The payoff hit an hour later as I paddled out and the tide began to push. Within 15 minutes some rideable waves were sneaking in amongst the closeouts and within a half hour it was on. The largest sets were still unsurfable, but the smaller waves had good shape and peeled all the way to the stairs.

Best part, there were only two of us on it. A couple of longboarders, one a complete beginner, paddled across the reefs but were quickly swept away by a set and moved to the inside. The longboarders who were fighting the closeouts earlier tired and went in. We quickly set up a little rotation and within an hour were both pretty stoked by the lines coming in consistent and hollow over the shallow rock sections.

By noon, the crowd began to fill in rapidly and the point started to look normal. Grabbed a couple more sets off the outside reef before things got too busy and went in.

Showered off and was shocked on the way back to my car to see a sign declaring the runoff from the arroyo as "contaminated - avoid human contact." Apparently there's been a sewage spill at the campground, and there were no signs along the path that I took to get in the water, either today or on my last session. I'm now laid-up with cold-like symptoms and the swell's peaking (Friday AM).