How is the surf so far this year in your part of the world ?

stemple · Post by **stemple** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:11 pm

Up here in northern california we have had a rare run of awesome weather. Offshore wind and high 70's and 80's. Swell has hovered in the head to slightly overhead range. Ob is always a mixed bag but get it at the right tide and it has been shack city. Don, Scott and I paddled out on Saturday to a wild mix of overhead outside bar surf and board breaking inside crunchers. Two boards were broken as we exited the water. Basically its been beautiful weather and fun head high surf for the last 8 days.

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:53 am

Well, last month's big North swell really fried the sand bars at the beaches here in Santa Cruz County. If we don't get a couple norths to reshape the bars, its going to be a funky summer..........and really crowded at The Point as everyone drives up to Santa Cruz to find waves.

Speaking about The Point, Lil' Windansea was on fire yesterday AM. 8+ foot faces and the left was standing up and reeeling.... full-on rocket ship, down-the-line speed pumps ...with only 4 people out.

Also, 3 surfers at the Cement Ship were cleared from the water yesterday about 11 AM due to a 9 foot Great White touring the area on it's way down to Manresa. And to make things even more surreal, the FBI had a training session going on at the foot of the pier: crime identification scenes in the sand. One was empty beer cans, a unwrapped condom and wrapping, a tee shirt and disturbed sand - as if there had been a struggle.

And who sez' the beach isn't fun?!

Don · Post by **Don** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:36 pm

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:30 pm

I'd been workin to hard so I treked up island after watching the new Vancouver Island surf movie "Numb".
Found the secret spot from the movie... hollow fast !

Surfs been big but windy a lot, a few lesser known surf holes have produced some great low tide sessions, overall probaly fewer classic days, roll on spring...

looking forward to tryin out the "winter suit" I won in the raffle when it gets warmer...

Matt

Don · Post by **Don** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 12:50 pm

Well much to my amazement, we are still surfing good quality waves up here in SF. We had a steak of offshores that lasted 10 or more days and then a storm hit. During the offshores some of the bars were point like on the lower tides.

After too much large windswell, OB finally settled in for a great morning go out. Bob and I DP'd and scored some extremely clean head high waves w/ lot's of hollow sections and great corners. Bob should have packed it up after his first wave - a great tube followed by numerous rips off the top.

Comments from the local crew have been positive and very motivating.

PS... Surfed Deadmans yesterday w/ one other guy... what a laugher!

Waterlogged...

Don

SFKneelo · Post by **SFKneelo** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:08 pm

Very, very fun. Clean, wedgy and without the usual beatings. We both logged a lot of tube time. Most were closeouts, but it was clean enough to travel awhile and enjoy the view.
I'm afraid to get out of my office chair right now. Maybe I can curl up under the desk unnoticed...

Here's a link to a local photographer. Check out the March links. 'More March' was yesterday.

http://www.paulferraris.com/personal/photogallery.html

Don...
- Another whale washed up at VFWs. Wonder if 'the Man' is out in force.
- Check out the Mark Brown sequence. Ah, the advantages of living across the street...
- Tomorrow AM?

kneelo_44 · Post by **kneelo_44** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:40 pm

Well with kripchik (Sophia is in New Caledonia) away I have been able to get up even earlier and on the Thurday and Friday mornings (took both day of work). To have some great little waves at Flinders (VIC) of the gunnery 3 to 5 foot. Friday morning had it to myself for 45 mins, but I have to admit that it was dark when I went out but it was to all still good and just me. Life is good, but hurry home Sophia canned food starts to wear thin after a while. The winds were light off shore on the mid tide for both days. With a nice straight swell coming through and some nice little barrels on the inside section.

John

scoop · Post by **scoop** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:12 am

Today Curley Kneelo and I went out and I found son great O/H lefts at Sth Curl Curl in a mid afternoon hour session
A wait was needed if you wanted the sets but as long as you took the third wave it was smooth as and if only I could control this fun little undersize "Hart" special (I need to get use to the quickness of this new board)...
yesterday I took Cripple Crusader to our monthly comp...this time at Long Reef on the northern beaches of Sydney and I believed he had a blast...over the 7 days he was here
We got in 3 sessions and although not perfect....the Saturday session mid morning was farly typical of a good day here on our banks....offshore and maybe 2-3ft swell and glassing up nicely...A big thanx to Skye too for coming along and taking a few pics...the weather turned on OK too...
so sad for them to go back to bleak old London town and put up with the local weather there...(they shoud have landed by now)....
Will love to hear from their perspective of the trip

Hope you guys had fun...and will catch up again some day soon.....You know its nicer here than the UK.....save those $$$$$

thake care Peter

Tony

Ler · Post by **Ler** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 1:44 pm

There's good South in right now. Alittle walled, but you can pick good one now and again. Can't tell where til the swell's over.

Ler

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:18 pm

Hey, Gidget......its WAY BITCHIN' here in Santa Cruz!

The air is 92 degrees, the south is doin' the coastline up right and I'm on my way to session Number 2 for today.

Just wish it would drop below 6 feet so I can experience what its like to ride small surf......like they do in SoCal. lol

Dan

WillP · Post by **WillP** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:19 pm

I surfed a super fickle left point this morning on the backside of PV. Pretty fun little south swell in the water. If only Catalina Island wasn't there... My backyard would be pumping right now!

DavidW · Post by **DavidW** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:20 pm

Blacks was picking it up pretty good this morning. Long well over head left barrels. Some pretty long ones if you made the connection to the inside. Matt C. and Steve Y were also out shagging their fair share.

MWROBERTSON · Post by **MWROBERTSON** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:29 pm

Huntington & Newport had double overhead lefts pumping down the beaches. Quite walled unless you got a corner. I mangaged to get some S-Spot, where the swells refract off the jetty and throw up big peaks up and down the beach. It was sunny, glassy, lime green and cranking.

That was the best lunch break I've had in awhile.

Ler · Post by **Ler** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:46 pm

Hey Mark,
Was that you at the wedge today, thought it was probaly Bill Sharp

khoningford · Post by **khoningford** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:16 pm

howdy folks,

surfed newport this AM at the all- too- well- known location, fairly healthy swell with big walls and lots of moving water. Sat for thirty minutes before I even got my first one, wave selection being critical...but with patience and determined paddling I managed two big barrels that put the stoke back in the ole furnace.

bring on Jalama!!!

good surfing to ya...

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