Brought the fish out

I brought the fish out today and it took me a little bit to get used to it. There were a lot of people so I had to post up north side halfway between the jetty and the pier.

I had a few fun rides and surfed for about 2 hours. It's been a while since I've been out there that long but it was definitely fun.

Better but not better at the same time

The conditions today were awesome - glassy, nice weather, good shape. Unfortunately, everyone knew about it so the street parking was full by 6:30 am.

I got a few decent rides but nothing fantastic. I ended moving northside after a bit to beat the crowd, but the waves were crappier.

I really need to start bringing out the fish. Too mushy for the shortboard.

Good-ish

Well got out early this morning before the sun was out. Had a few equipment issues (my zipper wouldn't zip up), but got out at about 6:15 am.

My first wave was pretty awesome - totally held up for a while. After that, however, it seemed like the tide started to come up and the waves became pretty soft.

Got semi-crowded at 6:45 am. I ended up paddling closer to the pier, south side and therefore got crappier waves.

Hopefully tomorrow will be more awesome for me.

Pretty small and mushy this morning

I think I would have had an awesome session today if:

• I had a longboard
• I surfed south side
• My name was Paul

Cause Paul was killing it south side.

I spent most of the morning session shooting the sh!# with Brett. Would get a wave here and there, but it was too mushy for anything.

Today is one of those days I wish I still had my old school foamie long board. That thing would catch anything.

Disappointing!

While yesterday was heavy, this morning was just weak and depressing.

I got out at about 6:30 because I thought the tide/swell size combo would make it perfect. Unfortunately, it made it mushy and weak.

It actually started to get a little bit better as the tide dropped. By the time I left at 7:50, it was getting to be pretty good - but still very inconsistent.

Maybe Porto would have been a better call this morning.

Heavy this morning due to the tide

Some heavy "ish" this morning due to the 1 ft. tide at 7 am. When I walked out, there was another dude who originally turned around to go home but changed his mind because I walked up.

First thing he said to me was "it's heavy".

I got a few corners but they weren't much in terms of shoulders. I didn't sack up and tuck in either because I wanted to keep my head attached to my shoulders.

Bigger cleanup sets were head(+) high, smaller sets were about 4 ft.

By the time I left there were only 2 other guys out. There was someone southside who got a pretty good one and split the pier.

I'm not sure if I am going to go out tomorrow morning if the tide is going to be low. It will be better at about a 2-3 ft. tide.

Skunked again!

Damn, tried going out 2 days this week and no surf.... I thought the swell would have been here by now. Hopefully tomorrow will be much better.

Yesterday

Late post for yesterday:

• More size
• Choppy
• Decent weather

Started north side, moved south, then back north. I couldn't seem to find any good corners either.

But, as always, I was glad to have surfed anyway.

Surfed this morning

Well, I thought I would be able to get some of that windswell that was mentioned in the report for this morning:

• 5' sets
• 0-1' high tide

But unfortunately, mother nature just wasn't churning out too much butter this morning. The conditions were glassy and the weather was nice, but there just wasn't enough juice in the water to get a lot of rides.

I had one or two, ummm, "decent" rides (if that's what you want to call them).

On a good note, I saw Ronnie at the pier this morning. Nice and upbeat as usual. He said he might be in the water tomorrow.

Did you know that he was in that Dogtown documentary?