Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Far better conditions than I was expecting

Summary
And quite better even than the buoys were reflecting. In a word: fun. Thankfully not every beach in the area gets swamped by raw sewerage if it rains. I certainly would not want to mess with Surfrider though---blowing chunks of crap out of my nose is not my idea of fun. Not mushy at all, clean, defined, just small and slow. Good thing I got this little fishy!
Waves
Small, but clean and certainly fun. Nothing spectacular, but slow peeling shoulders popping up every now and again. Overall the 2-3 ft waves (maybe 4 ft sets) held up surprisingly well for County. Generally small waves keel over here, but today presented the genuine slow beach break that the ocean conjures in most folks minds. There were some moderately steel peaks that I found, the most intense wave of the day was two little turns and a finisher.
Crowds
Other than the three obnoxiously loud and frustrating ten year olds, there really weren't many folks out.
Weather
Offshore winds, sunny, slowly warming up. I'm not sure how much of a beach day today will be (as I write this my window whistles the intense offshores right now) but it's shaping up to be far more pleasant than the past few stormy afternoons. Mid to high 60's, sunny, not a cloud in sight.
Forecast
Uncertain. I'm skeptical, but some nice size systems are moving around Northern California this coming week. Possibly Sunday-Tuesday we'll see some long period West swell, but again forecasts for a week really don't mean much.
Eventful Stuff
Snaking when there's five people in the ocean? Seriously? I really don't care, but no question it is frustrating and absolutely ridiculous. What makes it truly pathetic is the fact that this little blond kid knew exactly what he was doing. En route to the car I was describing these run ins to Eric, and as I was taking my wetsuit off I finished it off with a loudly obnoxious, "That friggen blond kid..." As I do, I turn around and speak of the devil, the little tyke walks right on by.
That timing could not have been better, but I remain unsympathetic. could not have been better.

Summary:
County Line, Ventura
5'11" Southpoint
6:00AM-9:45AM
2-3ft 11sec
Offshore
2/5 overall

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