When we first pulled into the parking lot the conditions looked pretty good for Linda Mar. 3 to 5 foot surf and lots of ridable corners. It seemed like everyone was getting nice rides down the line. By the time we took pictures and suited up it was only about twenty minutes later. But how fast the conditions changed was amazing. By the time we hit the water everything was jacking up and closing out. We tried in the middle by the pump house for a while, but it was unridable. We finally headed south to the boat docks and got a few short rides before the sun set. All in all it was better than not getting wet at all.

#94 / #52 for 2010 3:00 pm

When we got to the parking lot at Linda Mar this morning the wind was really blowing. On the plus side it was sunny and there were only a handful of surfers in the water so you could pretty much pick your spot. Emily and I headed down to the boat docks and sat on the beach watching the waves for a few minutes. An older guy walked by with his dog and said, “you guy must be desperate”. That’s sort of sums up the conditions today. We headed out anyway and caught some awesome long whitewater waves and at the end we really didn’t want to to leave. I guess surfing is whatever you want it to be at any given time. We almost always seem to have a good time.

#93 / #51 for 2010 10:30 am

This morning’s dawn …

If you’ve read my surf journal, or know me you’re aware that I never get up early. Today my wife and I are starting to change that once and for all. We’ve known since we started surfing a bit over a year ago that dawn was usually the best time to go. Walled up lines, clean surf and little or no wind. We’ve always let our work schedule dictate our sleeping habits. We are now entering a new era of controlling our schedule for surf priorities. This means up early from now on.

We got there a bit less than an hour after sunrise and we’re greeted with cold, windy (16 to 33 MPH) and rainy conditions. For some reason the waves looked fairly clean at the north end. They were also too big for us. We stayed to the middle …

We’ve been hella busy with work the last month and haven’t got to surf once, so getting back in the water today was awesome. Emily and I headed to Linda Mar as we were a bit short on time today. The outside was filled with peeps waiting for what seemed to be all close outs, so we stayed on the inside for some tiny fun ones. We both caught our fill and had a great stoked smile time.

#91 / #49 for 2010 3:30 pm

PM Regional Overview: Old WNW swell continues to fade as some new WNW mid period swell moves in this afternoon. Most breaks are offering some pretty solid surf, unfortunately conditions continue to be uncooperative with steady WSW winds. Most breaks are seeing surf in the shoulder-head high+ range, with top WNW spots offering up 2-3′+ overhead waves, …