Not As Windy As I Expected But......

Blown out. Windy. Nobody out.


Have a good one.

Aloha
Gary


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No Wind!

Slighty bigger than yesterday but kinda mixed up with lumpy surface conditions. Lots of peaks here and there with a surprising offshore breeze. 3-4 feet with some head high sets. Wind is not a factor here.

About a dozen guys out at 15th with at least that many down at 11th. Fair shape with the rights holding up better than the lefts. Strong rip showing just north of the ramp but the better way out today is the southern gap in the reef.

The small craft advisory was cancelled this morning so you might be able to get a session in before the rain arrives tomorrow and Thursday.

Have a good one

Aloha
Gary

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Fun waves!

Besides being a spectacular day, there were waves to be had as well. 2-3 feet; shoulder high 6 wave sets and a crowd of less than 10.

No wind, oily glass sea surface with lots of room. A bit inconsistent but worth the go out and the wait. If you had fun yesterday today was even better.

Tide is high right now (5.1) so things have slowed a bit but if the wind stays down it's going to be good all day.

Have a good one

Aloha
Gary


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Uninspired and Uninspiring

Waist to shoulder high junk. No wind but lots of bump on the water. Tide is high; right up against the bluffs.

Disorganized, short period left overs is what it looks like. Sets are head high close outs Still, there are about 15 guys out; curious, does a kayaker count as someone in the water or do we only count the planks?

Luke was here earlier but sent me a text saying he was heading south for the possibilities there. We'll hear about what he found later I'm sure.

Weatherwise looks like it shaping up to be a great day in San Diego. Have a good one.

Aloha
Gary


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BMC

Met up with Chris B. this morning for a session at Black's.  Surf for him; photos for me.  Chris showed me the "hut" on the bluffs which was a safe place from the infamous Black's cliff face slough offs and great vantage point for photos.

Head to head and a half sets swinging in from the south with great shape.  Glassy conditions with about 20 guys out at the middle peak.  The wind came up kind of early and messed with the shape some.

Some great rides by the BMC.  Chris got a little more attention cause he bought me coffee and a scone at Starbucks afterwards.  I'm easy what can I say.  Here are a few of the photos from this morning:

Aloha
Gary

Chris setting up for the inside section barrel

A Bit Late

A late morning report to take you through to lunch. Perfectly calm glassy conditions as only California can produce. 3-4 feet with the tide on it's way out. The sets are head high plus and real beauties even if they are a bit walled up.

Barrels are a definite possibility. About 30 guys out mostly north of the ramp. On the bigger sets there's are reform on the inside that hardly anyone is taking advantage of. Not sure if the waves here are going to hold up with the low tide. My prediction is that they won't so timing the tide could make the difference between a good session or a miserable one.

A sun block day out here.

Have a good one.

Aloha
Gary


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Glassy and Gray

Packing some punch this morning! Good tide situation, clean surface conditions and some pretty heavy waves at times. Long lulls with the south swell sets going well overhead.

Marcos reports that the sets are about 10 waves deep and at some point took everyone of them on the head as he was paddling back out after a ride.

Best peak this morning is just north of the ramp which is where most of the crowd is. About 15 guys in the water pretty well spaced out. Not the best shape but the biggest it's been in a while.

Have a good one.

Aloha
Gary


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Low tide; tiny lines

Wow, Monday already! 2-3 feet, walled up low tide lines. Moderate offshore breeze, good surface conditions and about 12 guys out. More tide will help things out considerably.

There is a bit of a south showing with an occassional left peeling nicely down the reef. Looks like it's going to be a great day.

Send your birthday wishes a thoughts for a good surgery outcome to Chuck. He's going under the knife at 9 this morning and turning 60 something too. Does he know how to have fun or what?!!

Aloha
Gary


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Where's Eddy?

Coastal eddy did not materialize! Slight offshore breeze, glassy surface conditions and about 90" off the low tide at 6am.

3-4 feet with long walled up sets and some pick and choose corners.

Good tide for Terra Mar which is where I think I will go again. Yesterday TM was pretty good with a small crowd.

Have a great Friday and weekend!

Aloha
Gary


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Werewolves of London

Todays title has nothing to do with the surf. Just the song I was listening to on the radio and now I can't get it out of my head.

Lower tide and not as clean as yesterday. Head high sets are pretty walled up with no place to go on most of them. Doesn't look like the is too much to ride in between sets. Breaking a little further out than yesterday; about 20 guys out.

I think I'm going to head up to Terra Mar to see how it is there.

Have a good one.

Aloha
Gary


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Photos from A.M. Surf Session at 15th Street

It was really, really crowded but the waves were not too shabby.  Not epic or anything but definitely a good  ride; if you could thread through the crowd on the inside.  The sets were pretty consistently every 5-6 minutes.  The largest of them were long walls without much shape but just to the south of the reef there was a really nice left peeling for about 100 yards or so.  Reid (sorry if I spelled your name wrong; you can correct me later) was getting most of those.

Long boards, short boards, tweener boards, boogie boards; you name it, it was in the water this morning.  I actually had a boogie boarder drop in on me yesterday!  I just pretended like I didn't see him; he got out of the way in a hurry.

Anyway, tomorrow is supposed to be just as big if not bigger, but the conditions might be changing some.  Check it out if you have a chance.

On another note, the UT reported this morning that Linda Benson has decided not to hold the women's long board contest at Swami's.  She said she came to that decision after a discussion with Brother Anilananda from the Self Realization Fellowship.  Is it just me, or is this the kind of ground work that gets done at the beginning of a process and not at the tail end?  I mean she got everybody wrapped around the axle; caused the City of Encinitas to spend more than a little money analyzing her proposal and having it on at least two city council agendas.  Then says; "never mind".

Aloha
Gary

Big Wednesday?

Looking west at the crest of Del Mar Heights road I saw lines on the pacific stacked to the horizon. A good sign? Once at 15th street I saw a jammed parking lot, guys hurriedly pulling on wetsuits and a mist that hung in the air.




It's got to be epic I thought. About 50 other guys thought the same thing; more arriving all the time. Soon there will be at least 60 out.

It's ok but not epic and the crowd is out of proportion to the waves. It's about waist to chest high with long, walked up head high sets every 5 minutes or so. Glassy conditions and sunny. I'll get a few photos to post later.

Have a good one.

Aloha
Gary


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Warm already!

Nice weather! Sunny and warm. 2-3 feet with a slight surface bump. Bigger, walled up sets about every 10 minutes. Kinda crumbly and slow but worth a go out which is what I'm going to do right now.

Have a good one and get outside today!

Aloha
Gary


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Photos from this morning

Here are some photos from this morning at 15th street.  Decent stuff.  I went up to Terra Mar since I had an appointment in Carlsbad this morning.  Zip, zero, nada; yet there was still one guy out and he was soon joined by two others who must have been stoked that there was only one guy out and he wasn't getting any waves.

As Chuck would say; it's exercise, it's exercise.

Aloha

Gary

Monday, Monday

Clean, glassy conditions. 2-3 feet with the occassional chest high set waves. About 16-20 guys out getting some of those nice 15th street lefts. I'd give it a "good" rating on the surf-o-meter. The bigger sets are walled up.

The water is cold but there is no wind this morning and the sun is out. Have a great day.

Aloha
Gary


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We Jazzed the Glass!

Clean conditions, 3-4 feet, and some sweet, sweet waves. Tide is right and the sun is out. About 8 guys out on the main peak including Clay, Luke and me.

This is a great day to call in sick or reschedule that meeting you are dreading.

Water has cooled down some; got an ice cream headache rolling through the shore break. Friday is the new Saturday so get out here!

Luke tells me that there is a new surf flick coming out called "Jazzed the Glass", hence the title of this blog. Have a great one and see you in the water.

BTW Chuck, have a great time in New Zealand!

Aloha
Gary


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Looking Much Better!

The best conditions we've had in a long time!  Nice, clean surface conditions with an offshore flow.  Waist high to chest high on the sets.  Stacked up windswell mostly but still some rideable waves out there. Nothing spectacular but way better than the last few days.   About 15 guys out right now, including Rodney. 

Looks like it’s going to be a great day; sun is shining, birds are singing and the south wind has stopped. 

Have a great day.

Aloha

Gary