Month: January 2013

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Back to cold morning surf

2013-LM-01-02

Surf: 5.9 ft at 12.9 s from WNW at 298°

Back from the Great Lakes, back from Santa Cruz, ready to face the reality of cold dawn patrols.

My car’s been acting up. I’m not sure if it’s from the cold, the early mornings, the rain, or what. It rumbled and grumbled on startup, but made it to the beach like a champ.

The waves looked like nothing from the lot. Maybe knee high. From the water, they were actually looking pretty fun! Nice, peeling waves, a few in the chest+ range. I would have loved to have had my longboard for a day like this, but still picked up a few fun ones on the hull.

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2013 – Sunset

2013-JT-01-01

Surf: 8.2 ft at 13.8 s from WNW at 294°

Morning waves in SC were windblown and not terribly appealing. We wolfed down some breakfast and did a spot check of everything between Capitola and San Francisco.

Most places were big and burly.

Heading up the coast, I saw a bobcat hanging out on a dirt road.

As the sun was setting, we snuck in a quick cold one at the Jetty. Surf wasn’t great. Super closed out and ranging from waist high to head high in a bit of a jumble. Ah well. At least the ride, and the sunset, was beautiful.