Because of the above listed conditions we were told by a friend via Twiiter that everything was blown out south of Linda Mar. So, we head to LM. When we got to the parking lot the conditions looked awesome. Lefts, rights and a-frames everywhere. By the time we got in the water everything had turned to mush. I tried for a couple of promising looking waves but they all mushed out. It turned out to be a fairly short session.

However, by the time we were leaving an hour later the conditions were back on. Should have hung outside for another hour. I guess you live and learn.

#81 / #39 for 2010 3:45 pm

Regional Summary: SSW(190-200) groundswell holds today as some NW windswell mixes in. Most better breaks have waist-chest-shoulder high surf with the standout spots pulling in some head high …

Yes this day sort of matches the title of this post. At times HMB looked pretty good, and other times it was so so to so so minus. We seemed to be in the later category. We kept seeing great sets going off around us, but we seemed to keep missing it.

It’s not even that the day was bad. I caught a couple of rides and so did Emily. We also both got tossed around a few times. Nothing too bad though.

I was a beautiful day today, and we had a great time at the beach. The south swell is coming on strong tomorrow so maybe the surf will be a bit better.

#80 / #38 for 2010 4:15 pm

Regional Summary: A mix of NW windswell and S/SSW energy produces waist-shoulder-head high surf this morning, while standout breaks occasionally hit the …

We had a sunny day at the Jetty with lots of good vibes in the lineup. The sets were coming in at about 10 minute intervals and the rights were going off so we finally decided to head down to the north end. Wow, what a difference a few hundred yards can make.

Emily sat on her board for a while, and then caught an awesome wave and landed a great drop! Then she rode it all the way to the beach. Stoked!

I stood up a few times in the wash and then decided to try a right. I tried to spot where the wave was breaking and lined myself up. A few minutes later I was in a perfect spot and paddled into the wave at an angle to the right. I caught the wave popped up and rode it …