cali I moved from wrong island to cali 3 months ago. have to say it was one of the best decisions of my life. personally i dont miss a thing with regards to the "surfing" done on the east coast. the quality, consistency, form, variety of breaks out here - all are far superior to the east coast, i think. though you kind of got to laugh when guys are wearing 5 mils/boots/gloves/hoods out here, and the water is like 56 degrees.. looking back on it, winter surfing in the northeast is pretty core, in its own way. though the quality of the surf usually sucks.
Slight Exaggerations..... The weather is almost always perfect The waves are consistent The winters are amazing out there ....There is the sewage which can make you sick if it does rain. But all in all it is pretty amazing
i love surfing in socal and baja norte, best waves ive gotten in north america... especially once everyone on the east coast needs a hood youre still good in a 3/2 thats so satisfying esp if you catch a macking day like at black's. central america and hawaii are better obviously warmer water and bigger swells sometimes, but not necessarily less crowded. ive caught some great days with no crowds in socal... jersey is where the family is tho and thats not gonna change so you can always come back east for hurricane season
I'd have to go with California. The only drawback (aside from being away from your family, assuming they are in NJ) is you're more likely to run into the man in the grey pajamas, but it's so crowded, your odds of being attacked are fairly low. My company has an office in San Diego (and Hawaii) and I contemplate making the transfer every day, but as of right now, the timing is bad for me. One day though......
i grew up surfing delmarva but i've been living in north LA county for the past few years. i'll never forget the legendary hurricane swells and the perfect and heaving beach breaks on the EC, but.... Cali is where it's at, without a doubt. the waves, women, and weather are simply unmatched. i respect my bros back home who tough out the winters in OCMD but the lifestyle out here is so mellow and it's just easier to be a surfer in general: the water's warmer, nicer, there's more to look at in and out of the water. do yourself a favor and switch sides, you won't regret it. the only thing you will regret is not giving it a solid go. peace
I lived in SoCal for several years and the guy on here bragging about paying $1100 a month for a spot on the beach is full of SH!T. You don't surf EVERY day! There is not a wave to catch EVERY day. It is not glassy EVERY morning. Why do the ass puppets on here blatantly lie? Go get on a SoCal forum so they can laugh at your New Jersey roots.... big douche.... yeah, I mean you Zach
And if you get caught walking there, you pay a BIG fine. Boats are the only legal way. The entire end of the pessnisula is off limits... And I get dolphins with me and the boats captain alone ALL the time. Yeah, it was crowded during that hyped up south swell last month. But those spots are empty all the time. I dont know what you are talking about. Did you live here and surf there often? If not, I think you are confused.
Dude, you and I have talked about this in the past. And like I said, yeah you told me you visited SD SOOO many times and surf La Jolla for years.... Well dude, you are WAY OFF... I mean, I live here. I surf here everyday. You told me that YOU DIDNT SURF SOUTH SD COUNTY!!! Well if you didnt, you are crazy... SOUTH SD picks up EVERY swell angle. La Jolla is not the END ALL spot in SD. Its over-rated like I said.... If you didnt live down by dog beach, dont speak on it... Ive gotten the heaviest, longest shacked of my life off the dog beach jetty. It and automatic barrel machine, so what are you talking about? ANd yeah, I hang out with Slightly Stoopid at Winstons. They dont surf anymore... But whatever dude... You sound like you were here a long time ago, and you were TRAVELING and not living here... So again, keep defending VB and OREGON... And again, like I told you before. I Dine more in La Jolla than I surf, because the cuisine there is MUCH better than the surf.... You stay up in North COunty missing ever steep North Swell, while everyone south of the san diego river is getting barrels.... Like I said, Stay in La Jolla... All the LSD and camping is rotting your brain.
Damnit. This stupid conversation always gets everyone all pissed off. It makes people start yelling at me and sh**.. The bottom line is this. California is the answer to your question.. Yes, there are over priced houses.. BUT YES, I LIVE ONE BLOCK FROM THE BEACH AND PAY $1100, so the guy who disputes that, you are misinformed. I personally LIVE THIS REALITY, ok? So arguing with me on that is a mute point. I will fax you my rent statement. So stop hating on me for speaking the truth.. Yes, in the winter, on a FEW mornings, there is a south wind bump on the water... But about 345 days of the year, if you show up at the beach, ANYWHERE from 6am to 9am, there is about ZERO wind.. And yes, maybe five or six days of the year, it will drizzle.... But there are 360 days of rainless, nearly cloudless skies.... I surf EVERYDAY, all year. The only time i dont surf is after a rain. I own a 9 foot log, and if times are tough, at high tide, the OB pier has a wave EVERY SINGLE day,.... Seriously... Go to LOLA and read the surf report EVERYDAY in OB for the past 6 months. THere was NEVER a day that didnt have occassional 2 foot sets... I mean, WHERE do you guys get your informatioN???? I see that all of you disputing this have COROVA and NJ locations as your homes, so again, spot hating. Its the truth... Dont get ad at me for saying it.... I surf my favorite reeds all winter, and yeah, sometimes its crowded, but I get waves everyday... Its all the kooks that stay here for a few weeks that paddle out on the cliffs and have to sit on the shoulder while we get every set wave... I get waves on every set in the middle of august at noon at the OB pier with 300 people in the water... So if soCal crowds bother you that much, you probably CANT SURF VERY WELL.... I mean, there is a reason we all live here... And every person who did move here and is still here all just agreeed in this post.... We get BAJA ALONE WHENEVER WE WANT???? No offense, but a trip to Calafia is a WAY better trip than a trip from VB to OBX... I mean, there is good surf everywhere... On the east coast too, but this was a techinical question, with only one answer.... Im just saying, nitpick about my comments all you want, in general, they are all spot on... I LIVED WHERE YOU GUYS LIVED MY WHOLE LIFE... 20 years... WHO ARE YOU TELLING???????
http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/blog?post=4364629 There is an article that may piss everyone off... The covered this EXACT topic on ESPN.... Enjoy,.
definately... I lived and surfed both. Surf is surf. In cali water is warm year round and you can surf w/ spring suit or just rash guard. Jersey you pretty much always need a wet suit (summer) and need to wear way too much crap in winter. Most people do not live in Jersey Shore year round. In So Cal you can live/work near beach. Or live by beach and commute to anywhere (just question of how much traffic you want to deal w/). Those that live in Jersey, have to plan trips around surf reports because you need to spend at least an hour to get to choice spots. Unlike cali where you can roll outta bed and be in the water w/in 30mins. Guess it just depends how much you want to surf. And where you can afford to live.
Learn to read ****. I did not say it was on the beach for $1100 he lives 5-10 mins from La Jolla/blacks but he is a little inland, kook. I was just at his condo a little over a month ago ****er I know what he is paying for it. You CANT get a rent here in NJ for the amount of money he is paying and be that close it is impossible unless you are living in Asbury Park in the bad areas. Also prior to me going out west I have never surfed for 5 consecutive days straight it just don't happen on the east coast. P.S. conditions were glass every morning and went choppy by 11:00. over 5 days of swell. lick it.
Sorry... I didn't know during your little sleep over with your buddy you checked his lease agreement. As for living in New Jersey.... who would want to? Good thing California supports gay marriage... you and your rump ranger can live in bliss.
Micha... Can you ban this guy??? He seriously pisses me off. I just went though his posts, and man does this guy have a serious stick up his ass. Sorry your an old Kook Jimmycraxcorn, but no one wants to hear you negative attitude, or you worthless rants. In my eyes, YOU are probably one of the biggest ***gots on earth. And you live in Corova, Ha. Seriously how much more of a goon can you be??? Do yourself a favor, and roll over and die already, no one likes you.
Ya know, your right. I sound like a di**, but that was after people started talking sh** to me. The bottom line is this. I spent YEARS researching where to move to california. I checked the surf every day for two years from IB to Santa Cruz... And after noticing, that sunset cliffs and OB in San Diego, that face pretty much due west, pick up the most consistent surf I found... Nor cal is bigger in the winter. Orange county has its moments in the Summer, but OC and LA county face south. They miss half the action... Santa Cruz is cold and sucks in the summer... So all of these facts led me to where I live now.... And its just funny how people who visited huntington beach or stayed in La Jolla for a week get on here and start telling me lies.... Thats all... Whatever floats your boat. Jersey gets good. Im not saying it doesnt... Im just sick of hearing people say... Its too crowded in SoCal... Its too expensive... There are sharks... Its ridiculous. Yes, some places are really epxensive... Some arent... Do some research... And there are guys from JERSEY on here telling me that the spots that I surf all year here are "alwats crowded"... Yeah sure... You have no idea how many perfect days i get at dolphins with a couple guys... I mean, if you are from jersey and you surfed all these boat access spots, Who took you there? It must have been a local, cause I have never seen one guy who got off a plane from jersey pull up to ralphs in a rented boat.... Pretty soon, im going to be moving back east. Then I will be enjoying cold winters and good barrels... But for now, I wouldnt trade my time here for the world... I was trying to encourage people to do what me and all these other guys did. I know Ive had the time of my life surfing all over mexico.. Completely empty breaks... Beautiful winters in San Diego... Its whatever... I wasnt trying to be a dic**
Hey man I am with you on this one. I am from "JERSEY" and frequent Calif A LOT when I mean a lot it is like 3-4 times a year now. Soon I will be out there and I agree with every single word you say about it. I have been to a bunch of other places out of the country also that have really good waves but to live in the States and be a surfer or really anything Calif is the place to be. It holds more than just surf out there much much more and this is coming from someone who lives 45 mins from Philly and a train ride from NY. SD is one of the nicest cities I have been to without a dough.
You are a silly lad. Do you understand that my "rump ranger buddy" you speak of is family? You are dumb as ****. And yes I checked their lease agreement I have a problem with snooping through peoples **** when I am at their house. I saw it plain as day. $1100.
