8/12/12 - Oceanside

Headed up to Oside with Russ this morning and ended up paddling out on the south side of the jetty.  The conditions were beautiful with the sun blazing hot early in the morning, no wind and really warm water which made it feel like we were in Costa Rica.  The waves also looked nice with glassy lefts but unfortunately the waits between sets was fairly long and a lot of them were closing out but the sets that did hold up were nice and steep.   High tide was around 7:30am at 3ft and the swell with coming primarily from 195 degrees.

8/11/12 - Blacks

Paddled out this morning with Chris around 6:30.  Waves were waist to chest high but mostly closing out with a few corners coming in.  Slightly crowded with the weekend warriors.  Tide was high at 3ft with only a very slight dip to low.   TP buoy showing 2.8-3.5ft, 202 degrees, 16 seconds and 3.8ft sea height.

8/10/12 - Blacks

Day of carnage.  Paddled this morning at the regular early morning hours and walked the walk solo from the glider port.  Waves were in the waist to chest range and for a while got really fun for a good hour with the south swell starting to show.  Sets were showing the typical signs of a south with them breaking from south to middles with  most of the good rides being bowly lefts that would suck out and dump on the shallow sand bar.  Interesting day though and started with my leash breaking on the very first wave.  After failing to find the stashed one in the bushes I just paddled back out without any leash. Then after seeing Paul in the water I had a close call on the inside with a guy stuck in the foam ball coming right at me partially on his stomach trying to get up.  Then as soon as I duck dived the wave that he nearly hit me on I turned around to see the same guys with blood running all down his face. Then what happened next was slightly disturbing he then asked me if he should get out of the water so I paddled closer to have a look and then as then as I approached him blood squirted out of a large gash in his forehead so I told him that he should definitely go in and get medical attention.  Saw Russ paddling out right to the north as I was heading in.  Wind was slightly out of the south and the tide was a neap high at 3ft upon arrival.  TP buoy showing 2.1-2-6ft, 199 degrees, 16 second interval, combine sea height at 3.1.

8/9/12 - Blacks

Headed down this morning from Farms Rd. at the but crack of dawn and was still the fourth  person in the water today at 6am.  Waves were kind of sloppy when I first paddled out but it started getting a lot better as the tide settled into low at a 2.46ft at 8am.  At first the waves were breaking right on shore and would give you a pretty good pounding but then it was breaking a little more outside giving you a bit more time to prepare for a move.  Most were one move ride but they were also steep and fun.  Some little barrels if you were really lucky.  TP buoy only showing 1.7-2.1ft, 193 degrees, at 13.6 seconds, Sea height at 3.5ft.  Winds were dead calm as well.  A few guys that were camping up on the life guard spot with a huge fire going got popped by the authorities and probably got a hefty fine.  Water temp showing 62 but there were definitely warmer pockets and the air was nice and warm so it didn't feel bad at all in the short sleeve full.

8/7/12 - Blacks

Headed down from the gliderport this morning at 6:30am on this classic summer morning.   Conditions were similar to yesterday but slightly punchier with waist high clean waves which were fun up until the tide started to rise.  Winds were very calm and the surface was glassy.  Low tide was at 6:50am and the waves started getting crappy around 7:30 but there was definitely some fun ones before that happened.  Russ and I pulled the sneak attack from the north side and then headed down toward main peak for a while until more heads showed up.  TP buoy showing more energy today at 3.2-3.9ft, 189 degrees, 16.5 seconds with sea height showing 3.7ft.

8/6/12 - Blacks

Met Russ at the gliderport at 6am and headed down on this warm summer morning.  Conditions looked decent when we walking out with very little wind and finally some waves!  Sets were in the waist high + range but unfortunately the shoulders were pretty soft and the sets took a really long time to come in.  At least the water was nice and warm and it wasn't that crowed so still had fun.  For some reason I was just super tired today but still managed to get a couple waves that were decent.  Tide was rising from around 1ft this at 6:20am to 5ft at 1pm.  TP buoy showing 1.8-2.2ft range from 198 degrees at 16.5 seconds with the combined sea height at 3.2ft.  Paddled out first at north peak and finally ended up on middles.  Also worth mentioning is that yesterday when we were checking it was spotted a couple young whales straight off the cliffs jumping out of the water which was pretty cool and was the first time I've seen one in SD.

8/2/12- Blacks

Paddled out this morning with Russ from the gp.  Cops in the parking lot waiting for the full moon hippies emerging from the depths of the cliffs.  As soon we were just about to walk down I had to give a give a jumpstart to some of the partiers that thanked with hugs.  On the way down one of the funnier characters of all time was just starting his walk up the cliff and asked if he was almost to the top.  When we told him that he just started the hike and that he had a very long way to go he though were just messing with him.  He obviously had way to much acid or something if he didn't even remember walking down and couldn't see the top.  The waves were pretty tini but there was a very long period waist high set that would come in every 10 minutes.  On the paddle out I saw a knee boarder getting barreled on a perfect barely waist high left.  It was also a bit crowded.  Sat on north peak and was joined later by Paul and after an hour or so we all decided it was time to head to Peats.   There was also a sea lion swimming on the inside right when I was bellying it back to shore.  Pretty uneventful day as far as surf but a nice one at that.