hate to go there...but uh....any of you guys gettting to the realization that your local is at least temporarily destroyed from that run of swell? hate to be that guy...but uhhh.....somethign seems really, really wrong with our sandbars as of late
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that run of swell screw us?
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malibu 1st point has a Sh!+ton on sand now it used to be us foilsurf guys could surf the First Point Lefts at a 5' tide no problem...now theres so much sand there we get drydocked and stuck on the sand bar at a 5.5 'tide...Buuuls#it
High tide in morning is killing it. Crumbly outside that backs off and can’t connect inside. Also general lack of swell. Today and tomorrow wind ripped. Feast….now famine….
sand has moved out of all the spots here and has wreaked a little havoc
i'm actually kind of stoked bc it's moved everyone's cheese just enough to create more opportunity
i'm actually kind of stoked bc it's moved everyone's cheese just enough to create more opportunity
Every beach has sand moved around up here, and so far its seems for the better. Some really solid bars around the beaches, but some reefs arent breaking as hollow so I wonder if they have sand piled up too. This spring going to be really interesting.
That swell moved our outside sandbars further out, so it's got to be pretty big and long period to properly work. I have fond memories of lined up 4-6 and 6-8 foot days on the outer bar. Right now, that's not possible. Flip side is certain inner bars are working pretty good on mid-high tide.
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My regular is doing well now but spring wind swells will ruin it for sure. Been really fun on the high tides.
Three of my local beachies got wiped out. One spot basically went flat, another was only breaking on the other side of the pier, and the other had deep troughs on the inside, no middle bar, and then a crumbly, fickle outer bar with one crowded peak a little farther north.
But it looks like nature is healing because the first, basically flat spot has started to break again even on the higher five-foot tides. Actually surfed there this weekend and this morning and had really fun sessions.
But it looks like nature is healing because the first, basically flat spot has started to break again even on the higher five-foot tides. Actually surfed there this weekend and this morning and had really fun sessions.
All the regulars are F'd. Old childhood spots that have been breaking for decades are now MIA. No middle bars anywhere. Only spots that work are the established reefs that don't rely on heavy sand build up.
Gonna be veeeeryy interesting to see how the spring shakes things out after the annual harbor dredging.
Gonna be veeeeryy interesting to see how the spring shakes things out after the annual harbor dredging.
The Ventura rivermouth has been completely restructured in a way that hasn't been seen in decades.
silver strand and ventura rivermouth and ventura harbor all fire perfect waves on all swells, at all tides, in any wind, day or night. everyone should come 6 to a sprinter and take all the pictures they can and post them on all social media. be sure to leave trash. we will pick it up. all of the women are loose and easy, too. take 'em all.
One of my go to spots has an outside bar that has just not turned on with the high tides in the AM. This morning I went and it was completely sht down. I decided to drive to another beach that has noutside bar and it was really fun. Waist high runners all the way to the beach, wave after wave. I had a lot of fun. 
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