Surf: 2.3 ft at 10.5 s from the SW at 284°
Today started out foggy, then the sun came out. Things were more closed out, but hey, it’s always good to get out.
Foggy
Surf: 2.6 ft at 14.3 s from the SW at 221°.
Rolled up to a clear, sunny beach with a fog back hovering off shore. A few waves in, the bank swallowed the beach whole. I’ve missed these foggy mornings. With almost no wind the waves were nice a smooth. A little closed out, but plenty fun anyway.
Warm weather
Surf: 3.6 ft at 16.7 s from the SW at 218°. Incoming Tide.
Today was diferent story. I had time to go wavehunting and picked a great route to go looking. It was warm, clear, and beautiful out. There were long lulls, but there were waves enough to go around. I surfed till I was sunburnt and my arms were total noodles. Fun fun fun.
Maintenance sesh
Surf: 3.6 ft at 18.2 s from the SW at 241°
After a long and busy week, I didn’t have time to go hunting for a good place to surf. I had time for a maintenece session. The weather was warm and there were lots of sailboats out, but the waves were pretty sloppy. Still, we made the most of it. Got to say hello to some other morning folks who were out and about on the late shift. Not a bad Saturday.
Meh
Surf: 2.0 ft at 11.1 s from the W at 261°
Wednesday was so fun that I’d set my hopes a little too high for Friday. A lower tide, a slightly different swell, and a breeze all had things looking plenty average. Ahh well. I got some exercise and I ran into Julie Ann in the lot and it sounds like it shaped up for her a little as the tidecame back in. 🙂
Fish
Surf: 2.0 ft at 15.4 s at 231° SW
This morning’s waves were small and clean, great for some longboard practice. We found a spot working away from the main group and nabbed plenty of fun ones. I worked on my cross step a little and mostly enjoyed the sunshine.
The water was clear enough I could see a school of pretty good sized fish go by. Normally I see small fish like anchovies or sardines, fish in the 6″ range. These guys were a good foot. It was really cool to see them zipping along in the wave I was riding.
I told the fisherman on the beach that I saw a big school, just over there, and he laughed “None of them are biting!”
Meanwhile, up at Ocean Beach, there were much, much bigger fish out and about. This juvenille’s splashing around was caught on the Surfline cam. Pretty cool!
Paso/Morro/Big Sur Trip
Surf: 4.6 ft at 16.0 s from the SW at 225°
Had a awesome getaway this weekend. Zipped out Friday afternoon for some wine tasting and camping in Paso Robles. Saturday morning headed down to Morro Bay to meeting up with Cynthia for a few waves. The waves were pretty small, closed out, and crowded, but that’s what I surf back home without the stunning view of Morro Rock.
There were a few spans of time during our session where the waves shaped up into punchy, longer rides, but mostly it was tricky, but fun waves where I worked the reform on the inside so I could work on walking up.
It was great catching up with Cynthia and we even ran into another regular surfer from Pacifica who’d moved back to Cayucos. Small surfy world right there!
Morro Bay was fun to check out. We got a tasty lunch and walked around a little.
We had plans to hit up a few other spots on our route north but got sidetracked sightseeing, camping, eating, and seeing friends along the way. Oh well, it makes for a great excuse to do another trip!
Labor Day
Surf: 4.9 ft at 7.7 s from the NW at 305°
I wound up coming down with a cold Friday afternoon and was laid up in bed all weekend. By Monday I was bored and decided to meet up with Chris for a few waves. My shoulder helpd up, I didn’t feel too awful (until after I got home) and I managed to make the most of some crowded, blustery waves. Occassionally the wind would swing around enough that I could surf the rights and they’d stay open loung enough to work on some cross stepping.
Really nice sunny day. So glad to be out in that instead of home in bed!
Attempt 2
Surf: 5.6 ft at 7.1 s from the WNW at 297°. Low and incoming tide.
After last weekends attempt at getting back into my surf routine, my shoulder was really hurting. I tried today, this time with some light stretching immediately after, then more when I got home to park my car before going into the office. I also iced everything, which I think helped.
Shoulder was feeling okay.
Session was a little tough. The conditions were kind of crap and I got a huge ball of seagrass, about the side of a barrel, wrapped around my leash. I couldn’t move! I got whomped by a set while trying to get my board free and get out of the way. That was frustrating. The rest of the session was fine. I think we made the most of those junky waves and it was a nice sunrise.