***Official 2022 Community Surf Journal***

[Bob Dobbalina]

Looks like I'm traveling 12/27-28 from SF to points south.

Hoping to find land somewhere between in SB, VC, or LA to sneak a session in the evening of the 27th and the morning of the 28th

 

[Havoc]

fun lil clean and glassy peaks in thigh to waist high range. got 20+ waves in 1.5 hrs. wtfo ftw! i cant seem to surf anything else bc i suck at surging. crowd left me alone. saw a kid paddle out on an rnf 96 and tear the chit out of a waist high wave on his backside as i was leaving. also, while i was leaving, saw packs of bro brahs descending with all sorts of soft tops and craiglist boars. couple donkeys were fighting over a parking spot while i was changing. da fk? weird holiday chit.

 

[PRCD]

Soon

 

[bluengreen]

Sitting around here in NCSD waiting for waves. How do you guys do it?

 

[PRCD]

Sitting around here in NCSD waiting for waves. How do you guys do it?

I was watching video of Haleiwa last week and it’s mind blowing how much more power Hawaii has than SoCal, but NCSD is particularly bad.

 

[oeste858]

Sitting around here in NCSD waiting for waves. How do you guys do it?

You should drive up to strestles. It’s apparently always decent/good when it’s flat down south.

 

[Havoc]

You should drive up to strestles. It’s apparently always decent/good when it’s flat down south.

or hb. always st to surf.

anyway, sum clean lil runners today. was like pulling teeth waiting for the sets. saw a giant seal pop up about 10 ft from me with a giant fish in his mouth. faka looked stocked! got about 12 waves in 1.5 hrs. even managed a fs floater. good times. loving my wtfo with glass on keelz.

 

[bluengreen]

My brother texted to tell me that the swell started filling in.

 

[PRCD]

My brother texted to tell me that the swell started filling in. View attachment 144398

The Oceanside offshore buoy still says 2’ @ 13 s which is what it said this morning.

 

[oeste858]

My brother texted to tell me that the swell started filling in. View attachment 144398

not yet, bro. I don’t leave town til tomorrow

 

[doc_flavonoid]

so not flat. so fun

 

[Kento]

Yep to the above. Got on it early while the tide was still coming up. Had a fun sandbar left all to myself, chest to shoulder high, burgery on the outside but with some push and then zippered on inside with some barrels opening up and zippering to the sand. Fun birthday sesh. Moderate offshores and really clean, wave after wave for a while. I think I caught 8 waves or so before I had to duckdive for first time and that right there is a nice little touch. Foam ball sent my tail sideways on one, tried to hold it together, failed, and tweaked my back as a result. Nothing horrible but definitely feeling a little gimpy; hopefully good night's sleep gets it right.

 

[Bob Dobbalina]

My brother texted to tell me that the swell started filling in. View attachment 144398

Looked awfully fun out front here yesterday evening.

 

[PRCD]

Bring your biggest Firewire with an epoxied camera mount, a surf hat/Gath, zinka, and a valley girl accent.

 

[Iceman]

Last week I had some fun waves near sunset in town. Random overhead sets and a nice sky. This was AFTER snowboarding in the morning up at Kirkwood. It was a fine morning up that way. Fun day.

Yesterday I got in the water basically for the sake of getting wet. I took out my 5'5'' quad swallow tail that I've only ridden one other time, and it was an absolute blast. Waves were a little fat on take off, but some of them whipped down the line pretty quick. The fish had no problem keeping up. It really turned what otherwise looked like completely marginal waves into a lot of fun.

 

[bluengreen]

Finally splashed the rig (Plasmic) in some stomach high D-Street closeouts. Shoulda waited on it cuz mid-day at a certain reef just outside cam view looked really fun.

Any crowd control strategies for tomorrow? I might surf naked with a pair of trunks tied around my neck. See if that works.

 

[Maz]

Two days out of the water with spasming intercostal muscles. Mirror image of injury of 1 1/2 months ago. Never mind.

Interesting outlook for swell and winds, with 28/12 looking particularly tasty: 8ft @17sec and offshores.

Merry Christmas to all of you from little old NZ.

 

[bluengreen]

Two days out of the water with spasming intercostal muscles. Mirror image of injure of 1 1/2 months ago. Never mind.

Interesting outlook for swell and winds, with 28/12 looking particularly tasty: 8ft @17sec and offshores.

Merry Christmas to all of you from little old NZ.

I've had intercostal injury. It sucked. Took forever to heal and was super painful.

8@17 sounds heavy!

 

[silentbutdeadly]

Good idea. I’ll ask how much

 

[PRCD]

Finally splashed the rig (Plasmic) in some stomach high D-Street closeouts. Shoulda waited on it cuz mid-day at a certain reef just outside cam view looked really fun.

Any crowd control strategies for tomorrow? I might surf naked with a pair of trunks tied around my neck. See if that works.

Speedos have always worked for me.