who here has been surfing this week?

Hey y'all. Glad to see the forum is still chugging along.

Worst October for surf that I can remember. Maybe 2-3 days of OK surf? There was one October in my formative years where there was decent waves every day. November is shaping up though with that weird tropical event.

Surfed in board shorts 2 weeks ago with just a UV top. Today I woke up with air temps in the 30s. Water is still upper 60s though, and crystal blue.

Great photos and stories as always fellers. Slide on.

 

This site needs more posts like this one.

 

Photo by T Torcia of M Gleason . Tims been plagued by back issues yet he couldnt resist the last of the warm water . The swell came on early , a strong pump questioning if he should be in the water at all .

 

I’ve been getting San O the past few days with limited crowds. Cheers fvckers

 

Great shot. You will see this on all of the xcel product packaging for 23/24

 

Ditched out of the office for a few hours today around lunch time. Surf was firing. Head high and offshore. Rode a new board for the first time with favorable results. Life is good.

 

Smallish, bumpy south swell yesterday after work. OK on the log, but it was definitely better earlier in the day, and further south. Oh well... take what you can get.

 

The flag pole is 15 ft ,

 

Brutal conditions today. Crazy and almost balmy to freezing.

 

Freezing yesterday, temps in the single digits, wind chill well below zero. Waves were great.

 

I've been out of the water the past couple of weeks after a seemingly minor bicycle crash. Picked up some road rash that has been incredibly slow to heal. Its been 17 days and still not healed enough to put a wetsuit on and bend the knee.

 

Happy New Years!!!! Short session this morning. Fun waves and was so warm that I was overheating in my 5mil.

 

Happy New Years! Yeah, we had temps in the 50's and nice waves, great way to start the year!

 

new year's day was clean and green... and solid chest high. Starting off the New Year right!

 

Without a doubt I had my best session so far of 2023 last night. Paddled out at the jetty down the street from my house at 3:00 and surfed this glassy waist high peak all alone until dark. There were very few waves coming in but the ones I was getting were really fun. Had there even been one other person in the water there wouldn't have been enough waves.

One of the cool things about surfing in January and February is the different wildlife you only see that time of year. Seals and different birds. Yesterday there were two kinds of birds hanging around the jetty that I've never seen before that I can recall. The first was a flock of about 20 Long Tailed Ducks that hung out at the end of the jetty. The males are really impressive. The second hanging out tight to the rocks on the inside and not the least bit afraid of me was a dozen Bonaparte's Gulls. Tiny gull about the size of a mourning dove with very distinctive markings. When I'd paddle back out next to the rocks they would let me get inside 10 feet of them. Looked both up and pictures are attached.

 

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that today is among the top 5 days ever in my town. Newmibia 2.0