August 15th surf sesh

It seems that the surf report will never match up to the actual wave conditions. I was surprised yet again to what I discovered when I made the trek from Ashland to Crescent City. It was pretty much the opposite of my last blog. Magicseaweed was claiming south beach was 2ft at 14sec coming from the south with winds at 2mph. With a ground swell that strong, we were stoked to get in the water. When we first pulled up to South Beach anticipating that would be the spot since it was high tide, we were immediately disappointed. There were a handful of longboarders out in the line up and it was waist high and bumpy at the best. We drove up to pebbles and summers and it was slightly better but rather inconsistent. We were hoping it was going to be a repeat of last session when we checked everywhere and point saint george was firing. Unfortunately when we arrived, it was bigger than the other spots, but a mess. It was just about head high but all over the place. We went back to summers and decided it was our best bet. After paddling out, I was pleasantly surprised. There were fun little peaks with no one out and plenty of juice. Only about waist high but super ripable. There was a bit of texture on the waves, but it didn't matter to me it was great to be in the water. The water was surprisingly warm (for nor/cal) and I ended up going without gloves or booties! The scenery at summers is always a treat as well. Enjoy some pictures I took of the fun little waves we scored.

August 5th Surf Sesh

After heading to the coast this weekend on a whim, and scoring fun waves unexpectedly, I decided to start a blog in order to compare conditions to the surf report. Surfing Oregon and Northern California is a tedious task with often fickle surf so by creating this blog, I hoped to better inform surfers in the area of what to expect when heading to the coast. I had been following the US Open of Surfing contest all week via live webcast and could no longer take being landlocked and trapped in the heat of the Rogue Valley. The surf report looked heinous but me and some mates decided to make the journey from Ashland regardless. Magicseaweed was claiming a southwest swell with a wave height of 1.7ft at a 15secs interval as well as a northwest swell with a wave height of 4.5ft at a 8secs interval with 6mph gusts of wind. Although I am aware that these are not ideal conditions we were pleasantly surprised with what we found. The first spot we checked was South beach which looked dismal to say the least. It was onshore winds and approximately 1 foot. Pretty pathetic. We decided to grab some tacos and check pebbles. When we arrived around 3pm it was high tide and pebbles works best on low. As expected the waves were breaking close to shore and nothing surfable. We made our way further north and stopped at summers. It was our best option yet, even though it was only about knee high and had a bit of texture on the waves. On the road again. We stopped by Garth's Reef and chatted with a longboarder who just got in and had a blast even though he was hard to hear because of the seals off the point that were barking so loud. Must be matting season. We kept on north and hoped for something better at Point Saint George. After the little walk over the grassy hills we found perfect lines about waist to chest high with offshore winds. We were baffled. About four guys were out and we hurried to get our suits on and join the fun. It was a fun little beach break on the inside and we ended up having a three and a half hour session. It started to get a little funky when the tide became low but produced some pretty fun little ramps on the inside. Could not have been more stoked.