E's Surf Report: we're hurtin' up here

I thought the south swell might peak this morning... but.. it looks like it's on the downturn. My enthusiasm for a 4:15 wakeup kamikazee santa-cruz mission sounded a lot better last night when i was amping on some surf magazine than it did at 4:15 this morning when i clicked the alarm off and fell back to sleep immediately. I'm not sure if i ever really woke up? I ended up doing the standard bay-area cruise.. geez.. spring is truly here.. and.. things are looking bleak... grim... foreboding.. The NW winds erupted to life before the sun had a chance to rise.. or maybe they blew all night?.. i stood in the VFers parking lot at 5:50 and conditions were already riled and funked. Not much swell showing along OB, significantly less than yesterday morning. Onshores killing any glimmer of opportunity. I noticed something resembling a peak near Taraval and then some groveler's delights at second lot sloat.. ugly.. nobody out. Pacifica not even close. all the way back down to Half Moon Bay for me.. surfed a wedgy right with a few others for about 1.5 hours. After paddling furiously and missing some meager "set" wave one disgruntled surfer commented, "these are more like boat wakes!" ... and so they were... just little blips and blaps snapping and peeling along here and there. I have to admit a little secret.. and that's that i actually enjoy small waves.. i like big waves too!! definitely.. but.. i don't mind measly little dumpers and pissant micro dribblers. One minute i'll be thinking, "man.. this kinda sucks.. these waves are gutless".. and then 25 minutes later i'll realize that i just lost myself in finding and skimming along little mini-bowls and pseudo-pockets... stuffing myself in thigh-slapper cover-ups and squatting down and trimming right into the beach. I don't know.. i'm weird like that. The act of catching waves is just fun, in and of itself... big, perfect waves are obviously more desireable... but.. pretty much any wave is fun.

things might get pretty ugly these next few days.. I'm not sure what to think or anticipate.. not much swell on the horizon.. probable continuation of bitchily persistent onshore wind.. huh??

anyway.. the folk down in santa cruz have been laughing and joyously cavorting in this south swell energy that we in the bay area squint and look for in vain.. sounds like Jocular Jake score 7 hours of water time yesterday and our resident santa cruz local Dano scored some quality waves himself.. he also sent me some ridiculous, mouth-watering pics. check em..

he made it
damn!

glassy succulence
damn!

a money set
damn!