| Location: |
Gaviota Coast |
| Weather: |
Sunny and Warm |
| Conditions: |
Clean and Fast. Texture Later |
| Swell: |
9.6ft @ 20s @ 290° |
| Surf: |
Waist to Chest |
| Rip Curl Bomb Wetsuit Life: |
47 Sessions in Replacement Suit. |
Comments:
Crammed in a lunchtime Gaviota Coast session with Kyle. We walked out there, it didn't look but there was no one out so we went. We had fun in what seemed like waist high waves by ourselves. Then two by two surfers walked down the beach and paddled out. I've never seen a spot go from 0 to 10 in under an hour in the middle of the day. This spot could only handle 6 surfers at post, so those last two groups of 2 really should of taken the peaks to the East or West but they blindly paddled out into our midst. However with the crowds came waves. There were some really good sets, some head high or so, and just peeling down the line. The first peak shut down a lot so Kyle smartly sat at 2nd peak and picked up some of the best rides. A lot of past paddling and back paddling going on, which kept pushing the lineup way to far to the right, meaning we were all stuck behind the peak. What a waste. A guy I see at Sands a lot was out there, and he was the worst offender, continually paddling past people and taking off too deep with a 25% success rate. Wave was too fast and critical to take out an insurance policy on him w/o the possiblity of seriously stuffing him. I eventually roadblocked him so bad that he had no choice but to pull out mid-paddle and I got the wave. Message delivered.