Looking huge next week. 27 ft faces at 17 seconds:eek:
http://stormsurf.com/4cast/graphics/...063.bull.2.png
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Looking huge next week. 27 ft faces at 17 seconds:eek:
http://stormsurf.com/4cast/graphics/...063.bull.2.png
so back to the ranch for some midweek sweetness?
hey sorry i still have not sent you those shots from that last day, i seem to have misplaced them.
No worries.
I think the launch may be a bit sketch with that much swell...
If anyone is going to surfing the Santa Barbara area, drop me a PM.
I think the launch may be a bit sketch with that much swell...
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Originally Posted by Obi-Jong Kenobi
i think im going to lunada. just to shoot (covertly of course)
It's looking like another Big Wednesday. Blowing off work on Wednesday and Thursday will be mandatory for anyone reading this thread.
I'm already leaving my job this month to head to Mammoth mid-month. I'll need these extra days off to get used to not working again.
Tarkman -
Are you in SoCal?? Looking to be a bit raw and mean up here in SC. Thursday looks like the day - settled out with calm winds. Still looking like 12 foot plus faces.
Wednesday will be pushing 30 foot faces. Be careful out there.
I'm in Santa Barbara for another two weeks. Thanks for reminding me not to throw caution to the wind. I figured out some sheltered spots that should be a lot more manageable when more exposed spots are downright too big for my tastes, e.g. - Rincon.
oops - solid 150 ft faces maybe even sets of 200 ft im going to cortez banks better wear a life vest. seriously though it does look like it will be fun starting tomorrow.
So that's how you are getting ready for the season? I guess I'll heading out at sunrise Wednesday to go get some pictures of the gnar down in LJ.Quote:
Originally Posted by tarkman1
I'm surfing tomorrow too. Hell yeah. FKNA.
I left my 7'4" in Mammoth two weeks ago. I figured have to make due with my 6'10" pin that I used to catch a 300 foot wave PADDLING into the Cortes Banks. I had killer video but the dumb ass cameraman dropped the camera in the bay when we were walking off the boat. I would have won the K2 Big Wave Challenge.
I hear Crowley goes off in the wintertime.Quote:
Originally Posted by tarkman1
Seriously it should be good in south OC the next few days. winds expected to not be too bad. I'll prolly be at Trestles with my 5000 new buddies. The cover of the OC register (local section) was already hyping it up. Great - now every barney from riverside can dust of his "gun" and come down to the coast for the "biggest waves of 2007 and maybe 2006" <- thats what the paper said.
Anyhow everyone have fun, and i just want mammoth to get dumped on like now.
She's arrived. The fickle little spots in front of my office are breaking at least and people look to be sitting deep out at rincon. Seems to be a bit of a wobble/bump to it, but Ill take it. Is it lunch time yet?
Pura Vida. Thanks for the report. I saw the buoys came up overnight. I'm watching the clock too. I'm thinking about giving Campus Point a shot this pm.
Gonna be a lot barneys being denied on paddle out or getting worked when out of position. Mother Nature has a way of sorting out crowds.
It is showing here in SC. Lots of warrble. 18@17 with 22@20 showing in Humbolt - true swell. Bouy 59 has dropped from 32@20 to a more reasonable 20@17 over the last twelve hours.
New Brighton will fire this afternoon.
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Just stopped my Rincon on my lunchbreak and shot a few photos, total shit show as expected and not looking all that great. I'd say a couple feet overhead on the biggest sets. Wind is calm, but the warble and tide weren't making for anything looking all that epic. I imagine this evening will be fun, too bad I'm stuck in the cube farm till after dark.
Was out at O'dark:30 this morning. The warble is definitely the best way to describe this one. Tide was too high combined with the warble and it was kinda meh.This was in PV where West's usually do pretty well. Not too many people, but between the swell just starting to fill in, the warble, and the tide it wasn't all that. Hoping for more tomorrow and Thursday...
Just back in from session number 2. Mesa Lane was all over the place for the am surf, but further west for #2 was starting to clean up. I've never seen so many cars at El Cap....
http://cdip.ucsd.edu/recent/model_images/socal_now.png
edit to add nowcast... mmm, yellow.
Mesa Lane, eh? Do you live in SB?Quote:
Originally Posted by kneedropper
Most likely. I just checked it and it was closing out. I ended up paddling out to first peak, got four waves and got out at the pier in Capitola. Got one bomb that was worth the two+ mile walk back to my house.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Campus Point. Sets were 1.5xhead high. Not too much variation in the sets. No monsters, no real weak ones. Crowd moderate. It was okay when I paddled out about 1pm then thickened quickly.
Conditions: clean. There was a lot of kelp out there.
There is a rumor of a death at a certain big wave spot today. I'm not naming names or saying where out of respect, lack of official news and sketchy details. Just wanted to post to keep people aware and to remind them to keep their heads on straight.
death in the water? too bad. that sucks.
CDIP numbers are insane. the so cal 19.5 20 sec 270!
What board are you riding? I've been stuck at work all day today - and am looking for some recon notes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
6'x10" lots a duck diving and strong current. Bring big enough to paddle but small enough to dive. Have fun
FKNA, it's pumping here now. The point in front of my office that only works a couple times a year looks pretty damn fun. From here Rincon is looking a lot more juicy then the lunch hour as well. Days like this make me wonder how I ever ended up in an office of any sort. I imagine watching pow get slayed from an office window sucks just as bad.
No harbor jetty for you? I imagine there were a couple guys out there today. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
Big buoy increases this afternoon.
Harvest - 3:50 - 21.3 ft swell height - 18s interval (direction is 270)
SB West Channel Buoy 4:00 pm - 18.7ft swell height - 20s interval
SB East Channel Buoy 3:50pm - 11.3ft swell height - 19s interval
Each of these buoy went up about 20% from reading at 1pm.
Let's just hope everyone that tried to cram in a late afternoon session makes it in okay.
Oh, by Goleta pier. There was some dingy type boat at anchor about 20 yards from shore. I watched the boat get capsized by the shore pound.
Confirmed.http://www.montereyherald.com/breaki...nclick_check=1
Guy was a Big Sur legend....:frown:
no, harbor mouth ended up not being that great. Watched it for about a half hour pondering it, but it was jacking up and then mushing out immediately. I saw tons of air drops but no barrels. And no one was taking off behind the jacks. It was pretty much impossible to make the drop and deal with the 6 foot back wash from behind the jacks.
It was pretty much too big and too bumpy for many of the spots today. I managed to get one bomb at 1st peak and I was sated.
How did Rincon end up being? I had a few buddies that misshed it down there this morning.
Sad. Be careful out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
where'd ya surf OT?
The sentinel has a few pictures of the Harbour
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/sto...orySection=Top
and stories of several "evacuations"?
Worked until dark today - stuck at the office. And it looks like I am not getting in tomorrow. My wife is teacher of the year - so we go to the honorary dinner in Salinas... Hoping to get up north on Thursday morning. The harbor shot in the Sentinel link makes it look nice. Heard word of a the good session at Mavricks this afternoon - calling it glassy.
Shittay. I heard that Mavs glassed off too. Yeah, that's one good shot of the Harbs but that's a fucking minuscule wave compared to the rest. I think the only way to have gotten a shack out there was to take 10 on the head and wait for a small one. Oh well, tomorrow should be real good. Hopefully it cleans up a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Tomorrow's going down like Chinatown. If it cleans up, I got my 7'6" waxed, big wave leashed boughted, and hoping that OB turns on.
((Edit - ALKA!!! You heading out tomorrow? If it's shit here or not handling I'll check in w/ you if you've checked the spots down your way)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../zIMG_8712.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ise/shayne.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../zIMG_8849.jpg
With all due respect to the departed, this is fucked up. RIP, Big-wave hellman. :(
http://surfermag.com/features/online...vi-ghost-tree/
"In the mid-morning, Davi, who was paddling into the waves, broke his leash and began swimming in. One tow team offered Davi a ride in but the surfer refused. Another tow team offered Davi a PFD but again Davi refused according to Curry.
Later in the afternoon Santa Cruz surfers Anthony Ruffo and Osh Bartlett came across Davi's lifeless body floating in a kelp patch"
Why the fuck would anyone refuse a ride from two people who could have saved your life?
:confused::(
Total bummer about Davi. I guess he felt like he could handle it. It's definitely a trait of surfers to be wholly independent and self-sufficient. RIP.
Pu- I'm gonna crack it tomorrow a.m. so check in if it's not happening at OB. But I've got class at noon then a flight to Utah immediately after, so no afternoon surfing for me.
Those pics of OB today?
Still pumping down here. Just got back from the Goleta pier. The sheriff showed up almost as soon as we got there and gave everyone on the pier the das boot. It was shaking pretty well with whitewater coming through the top. This beach is always complete flat, except for the occasional juicy swell.
http://www.thrillinghill.net/gallery...4_Goleta1a.jpg
http://www.thrillinghill.net/gallery...04_Goleta1.jpg
http://www.thrillinghill.net/gallery...04_Goleta2.jpg
Tomorrow I'm going for the evening glass-off at a place I can hopefully handle... Bo! See all you punters there thursday morning too.
Shitty news about Davi. Respect... and vibes.