Wrightsville beach is the most closed out beach in the world...

the grade in topsail is shallow, all i've ever seen are closeouts

 

pismo/oceano beaches are candidates for most closed out in the world (why I don't surf there anymore). They get what should be rideable size waves almost every day, but it's always long period groundswell like the frikin wall of china. Takes like an hour of paddling your ass off to finally get a corner...gotta sit out there 4 hours just to fell like you've actually surfed. At least you guys get more peaky windswells to break up the frustration

 

I probably surfed near you yesterday morning. A little crowded but plenty of waves to go around. A lot of the guys out were college kids just floating around and not really getting any waves haha.

 

well you can blame or thank surfchex for the increase in people at the CB pier...I luckily have found that, thanks to the last NE punch, there are sandbars all up and down that stretch, in new places and will just walk down to the next honey hole. They don't work on all tides but hell they work! I always discover new spots while playing with the pooch a real win-win for both of us

 

and speaking of WB, what's with the death defying obstacles placed in the water at both Oceanic and Mercer's..ya know those leash-snagging orange buoys just by the piers on both sides? right in the muthaluvin best part of the break? How long til some kid (or grown up kid like myself) dies or almost drowns from one of those!?

 

Those buoys along wb are indicating where there are pilings sticking out of the ground. I'm assuming they were placed there a long time ago to act as groins and help hold the sand in place. If those are the orange buoys you are talking about I'm glad most are marked off because I stepped on one when they were marked and cut my ankle/foot up pretty bad.

 

that's one of the things I like about central and north california: you can surf anywhere, all year round. There's signs on the piers to stay 100 feet away, but they're never enforced...it's more like so you can't sue if you run into a piling

 

Oh I know what you mean. Can still get away with it most of the time, just keep an eye out for the cops.

 

You're thinking of the buoy at Augusta St. Yes, that marks some uncovered pilings from an old groin.

There is also a brown buoy further South around Access 40 that marks the remains of one of the 4 sunk Civil War-era Blockade Runners on WB's South End. Thing scared the frack out of me the week before last. It's only above the surface from about mid through low tide. It was right around mid-tide and I went to paddle for a wave only to see some dark shape moving beneath the surface and creating a boil/wake right beside me. It bumped my leg and I almost pooped in my suit until I realized what it was. Totally blew the wave for me though.

 

Haven't seen that yet, might have to go check it out today. Probably would have freaked me out too not knowing it was right under the surface.

 

Cops have never given me trouble for surfing around the pier. Have drifted by crystal multiple times while cops drive by, I don't think they really care.