Session Reports

Whooo weeee!!!  Hope you all got some this weekend!  Went to San Elijo on Saturday, nice and crowded, but a sweet ride.  Nothing tubular, kind of mushy actually, but fun.  Sunday wife was on call so we went to Tourmo.  Pretty fun, nice shape, generally glassy.  Nice to see some overhead at San Elijo and Tourmo again.

Was at Del Mar til about 2.  Was pretty fun; typical slow-rolling 3-4ft mush you find at Del Mar.

By 1:30 though all the groms apparently skipped school or something, so within five minutes the place was absolutely crowded with kids who don't even have any manners.  At the same time though the waves started getting crappy and turning into unsurfable closeouts, so I figured that was a sign that I should leave.

Might take out the log tomorrow for the first time in a while and just live at Shores the whole day.

Originally posted by themathteacher Almost forgot, Bartacus' wave too top honors today, he was on a head high peeler doing a cheater five, on his fish!!! Totally cool

... that's crazy good!

I checked out Mission Beach (mostly closed out) Tourmo (pretty flat and packed) and ended up at Scripps today. 2-3' with and a very occasional 4', but those were nearly always closed out. Longish waits between sets. I had fun on my new fish.  The water felt warmer than on Saturday.


Edited by seawolf - 11 November 2009 at 3:11pm

Hey guys, anyone wanna head out DP tomorrow either at Scripps or Del Mar? I'm logging it

Is parking easy at Suckouts?

Originally posted by offshore Is parking easy at Suckouts?

It's a pay parking lot, or you can park alongside the beach further south.

WOOHOO, I'm loving this new swell. Excellent sess @ Scripps - too many ppl tho.

OB was big, scraping the bottom of the pier, a foot or two overhead. Poor form, mushy take off into big walls, but it made for super fun drops. Caught 4 big ones and a couple small ones then off to work I go.

Had the new (green) fish out, set it up with bigger back fins and I was suprised how well it help up, I might have to reconsider the quad as a big wave option.

DP at Torrey Pines. Head high surf with surprisingly good form. From the outside, you could drop in and ride for 25-30 yards before getting clothes lined. Rode my go to thruster.   Did much better than yesterday at SMJ mainly because there was a lot more push.

Tried out Mathteachers Sunny Garcia fins. Really dig them.

Doing DP at Scripps or Shores tomorrow, if anyone wants to join in.

DPed at OB this morning - it's a new spot for me, some high high sets dumping in about 2 foot of water.

DP at OB. Met mathteacher and caught some shoulder high surf with occasional head high sets. Much cleaner than yesterday and more power. Thought today was going to be smaller. Luckily Mike brought his new fishes. It was a blast flying around on the shorties.

Offshore, sorry you were getting thumped out there.   Depending on where you went out, you may have been too far inside, or timing was off.   I've been out when the waves looked like they were going to hammer me, but then held up for another 50 yards.  Other times I thought I was in the sweet spot for a take off and it just walled up and shut down on top of me.   OB has a lot of different breaks and the only way to know what it's going to do in a given spot is to watch it for a while and try to figure it out. For the most part, I find the Best long board waves tend to be outside between the pier and the hotel.   also, there are usually some nice pealers on the outside,  south of the pier at low tide.

Edited by Baratacus - 24 November 2009 at 3:06pm

you should try down near the pier, i think that the waves are better for longboards by the pier.
the "rock crop" is called the stub jetty.

OB is my fav beach break to ride at.