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Yeah, I was gonna gripe about the boats too. I'm pretty sure I'm one of the little dots you can see in that clip -- I was hanging around ortega for the most part with just a few people while most were north of there. I've seen them do exercises in the surf at different places but only at obsf do they get so close. There's so much open beachbreak between sloat and pacifica with similar peaks but empty, it seems unnecessary for them to do that.
One time last winter I was surfing an outer sandbar with just one other guy out and they were like trying to push us off the sandbar, getting closer and closer to us as we both tried to not let them do that.
Kinda weird morning, I had a great weekend, and sunday evening I felt like I was ripping on an undersized board, waves were coming right to me. This morning I cruised out but wasn't finding the good ones, putting my feet in the wrong place, seeing big boat wakes in the face messed with my head even when they weren't there, just didn't have the mojo. Caught a few short-walled ones then got stuck inside by a set and absolutely dragged in.
One time last winter I was surfing an outer sandbar with just one other guy out and they were like trying to push us off the sandbar, getting closer and closer to us as we both tried to not let them do that.
Kinda weird morning, I had a great weekend, and sunday evening I felt like I was ripping on an undersized board, waves were coming right to me. This morning I cruised out but wasn't finding the good ones, putting my feet in the wrong place, seeing big boat wakes in the face messed with my head even when they weren't there, just didn't have the mojo. Caught a few short-walled ones then got stuck inside by a set and absolutely dragged in.
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My buddy used to work the Golden Gate CG Station, but he works the SF station now.. He said it was probably the GG Crew.
The current premium spot. You know it. The first boat stayed there awhile and then joined the other boat at Noriega, in the video. They were sitting as close as 10 yards off the pack.That's completely fuvked. Those diesel fumes are no joke and neither is the wake though it doesn't seem to be effecting it the surf from this view. I would be pissed if I was out.
@Woke AF what part of the beach was that?
@Mr Doof sorry to hear you didn't get out. Looked pretty doable this AM but as we all know, looks can be deceiving.
@bluengreen see you out there tomorrow amalso couldn't get out there today.
Pretty nuts they do it like that, I guess they figure y'all can handle it. Hardcore af all over out there.
And what we're looking at is some kind of a training exercise? The point is to practice being caught inside? Cuz it look like the boat was hardly moving, could have made it out if it wanted to.
Coast Guard training in gnarly surf at SF's Ocean Beach caught on camera
It looked like a nail-biting scene out of a Hollywood movie when monster waves tossed two...
Training for worst cases. Also you want to go as slow as possible to punch through(maintain headway) to avoid hard landing which can damage boat and injure crew.
So it's better to let the wave start to break, punch through the foam rather than accelerate up the face. So in other words, you really don't want to get air.
Huh, that goes against all my instincts
bet somebody on board, or the ship cam itself has some gnarly footage
Yep, air is bad. These boats have alot of mass to punch through and are ballasted to pop up like a cork.So it's better to let the wave start to break, punch through the foam rather than accelerate up the face. So in other words, you really don't want to get air.
Huh, that goes against all my instincts
bet somebody on board, or the ship cam itself has some gnarly footage
Sounds like it is time to repost......So it's better to let the wave start to break, punch through the foam rather than accelerate up the face. So in other words, you really don't want to get air.
Huh, that goes against all my instincts
bet somebody on board, or the ship cam itself has some gnarly footage
it is my understanding the that hull cracked and there were some injuries.
They are out there fairly regularly throughout the year either doing heli pick ups or boating exercises. There is some footage of them in other heavy beachbreak rivermouth setups too (Russian River, etc). Gotta do it. I'd imagine most CG Rescues are NOT happening in friendly seas. Just a bummer that all the other conditions lined up for surfing as well.
I confirmed with my CG friend. He said he is happy he doesn't have to do that anymore.
