Looking huge next week. 27 ft faces at 17 seconds
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Looking huge next week. 27 ft faces at 17 seconds
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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...
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.
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.
Last edited by tarkman1; 12-03-2007 at 08:59 PM.
I hear Crowley goes off in the wintertime.
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.
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...
He who has the most fun wins!
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....
edit to add nowcast... mmm, yellow.
Last edited by kneedropper; 12-04-2007 at 03:35 PM.
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!
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