Thread: Anyone else get some today...?

Summer swell season is on. I only had about 30 minutes of free time yesterday with the new boy, so I drove down to the Lane to watch the surf (and some whales). It was a solid six foot on the better sets. A bit warbled, but I sure wished I had been able to paddle out. I bet today was even better. Help arrives late tomorrow, so I should be able to catch the tail end of this thing.

Still hoping for that new camera. The Lady says I deserve a father's day gift. I agree.







Nice to see waves after the last few weeks of small stuff. But my longboard form has improved.

^^Nice. I think I'm in your first pic, about to drop. Today was definitely better, and bigger. First one I caught went from first peak all the way past the stairs. Forgot how fun south swells are.

I surfed Cottons yesterday afternoon , for about 3 hours. Really fun, about a foot overhead and clean. Some of them were a bit soft, but as the tide dropped the bigger lefts really started to line up. The water is still cool, its not spring suit time yet.

^^^ Damn. What swell direction? We had some 12 sec south dribbles and some south wind swell yesterday. Certainly not OH surf. Still, the hour I was able to long board on the point was fun, especially with the thin crowd. Finally getting to understand my log again.

Past few weeks have been fun up here. Fatherhood is good for my surfing. Have a window - get in. Been surfing all over, but the best days have been up in the Waddell zone. Little Banzai was lots of fun, even with the swell dropping.

Looks like we are going to get another round of NW and S showing up later tomorrow. Not too bad for late May and early June.

Some shots form a fun small day at the Slot on the 23rd. Another example of dying swell and no crowd.







Yes, poor quality photos, but I liked the angle. Soon I will be getting that new camera and am super excited about the problem to be me more than the equipment.

Originally Posted by Ottime

^^^ Damn. What swell direction? We had some 12 sec south dribbles and some south wind swell yesterday. .

Combination of some left-over south and some WNW, which filled in as the day went on. Saturday was down to waist, occasional chest high in Newport, with some long lulls. I did not have much hope for Sunday, so I slept in. Surfline was calling Newport 3-4+ on Sunday, but the wind seemed like it would get on it early. I waited until about 1, then went down to Trestles/Cottons, figuring the wnw would keep filling in over the course of the day. It did, and things got a bit better over the course of the afternoon. It ended up being fun, and much bigger than I thought it would be. Those are some of the best days, when you get something unexpected, and head high/slightly overhead. The last hour, from 4 to 5 was the best, with me and only 1 other guy sitting in front of one of the two houses on the bluff(I forget which one is Nixon's) and getting long, slightly overhead lefts.

My gills have dried up, I can count the times I've surfed in the past 5 months. Glad you guys are scoring the past few weeks

I went to Cotton's today. it was pretty sectiony. i suck

We had a pretty good day yestareday at Varazze, Italy. 3/4 ft with some offshore...just the 3 of us in the water!

Every day is going off in landlocked glenwood springs CO

http://www.coloradowebcam.net/videmb...40&large=false

^That looks like the perfect spot to watch people river surf.

I can catch a wave in the ocean but I would not say I could catch one of those waves. On that link, one guy surfed it really good and then the next guy paddle out and got swept down river. That would be me, lol!

i was at big sur this weekend, unreal glass, river wide. One guy was on a long board riding for 45 minutes, just going back and forth. Pretty sick

here is a pix a poached from mt buzz

nh seacoast offered up fun lil clean peaky waves this morning. some pretty long rides on the blunt due to the fact that you could sometimes connect 2-3 different waves by pumping speed across the flats to the next bowl.

water felt really warm. only a few folks out.

rog

Originally Posted by skideeppow

i was at big sur this weekend, unreal glass, river wide. One guy was on a long board riding for 45 minutes, just going back and forth. Pretty sick

Where was he surfing? I assume this was a standing river wave...

About as flat as it gets in SC today. Hopefully this next round of souths stir up a few. The NW winds are just killing any chance of getting up the coast.

^^^
OUtside Grand Junction, to the east.
Only comes up when the river is about 20,000 cfs which is pretty rare,
heading back tomorrow afternoon and will get some pixs

South swell just started to show in town. I think it will be a worth while swell. The Point was fun for a log (or even a short board if you had patience) with a decent NW wind swell making for some occasional chest high surf. Then a few sets showed around 11:30, setting up lines form 1st to the inside by the stairs. Not too bad. If only the winds would let up.

Let's see some pics Skidee, sounds like there's a lot of water moving in that river. The mention of 'Big Sur' threw me for a loop at first. That's a fairly well known beachy on the Central Coast out here.

^^^, here is some of the session from Tues night, his is on a C4 waterman blow up, the new rapid rider. Pretty sick board for an inflatable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF4GpZEtxbs
I was at big sur yesterday and probably go back tomorrow, Will try and get some video.
if anyone can help with embedding i would appreciate it.

no pics, but it has absolutely been going off the past few days. First got on the short board Thursday and things got better from there. Monday was off the hook. And the past two days pretty damn nice. How is SoCal? Any one get any pictures from this swell? We've been too busy enjoying it, but damn. Nice week.

Now I am off to the east coast for three weeks. Any chance of surf in New England a week or two out? I don't think it can even come close to the past few days. I just love ground swell.

Originally Posted by Ottime

No I am off to the east coast for three weeks. Any chance of surf in New England a week or two out? I don't think it can even come close to the past few days. I just love ground swell.

ah, no. i've seen maybe 3 days above waist high since may. like belly high at best. ok, one day i scored head high surf during a thunder/lightning storm. was the only one out at the rocks for hours. wonder why? it was well worth it.

been touring the rivers on the SUP a ton tho. always somethin to do round here. maybe some lil waves this weekend into next week.

if yer gonna be around the nh seacoast, pm me. i'm always out when it's six-oh-able.

rog

Unfortunately, No surf for this guy since Sunday...work has decided to bury me.

Skiddee, that's pretty cool stuff. Add 3' to that and you'd be amped

Last weekend was great. I got to surf fri/sat/sun, with Sunday being several feet overhead in the Trestles area. I have not been able to get out this week, but might be able to get out of the office a couple of hours early today. I am hoping to leave around 3, and jet down to surf uppers/barbedwires/cottons. If I can't make it out early, I will try to hit Newport as it glasses off. There should be some ridable surf this weekend, although it is dropping.

Who is pumped for the swell about to hit?

I'm in the office checking the surfline cam for Newport 54/56. It looks like it is starting to fill in.

I can't get any tonight, but tomorrow evening should be good. It should pump all weekend.

Last weekend was more fun than expected. Saturday morning newps was shoulder high. It wasn't epic, but still fun. Barbedwires, the area between Uppers and Cottons was fun on Sunday, shoulder high and pretty consistent. This weekend should be a lot better though.

EDIT: Just checked the Uppers cam. Surfline is already calling Uppers 4-5. This one should be good.

Holy shoots, the cams here in central san diego show solid lines pushing through and the break is not known for south swells. I'm sure it's inconsistent and I'll miss all the sets but I'm going down to investigate for an hour right now, tomorrow might be fun.

Upwelling soon to happen??? full suit for me just in case