Sunday, October 4, 2009

I need a nap...

Summary
Slow. Very very slow. Very very slow and very very inconsistent. I would have been better off on the Southpoint today---conditions just a tad too small for this board to really be working. I was hopeful because of last night's session.
Waves
Put simply, there weren't many. High tide, boo. It should be a bit more manageable tomorrow, but today it was a fatty lump for pretty much my whole session. That killed the shape of the (few) waves that actually managed to make it through. The sets had potential, but the ONLY wave that I was really excited for I got snaked by a paddle surfer. Non sets did not exist. Sets were between 3-5ft.
Crowds
There were about a dozen out at Latigo, not bad given the fact that Latigo, Surfrider, and Topanga are probably the only spots working anywhere in LA today...
Weather
Sunny, offshore at Latigo (thanks NW winds...), huge onshore chop everywhere else.
Forecast
Looks pretty decent for the week. At least 3ft every day, so it should be pretty fun. Good thing too, because at least the first half of the month will actually be surfable, thankfully. Tuesday on should have more workable spots north of Latigo as the windswell funk dies.
Eventful Stuff
Painful conditions. Other than that, really nothing so special.
Wave of the Day
This would be my last wave. Sitting just outside the shorepound, ready to go in between sets, I see a wave that looks like it might actually break. The other guy heading in starts paddling for it, misses it (fatty + tide) so I get it. Not huge, but between 4-5ft, good face, bottom turn, cutback, a little toddling around, then it hits the inside of the beachbreak, walls up, and closes out. I make it off just in time. Fun.

Summary:
Latigo Point, Malibu
5'10" Quad Beauty
7:30-9:15
4-5ft on the VERY inconsistent sets
2/5 (only because the sets were few, and very far between

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