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.

08.30.12 - Blacks

Paddled out at 6:00am, solo, Chris M arrived around 6:30. Tide was pushing to a 4.99' high at 9:14am. Conditions were very glassy, with no winds. Torrey Pines Outer Buoy was reporting Significant Wave Height of 2.8' at 6s from 278°. Most of the waves were coming from the west wind swell, and were mostly walled, with some fun corners to be had. Waves were waist high. Water was really warm in my spring suit. Board ridden: 5'10" KG Twinzer Fish.

08.24.12 - Wisconsin St. Oceanside

Paddled out at 7:15am, solo. Tide was dropping to a x low at 8:10a. Conditions were slightly choppy, with sideshore winds. Oceanside Outer Buoy was reporting Significant Wave Height of 2.4' at 4s from 265°. Conditions were pretty cruddy with most waves closing out, only a few corners to be had. Waves were thigh high at best. Water was really warm in my spring suit. Board ridden: 5'10" KG Twinzer. Best wave: My last left in. It was the only wave that I was actually able to get a decent turn in on...

08.17.12 - Blacks

Paddled out at 11:55am, solo for a quick lunchtime session. Tide was dropping to a 1.15' low at 3:34pm. Conditions were relatively glassy, with slight nw winds. Torrey Pines Outer Buoy was reporting Significant Wave Height of 3.3' from 287° at 4s. There was more south energy today than yesterday. Surf was much better than yesterday. I would say the size was almost 2x. most waves were pretty closed out, but there were some corners to be had. Waves were shoulder high with occassional pluses. Water was really warm in my trunks and ls surf shirt. Board ridden: 5'8" Xanadu Pig 2.