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.