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Saturday, December 17, 2005

As I rounded the corner you could see the lines out there - not huge but definite surf. The waves arrived on Friday (yesterday - big and meaty) but I had previous obligations so had to wait until Saturday morning. Got to the parking lot about 8:15 AM, (about an hour after sun rise) and shot film for maybe a half hour. It was goin' off! Solid head hi sets and fast - mostly "short boardable" stuff. Winds were 10-15K off shore.

When you're shooting in the direction of the sun in the early morning it's a bit of a challenge to get good quality pictures. Tide was high; sets were not that consistently lining up and there were a number of occasional close outs. So, the word of the day was "Don't go to sleep out there."

<-- Lefts were occasionally the order of the day.

A partial cover up here right after the take off. Nice move. -->

<-- This shot and the next one (below) were different waves. Water is in the mid-forties (F) - not that cold yet but definitely cooling down. Cool water and hot waves . . .

Fast . . . and keep your head down! -->

It was really noisy on shore where I was shooting due to the high water and all the rocks being moved around.

Haven't seen many kayaks out there lately . . . and not a whole lot of boogie boards either. A short way from this break there were a lot of long boards but the shorts ruled this break on this morning. Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

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