9.9.12 - Barney's (Cardiff Campgrounds)

Paddled out at 7:00am, Joel S. and his son Henry. Tide was barely moving this morning. Conditions were clean, with no winds. Torrey Pines Outer Buoy was reporting Significant Wave Height of 3.5' from 288° at 7s. Today was my first "real" session on Beth's long board. Waves were relatvely slow, but there were a few long rides.. Waves were waist high. Water was warm in my spring suit. Board ridden: 9'0" Bruce Jones.

9.6.12 - Blacks

Paddled out at 6:00am, solo, saw Derrik out a little later. Tide was a 2.26' low at 6:18am. Conditions were clean, with no winds. Torrey Pines Outer Buoy was reporting Significant Wave Height of 2.9' from 184° at 7s. A generally small surf day, with occassional decent left hand sets coming through. A lot of water activitiy with seals, dolphins, fish, pelicans, and other birds. Waves were waist high. Water was comfortable in my ss full suit (water tem had dropped a bit since Sunday). Board ridden: 5'10" KG Twinzer.

9.2.12 - Cassidy St. Oceanside

Paddled out at 7:00am, with Chris M.. Tide was pushing to a 5.3' high at 10:52am. Conditions were clean, with little to no winds. Oceanside Buoy was reporting Significant Wave Height of 4.5' from 191° at 18s. Today was almost a repeat of yesterday, only slightly smaller and the bigger sets were fewer and farther between. Still mostly lefts, but better rights than Sat. Strong northbound current. Still some barrels to be had. Unfortunately I got tangled up with a guy when I was taking of on a bigger right (he was paddling out, and I got blasted into him when dropping in) so that was a big bummer. Waves were solid head high +. Water was nice in my trunks and long sleeve surf jacket. Board ridden: 5'8" Xanadu Pig 2.

9.1.12 - Cassidy St. Oceanside

Paddled out at 6:30am, with Chris M. and Joel S.. Tide was pushing to a 5.3' high at 10:23am. Conditions were clean, with little to no winds. Oceanside Buoy was reporting Significant Wave Height of 4.9' from 194° at 18s. Surf was pretty clean. Mostly lefts with some rights. Strong northbound current. It was pretty classic summertime south swell, beachbreak condititions. Steep take-offs, people were getting some nice barrels. A little inconsistent, but still quite fun. Waves were head high to slightly overhead. Water was very comfortable in my spring suit. Board ridden: 5'8" Xanadu Pig 2.