E's Surf Report: surfable??

sorry.. i didn't check it this morning. We'll have to rely on Lerm or Kaiser or other daily chargers for the first-hand account. Based on the cam, blakestah's report, wetsand, wind charts, etc. it looks highly surfable out there.. though most likely a bit bumpy and disorganized. I saw the sea surface from 46th ave at around 8:20 (relatively glassy, minimal wind at the coast) but my train came through before i had time to walk over the dunes for a check. Watch out for the giant 7ft high tide around noon today.

buoy readings as of 9:42am (pwizardry.com)
california - 8.5ft 13sec
SF - 7.5ft 11sec

All the surf forecasters are going apeshit about the forthcoming few days. Blakestah is predicting a solid NW wind/ground-swell combo from a steep 315 degrees... coupled with offshore winds (SE).. can't beat that! hopefully it won't be too gihugic at the beach for us mere mortals. The Wetsand guy predicts very little diffraction potential for this steep NW swell.. soo.. i think that means very little wrapping into the South facing Santa Cruz spots?? I was contemplating an uber-dawn-patrolling thanksgiving mission down there.. but.. now i'm not sure.. hmmm.

All i'm hoping for is a handful of tapering, rippable, clean faces! That's all i ask. How nice does it feel when you take off on a phatty wave and excitedly observe a huge, overhead wall stretch out in front of you... pining to be carved and teased! Even better when you manage to balance yourself perfectly on the takeoff, even subtly projecting your momentum ahead of you, anticipating on take-off the line you want to take through your first bottom turn.. then letting the speed amass as you thunder down the drop.. look up the face of the wave.. crouch down... pivot your upper body... reach up toward the lip with your board... then lay all your weight on the inside edge and just throw your momentum/power/rage/flow/expression into the biggest cutback you can muster... carve all the way around the face.. back into the white-water.. then stand up, change direction, and let the wave redirect you down the line again.. then a few pumps.. maybe a quick check off the top.. and your accelerating again.. looking for another opportunity to throw it on rail..

ummm.. ok.. back to work..

SUURFFF!!!!!

it's november! enjoy!

salt creek yesterday (photos by smlavin)
crystalline so cal

crystalline so cal

my friend Christine Sommers took this SF sunset photo a few weeks ago
rouge afterglow