Heads up, first biggie on its way!

Me = Pysching

Thursday:
12/7 Dateline swell 2.6 ft @ 13 secs
3 ft 305 degrees
Friday:
12/8 Possible Swell #1 building to 9.5 ft @ 17 secs
16 ft 297-300 degrees

Extended
Outlook Up --- A tiny storm developed on the dateline Fri/Sat (12/2) providing 24 hours of 50-60 kts winds aimed best at Hawaii generating 32-36 ft seas for 12 hours. A far stronger pattern is expect this week as the jetstream consolidated and makes a major push east eventually reaching California late in the week. A series of 3 storms is forecast to push from the dateline east into the southeastern Gulf of Alaska generating 50-55 kt winds and 40-45 ft seas (all three storms) starting Monday and continuing through Sunday (12/10) [See detailed forecast for more info]. Large surf and stormy weather expected.

OHHHH YEAH! About fuckin' time!!!


I hope OB does this again.
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...normal_OB2.jpg

Building down here.

Get some mags!

And post some pics after this swell hits...

The models are all lined up. Let's hope the swells are tomorrow morning.

Blacks doesn't look any bigger than it did when I was here in July, but that's supposed to change. Too bad I fly north tomorrow.

Then again, maybe Marin will deliver?

went down to HB for some reason, overhead sets, pain the butt current. least crowded i've ever seen that place. surfed like a total jackass.

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Originally Posted by tuffy109

went down to HB for some reason, overhead sets, pain the butt current. least crowded i've ever seen that place. surfed like a total jackass.

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I bet you coulda gone to Porto and scored close to double overhead sets while still surfing like a total jackass. ;)

Anyone check out Black's yesterday or today?

Pics of this latest swell would be much appreciated since I am stuck here in Eastern I Da Ho and now live my surfing life mostly vicariously.

Serious Victory at Sea action up in WA... gnar.

PZZ150-153-156-170-173-176-110700-
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/O.EXT.KSEW.GL.W.0098.061211T0300Z-061212T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER 20 TO
60 NM-
240 PM PST SUN DEC 10 2006

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PST THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...S WIND 15 TO 25 KT RISING TO 30 TO 40 KT THIS EVENING. WIND
WAVES 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT. W SWELL 12 FT AT 14
SECONDS...BUILDING TO 18 FT AT 15 SECONDS. SHOWERS EARLY... THEN
RAIN.
.MON...S WIND 30 TO 40 KT...EASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. W SWELL 21 FT AT 14 SECONDS. RAIN.
.MON NIGHT...S WIND 20 TO 30 KT...RISING TO SW 30 TO 40 KT IN THE
EVENING. WIND WAVES BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT. W SWELL 21 FT AT 14
SECONDS...BUILDING TO 23 FT AT 13 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS.
.TUE...SW WIND 25 TO 35 KT...EASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. W SWELL 24 FT.
.TUE NIGHT...S WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT. W SWELL
21 FT...SUBSIDING TO 18 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WED...S WIND 20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
WAVES 5 TO 7 FT. W SWELL 16 FT... BUILDING TO 19 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.THU...SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING S. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT.
W SWELL 23 FT.
.FRI...SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. W SWELL 22 FT.

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Originally Posted by GheePup

I bet you coulda gone to Porto and scored close to double overhead sets while still surfing like a total jackass. ;)

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i was hoping it wouldn't be hitting as hard down there, things would be all peaky and spread out, and, and,,,,,,

today - planned on going up to leo/county line, got to dume, checked it, 1 guy out and waves coming through (something didn't seem right, some kid goes "what, is there a shark out or something?". go park, walk back, get in and shit just ain't happening. caught a few right by the shelf, surfing boils over the rocks. got bored, went to topanga.

topanga was all blown out, but some sizable waves coming through. caught a couple, realized my arms didn't work anymore and went home and made pancakes.

on again tomorrow.

Tuffy, were you at Big Dume or Little today?

Yesterday Big wasn't happening at all. Little however very much was. Pretty dang big. Average sets were definitely OH with biggest sets rolling through around DOHish on my very unscientific measuring scale. Some dude at Staircase was trying to tell me sets were like totally 14 - 16 feet. HUGE he said. Um yeah that might have been a slight exageration.

I too surfed like a jong. Repaired shoulder + friends board = Jong Comish. A lot of watching going on. People actually started cheering people into waves because people were definitely have a tough time catching them until it was almost too late = lots of sizeable drops. Some made, some not.

I drove north for the Trey Show in Ventura. met up with my bro on friday night in santa barbara and we hit campus point on Saturday morning. the larger sets were easily double overhead. super wicked, cought the best wave i have had in six months. well, the best waves i have since i left Bells and winki pop.

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Originally Posted by comish

Tuffy, were you at Big Dume or Little today?

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i was at big. saw guys down at little, figured it couldn't have been much better down there and it was a lot less crowded at big. me=dumby.

finally remembered how to surf today, hit sunset before dawn (stupid suit and booties were still wet - forgot them out in the rain last night), head high to overhead sets, not too crowded, lotsa fun.

so exhausted. i think i'm sleeping in tomorrow.

The point about 9ish
http://cj001f.smugmug.com/photos/116222230-M.jpg

Damn - 30' swell today at Maverick's? The feed we got in looked...scary. Shit was closing out hard, watched about 3 guys get munched. Hope you're OK, Cody.

Holly hell! Just just noticed that the So Cal CDIP model is showing 23' swell height, 17 sec period at 295 degrees. Too bad for So Cal the angle isn't more around the 275-280 range. Black's musta been pumpin' today though. Cortez Bank and Todos must be off the hook if conditions are holding up. I hope to see writeups of Cortez and Todos in the near future on surfline.

who gives a shit about swell direction feeding into other places and write ups.

300 straight up, perfect for here.

trying to decide if i can get another morning in.

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Originally Posted by GheePup

Holly hell! Just just noticed that the So Cal CDIP model is showing 23' swell height, 17 sec period at 295 degrees. Too bad for So Cal the angle isn't more around the 275-280 range. Black's musta been pumpin' today though. Cortez Bank and Todos must be off the hook if conditions are holding up. I hope to see writeups of Cortez and Todos in the near future on surfline.

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Harbor mouth has had 2x head to 20' and people towing a couple days in a row now. Even saw some fool trying to paddle into Pierpont closeouts :nonono2:

Lunada musta been triple OH+ today. 23' swell heights only come around So Cal almost never. 20+ foot wave face heights at the NW hot spots...uh...can we say rhino chaser or elephant gun or Sea-Doo?

Today was pretty fucking good. Little smaller than yesterday, longer wait between sets (I ain't complaining, easier paddling), and for some reason, fewer people :D

Just got back from Kauai, 12/4 to 12/12. Surf advisory was at times 20-24 feet and the break near where I was looked to be triple OH. The buoy data I checked out one time said 17 ft @ 14 seconds. I looked out from the lineup of the beginner break in the bay where I was and saw guys getting rides just about constantly. Sometimes three people up at once on three different waves...long rides, some tubes and cutbacks. Beautiful. Guys were ripping it up and nearly everyone made the drop...once every 40-50 rides I'd see a board go up in the air or someone get swallowed by the whitewater but it was pretty rare not to see someone make the most of the ride. Then, for me, it was back to focusing on the knee to waist-high swells that made it in to where I was. Got in 4 days or about 16 hours of sessions...caught countless waves on the nice beginner break...maybe 40-50. First time surfing ever and now I find myself a bit indifferent to skiing (or anthing else for that matter)...I just wanna go sufing again!!