of waves but I got some nice ones right around sunset. A little crowded but that's to expected on a day like this. Saw some outside sets bigger than 6ft when I was leaving. Maybe about 8ft.
Half Moon Bay Jetty 25 Oct 06 Sunny 2-4ft waves. Main peak not working too good but NW swell wrapping in enough to give a few fast shorebreak waves. A worthwile session.
Pacifica, 18 Oct 06 Linda Mar was very sunny but closeout city...mostly 4ft closeouts even though the tide was high.
Pacifica, 9 Oct 06 LM fairly fun despite crowds. Went to north end, fewer crowded, a bit of a wait but a few fun 3-5ft rights coming through in front of the community principal and very nice, sunny weather. Very little wind.
Pacifica, 8 Oct 06 4-6ft waves, raw and lowdown, mostly closing out. Got two waves at larger north end including one where I blew the take off and just rode it oafishly like a bodyboard. Not worth it, but nice beach day. Large dead seal on beach.
Ocean Beach, SF 3 Oct 06 Partly overcast and smooth 2-4ft around Sloat. Onshore wind picked up a 1:00PM and it got pretty crumbly but at smallest half my session was OK. Still contemplating the epoxy fish board..might be nice for paddling around at OB. Maybe I will try that surftech quad...or the KG epoxy.
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
Surfing Gear
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Sunny waves in San Francisco Nov 06
Surfing California (SurfingCal.com)
Monthly video surfing clips from California
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30 Nov 06 San Francisco
Monthly video surfing clips from California
Enjoy! --
30 Nov 06 San Francisco
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Surfers in Half Moon Bay and San Francisco late Oct 06
more video
more video
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Surfing Video Clip from Oceanside, CA
Surfing video clips from my vacation to Oceanside, CA 16-23 Sept 06
Surfing video clips from my vacation to Oceanside, CA 16-23 Sept 06
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Ocean Beach, SF 12 Sept 06
OB was frustrating. Surf was 4-6ft and consistent. Paddled out at wrong spot and went back to the beach to try again. Second paddle out was not that bad but the waves were tough to catch. They sort of backed off and then closed out more on the inside. Saw some OK rides here and there but I was pressed for time and got one wave...fun for a few seconds and then it closed out on me. Foggy out...but looked like it was burning off
