Not A Surf Day!

Total Victory at Sea conditions. SW wind at about 6 knots with higher gusts. Jumbled up mess of shoulder to head high junk. And there is no one out. Not Kenny, not Chuck, not Luke; only a lobster boat slowly pitching and yawing it's way north.

High tide right up against the bluffs had already partially eroded the sand berm and it's about to send a City trash can seaward. Guess I should go down to the beach and make sure that doesn't happen.

Wait, I can see someone out at 11th street and, geeez louise, someone is paddling out here! He went in by the ramp and already has been pulled to the lifeguard tower to the south and he is less than 100 yds out.


Have a good one
Aloha
Gary




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Windy, Big and Bumpy

Strong west wind, large (head high+) waves and generally poor conditions are keeping the crowd factor way down this morning. One guy in the line up with 5 trying to make it out. There is a huge rip right off the ramp to the beach; your best bet to make it out with a minimum of pummeling

Basically the complete opposite of conditions (except for wave size) of the past 3-4 days. Great while it lasted, eh?

Have a good one


Aloha
Gary


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Friday in Paradise

Foggy with 200-300 yard visibility. Just enough to barely make out the line up. Clean conditions, waist to chest with some head high sets. An hour off high tide, sets are walled up. Other than that the shape is fair Crowd of about 20. Kenny, Chuck and Luke among them.

Lobster season starts midnight tonight. Anyone heading out for a night dive? If so, let me know, I'd love one of those tasty crustaceans!

Chuck just snagged a really nice left. Looking good my man!

Have a good one


Aloha
Gary


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Late September Beauties

At first light this morning, 15th street might not have looked all that great.  It was CROWDED (50+), slightly lumpy and the shoulder to head high sets were closing out. The inside was cluttered with shortboarders and the longboarders were getting grumpy from the long lulls between sets.  And the water temp was back down in the low 60's.

Reid is always in the right place at the right time.

Around 7:30 more people were leaving the line up than entering it and the surface conditions were starting to clean up.  The tide was rising but that helped with the shape and made the sets much much better.  When I got out of the water around 8 or so to take these photos, the conditions were significantly different from those of the dawn patrol.

Check it out:

Sequence of smooth moves, (1)

(2)

(3)

Nice bowl!

Raising your hand makes you lighter

Standing room only

Do you surf like a girl?

Wish I did

On the reef

The only longboarder on the inside

All photos by Gary Erbeck; copyright