And the winds were...

...offshore. Very strong, perhaps describable as "painful" offshore winds. Santa Ana is suppose to start today, and while the winds certainly weren't hot, there is no doubt in my mind. They cleaned up the faces quite a bit, but the waves were lackluster. Darn swell angle, that's what killed the surf for today! It probably would have been OK all the way up in Ventura or Oxnard, but County Line got the very occasional decent size shoulder. No doubt fun, I'm not taking that away from the ocean by any means, but certainly deceptive and clearly tricky.
I went out today with Eric, even got a chance to test out his fish. Those are fun boards for sure, paddles easy, catches waves surprisingly quick and balance is no problem. I wouldn't say the best waves of the day, but it was certainly a nice little change. I was actually expecting shoulder+, it was waist+ at best. Oh well. I shoulda brought out the M13, but for whatever reason I decided to short it---bad choice (though it would have been the last week on the stock market---ohhhh!)
Lily's breakfast burritos after County Line as a warm-up-what-do-we-want-to-do-it's-only-9 was absolutely amazing, and inspired us to give Zuma a shot. The offshore winds were far more tame there, the waves had a bit more shape and there were actually occasional shoulders! I could have gone for about 2-3ft more in the ocean, with these winds everyone would be shreding like no other! Jusqu'a mardi, au demain matin peut-etre! A bientot!
Summary:
County Line, Ventura
6'1" Al Merrick White Dove
6:30AM-8:45AM
2-3ft, ~13sec
Offshore what wow pam pow!
2/5 overall

Zuma s7-10, Malibu
6'1" Al Merrick White Dove
9:15AM-11:45AM
1-3ft, ~14sec
Offshore light-> pam pam pow boom bam ouch!
2/5 overall