OBSF was massive and unruly Saturday, so I hit up a protected spot just south (not Lindamar!). Still big and unruly, and 4/5 were closeouts, but was nice to grab the 7'6 and feel some real power in the ocean. North side of this cove was 2x overhead + but no one out and looking really mean as the white wash on the inside smashed into a seawall of boulders, so I sat on the south end and got some inferior waves. Sunday, I showed up to The Beach undergunned (6'8 Blackbird and 6'3 Ghost in tow) thinking that the swell was going to drop more than it did. Was feeling like a wuss, so I drove south again, where it was a choppy mess. Got the balls to go back to The Beach and paddled out on the north end, where it wasn't macking quite like it was at Middle Beach. Paddle was a bitch, thanks to a thumping inside section. Just as I was through the death zone and into the lineup, a rogue wave, not duckdivaeable, broke about ten yards in front of me. Nice way to start a session! Current wasn't too bad, but shifty peaks and a higher tide made it hard to be in the right place, so I paddled back and forth for 30 minutes before snagging a medium set wave that was all drop and no wall. Found one more that had me flying frontside straight into an oncoming 10-foot wall of whitewater. Grabbed rail and banked off the top just in time to escape a collision, and called it a session. Winter is coming!