So I decided to get up mad early (5:30) and go surfing on my day off. This was the first, and quite possibly the only, time I will ever be surfing in Southern California without another soul on the beach. Given conditions were far from perfect, but I would argue that the cross-shore winds cleaned up the right faces a bit, so I'll take it. 2-4ft waves, mostly on the lower end of the spectrum, definitely fun.
Surfing under moonlight is something that I haven't done in awhile, and I forgot how much fun it is (full moon or darn close right now, so it was pretty light) once first light hit the sky lit up a thousand colors of orange and pink, the glittery reflection a beautiful spectacle.
County Line is one of those places that people can't stay away from though, so slowly surfers and body boarders trickled in, the first about thirty minutes after I arrived. No question that there were waves for the taking, and my little 6'1" Al Merrick White Dove shreds them. I'm still not that good on it compared to my big board, but I can catch waves and do cutbacks and wraparounds, so given a little more practice I'll be a baller.
Certainly the most interesting part of the day was the dolphins. These animals are all over the place, but these two are in a class of their own. I first saw them out of the corner of my eye and said to myself "Uh oh, what was that?" Then they not only popped up to the surface, but both jumped five feet out of the water and basically did back flips. So that was fun.
As far as the surfing goes, the first 30 minutes saw three baller rights. The other 2 1/2 hours saw a mix of lefts and rights, mostly rights. Best wave of the day was one nice left pocket I found.
Summary:
County Line, Ventura County
6'1" Al Merrick White Dove
6:00AM-9:00AM
2-4ft, short period ~8sec
Cross-breeze, glassy for 45min, onshore
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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