So I'm heading out to So Cal for work for 2 days and managed to parlay that into a vacation for the rest of the week. I'll be free from Wednesday through Sunday and am planning to be in SD til Thursday visiting a friend then heading towards LA and just cruising for the rest of the time. Any tips or info on places that I should check out? I shipped a couple of boards out already so I'll have my own equipment. Looks like all I need will be a spring suit and a 3/2.
Hate to break it to ya, but it's lake Pacifica until the 17th or later. Go to Trestles on Wednesday, there might be something rideable there.
Funny the forecast is 2-3-4 feet for the next week at least. On the EC people get excited about that.
yes, in my experience there are waves pretty much every day in California. Their definition of good surf is much different than East Coast. Waist high is more or less considered flat in California.
On the flip side, a waist-chest high wave on a punchy EC fun sand bar is much more fun than a mushy waist-chest high wave on a San Diego reef.
Rents used to live in SD, a 2-3-4 day was a lot of fun! Waves are different out there, seem like they have a little more hmph on smaller days than the EC. Go eat at Roberto's!! http://www.robertostacoshop.com/
you'll need a 3/2 no matter where you surf there right now. SoCal is relatively flat all week. Unfortunately you can't trust swellinfo out there. Went to UCSB for four years. This (see below) and surfline are always on point though. Surfline is calling for OC to be 2-4 on the weekend but the swell is mid-long period SSE and only so many breaks there can pick that up. Trestles will pick though but it'll be packed especially on a weekend. HB and Newport will pick it up too for sure and probably Laguna. Nowhere south of San Onofre will have much though, they face too west, don't face south enough. (http://forecasts.surfingmagazine.com/#place=33.715201644740844_-119.575195_7_1422_height_none_Sat_-1) ^this calls for flat till the 17th. Id side with surfline on this trip.
you'll need a 3/2 no matter where you surf there right now. SoCal is relatively flat all week. Unfortunately you can't trust swellinfo out there. Went to UCSB for four years. This (see below) and surfline are always on point though. Surfline is calling for OC to be 2-4 on the weekend but the swell is mid-long period SSE and only so many breaks there can pick that up. Trestles will pick though but it'll be packed especially on a weekend. HB and Newport will pick it up too for sure and probably Laguna. Nowhere south of San Onofre will have much though, they face too west, don't face south enough. (http://forecasts.surfingmagazine.com/#place=33.715201644740844_-119.575195_7_1422_height_none_Sat_-1) ^this calls for flat till the 17th. Id side with surfline on this trip.
Warm now. 70's south of LA where you'll be. Springy or 3/2 for dawnies if you're a wimp or gonna be surfing for 4+ hours. You can skin it (or rashy) any time after 9AM fo sho. Nice weather now, and pretty much always. There's a little SW dribbling in. 2-3' at 16-17s. It looked flat-ish up here this AM, and I didn't even bother checking it up close. Trestles/SanO should be waist-chest and fun. Go there. SD magnets will be the same and a zooland, but rideable. Just don't expect anything banging for a week or more.
It was pumping this AM thanks to some tropical action. Chest-to-Head but kinda junky in the AM. Surprised me. I expected to get skunked.
LOL, that's suite. I don't think surfline even hires guys to check conditions anymore. They just have some suit look at the cams at 0700 when he gets into his cube farm, and make something up based on what he sees. When the snake lake cam is fogged in, there's basically no report, just some weasel wording. It's hilarious. Your suite depends on when eyore surfing and whether there's an upwelling. It was super toasty this AM with the tropical action. I could've skinned DP.
