Category Archives: Epic OB

December 4, 2020

Good to Epic. December 2020

Bottom Turn. December 2020

Today would have been one of those days where you’ll call in sick because you woke feeling symptoms of epic wave syndrome thus preventing any kind of work to get done. I can’t remember the last time I saw “Good to Epic” on the Surfline report; I checked and it was back in 2013! Also a first, “Epic” on the forecast. I’ve never seen such a crowd at Noriega. There must have been at least three dozen photographers, for good reason. I wasn’t expecting it to be this good considering yesterday started off with some morning sickness. Even when the swell and wind lines up, the tide rarely would cooperate. The tide didn’t seem to be an issue this morning though. I looked out my living room window at dawn and saw clean, offshore, peeling a-frames and some of the longest left barrels I’ve ever seen. Being able to work from home allowed me to squeeze in a good bit photos before the first conference call. By mid-day I would have expected it to decrease in quality, but it kept on pumping, and pumping, through sunset and into the night. 

A classic winter day at Ocean Beach, in all its glory. 

November 23, 2019 Winter Arrival

There was something about today’s conditions that felt nostalgic to the winter of 2012. Blue skies, ENE wind, double overhead, giving OB the classic green winter look. A good size crowd was out in the lineup as well as the dunes.

November 1, 2013 Windows

The surf was pretty good all morning, but right around the lunch hour, some magic happened and it was absolutely perfect and peeling. By the time everyone called their friends and the crowd showed up, it turned mediocre. Nothing beats being a true local!