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Date/Time:   Saturday, 18 January 2003, 3:20-4:20  
    
Location:   PCH  
    
Weather:   Super Sunny and Warm.  
    
Conditions:   Clean, Glassy, Small  
    
Swell(Harvest):   3.4ft @ 14s @ 295°  
    
Tide:   -1.2 @ 3:50  
    
Surf:   Super Small. Knee High.  
    
Board:   Walden  
    
Comments:   Tried to get some waves before high tide at 6:30 this a.m. with Steve and Unkle at C-Street. Bagel. Tide was already way too high and waves were way too small. Went back to sleep and then changed my rear differential oil (I'm trying Redline Synthetic). Tried a drive by along the PCH on my way back up to SB. Things looked small and the tide was l o w but i managed to just paddle out at a little spot that had a few waves.

Waves were small but it was a surprisingly fun session. Caught a ton of waves, all about knee to thigh high at best that showed superb low tide form. About a dozen folks out there when i paddled out and then it was only 2 of us as the tide was obviously getting too low and the place started shutting down. A super short 1 hour session that actually saw 0 trains go by.



 
    
   
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