Good on ya Box. Finally an OK window of swell and conditions! Seems the best sand bar in miles is still in your neck of the woods rn and pretty machine like for Oreygon, but man the crowd has been thhhiiiick even mid-week mid-day. Lots of surfers in that zone now, a cam, many posting on social media, and 3 or 4 surf shops and no one seems to work?
Anyways time change opened blue collar window and rare on-site day Wed had me heading west after work. Coast Range is caked in snow rn. Like feet at the summits. Never have I seen so much snow up there in March, nonetheless mid-March!!!! Got over with at least a few hrs of daylight, new swell was filling, and pretty north, but wind was kinda on it and shape was meh..... hard pass. Temps overnight were frio! Dropping to high 20s. Opted for free spot and only had my summer bag and woke up middle of the night freezing. Was kinda caught off guard and getting too old for this nonsense.
Thurs at dawn offshore. Looked like potential with a fast hollow right peeling across a shallow bar, prob to fast and body was chilled. The warm water and air of da island kinda ruined me TBH as well as the mind f@#K of putting on 5 mill for mostly mundane Oregon sarf. Thought about rolling down to that sandbar in Boxs zone, but been on teh mindset of picking a spot or zone and sticking to it. That and I don't have a ton of gas money. Worked until mid am, started to warm up, but tide was getting low fast going from 7 to a minus. Suited and booted and thew the quads into the 5ā€™11ā€¯ Synth84. Mostly closely, but the right I saw earlier was still kinda doing it although more cornered. Thumpy drops made them easy to catch to mostly shoulders, although consistently throwing little tubes. Hard to set up a good turn, so focused on pulling in. Handful of no makes with quick visions and a couple shampoos and chandeliers. Water was cold, but as clear as it gets and clean and green, a nice change from the brown turbid water of Winter. Pretty fun and felt in tune. Timing was on point and made every drop even few late ones. The work surfing every day for almost 2 weeks paid off! Always does.
Grabbed a spot, plugged my heater in, and slept like a baby until 8am or so yest not wanting to get up and going thinking it was frio. Was actually about 10 degrees warmer than day before, but was still chilly. Coffee surf check was small, but conditions were A+. Crispy and golden with light offshores. Was moving slow and after making breky didnā€™t hit the water until 10
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Put the quads in jah mid and found some speedy peelers. Gorgeous morning, not a drop of water out of place, but to bad swell had dropped. Surfed a lonesome peak by myself until the south wind chop came up. In hindsight shoulda got out at least an hour earlier, but oh well got a sesh in.
Looks like stellar conditions again this am, but no swell? Has the N Pac turned off early? Hardly any swell last few weeks and none forecasted either? Oh well stoked on some sun and warmth after a long cold cold la nina winter. Maybe I should take up golf or tennis this spring?
Routine is a vampire. Manu Chao-