Turn On It, Tune Out, Drop In

N WIND 20 TO 25 KT.
COMBINED SEAS 10 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 10 SECONDS.
TONIGHT N WIND 20 TO 25 KT...EASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
COMBINED SEAS 11 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 9 SECONDS.

Combined seas and dominant periods!
It's coming from different directions, from different sources at different periods...could be a mess, we'll see.

Mike Doyle striking his classic "caveman" pose...warming himself by the fire.

Local Report:

Windblown slop pretty much everywhere...

XX looked...ok...but small low tide rights with 8 guys on it really wasn't calling...

Decided on the first south facing cove I get to...if it was crap, so be it...

Got down about 1...looked pretty fun actually, confirmed by Ms. Toes...

There were about 6 people out on it...paddled out at middles to the south of the pack...picked off a few waist high peaks...it was blowing but not too hard

After about 1/2 an hour everyone headed in except me and another...he was south, I was north and it was wave after wave after wave...easy paddle out...I don't think I took one wave on the head in the first 2 hours...we had it to ourselves for over an hour...sunny, offshore, pretty clean, waist to chest high and empty...

About then, the afternoon shift arrived and it went from peaceful soul to kook chaos...headed further south rather than battle for the peak I had been on...still plenty of fun ones coming through...

...good and fun. Surfed ALONE for 3 hours in the a.m...little protected spot, blowing hard offshore, chest high waves. Just perfect, really. Where the heck is everyone? Ran into doc on my way out; there were about 4 people getting into the water as I left. Crazy. First time ever being completely alone for that long. Wow! Sooooo great.