the wedge today, feeling ballsy? only 20 to 30ft

[riverroyal]

if your in OC you should be standing on the beach right now. Im trying to get there later today

 

[HavasuHank]

If I weren't stuck at work today, I'd go down there. It's such a sight to see when it gets big.

 

[westair]

We're gonna need some pics of that!

 

[HavasuHank]

I was just watching the surf cam on Surfline ... already a ton of people on the beach.

 

[westair]

I was just watching the surf cam on Surfline ... already a ton of people on the beach.

Quite a few in the water too ....ready to body surf a 25 ft wave on the shore

 

[Blytheonian]

Was across harbor @ Inspiration point@ sunrise. Both big corona and harbor mouth are peeling. Took 100+ photos but cant upload till tonight. Get there if you can.

 

[Blytheonian]

Crappy iphone pic from Tues afternoon 4:15

 

[Skippy]

Ill be having lunch at Mutt's then ride down to the wedge to watch. Can't recall the last time it was 30'. A must see in person!

 

[Tank]

I was thinking about the wedge yesterday when the local radio was talking about how big it's gonna get. I guess Malibu was going off yesterday. Closed the pier because pylons were knocked loose.

 

[Motor Boater]

Ill be having lunch at Mutt's then ride down to the wedge to watch. Can't recall the last time it was 30'. A must see in person!

Dam I'm jealous! Love mutts! Enjoy a schooner of beer!

 

[BajaMike]

It's going to be very hard to park and hard to see anything on the beach it will be so crowded......been on all the news stations. But I'd still love to be there.

 

[PrimeCut]

That break is scary, I wouldn't even get in the water there as a kid and ironically I got certified to scuba dive at the beach right next to it, Corona Del Mar

 

[caldezrat]

Back in the day they used to have an ambulance standing by.

 

[Rattle Can Lou]

Lost a very dear friend on Saturday in San Diego...body surfing and was with his grandkids..went under with wave and they can't find the body..please be careful.

 

[PrimeCut]

Live feed http://www.surfline.com/surf-report/the-wedge-southern-california_4232/

 

[jesco]

Went down there last night, sets were rolling in around 15 to 20 ft faces. There was 20 to 30 guys out, around 1000 people on the beach watching, 4 drones, 3 news vans, and 3 VERY nervous lifeguards pacing up and down the beach watching everybody. Pretty crazy, Im sure today will be even crazier with the swell increasing. This morning Channel 5 had live feed of 5 lifeguards pulling a surfer out that got caught inside, had to swim him out to the boat, rip tide was to heavy to swim in.

 

[Tank]

Someone snap some pics when they're down there.

 

[TomD]

What's causing the big waves? Storm off shore?

 

[Abc123]

I'm working from home today. I'll ride down in a little bit and snap some pics! Surf cam shows a fuckton of people down there.

 

[Abc123]

BTW, this is only for HB, but this is a much better surf cam for HB.

http://www.hbonline.com/surfcam.htm


I remember waaaaaaay back in the day when Surfline's videos weren't limited to a few seconds. Hard to watch sets come in unless you pay.

I was driving up PCH this am to breakfast at Harbor House and saw some nice sets coming in.

 

[GET SOME]

It's a fuckin zoo... 1 hour from pch to the wedge

 

[here comes whitey]

 

[Abc123]

Went down there last night, sets were rolling in around 15 to 20 ft faces. There was 20 to 30 guys out, around 1000 people on the beach watching, 4 drones, 3 news vans, and 3 VERY nervous lifeguards pacing up and down the beach watching everybody. Pretty crazy, Im sure today will be even crazier with the swell increasing. This morning Channel 5 had live feed of 5 lifeguards pulling a surfer out that got caught inside, had to swim him out to the boat, rip tide was to heavy to swim in.

I went out the other day. Lifeguard told me I had about 30 mins before they "balled" it (damn, I hate the summer crowds). Saw them pull some kid out in the boat who didn't know how to get out of a riptide. They bring the boat right into the surf and pull them out, it's interesting to watch.

 

[here comes whitey]

 

[MCnParker]

http://www.beachlive.com/beach-weather-cams/beach/the-wedge_24873

 

[El Rojo]

What's causing the big waves? Storm off shore?

Hurricane Marie...

 

[Abc123]

En route

 

[AuggieBenDoggie]

Channel 5 caught this rescue on live TV

http://ktla.com/2014/08/27/waves-up-to-25-feet-expected-at-the-wedge-in-newport-beach/

 

[Hernando]

here is a pic one of my friend's took at the wedge yesterday.

I surfed trestles last night, it's going off!! i'm heading back after work, i'll try to grab a few more pics and post them up tmrw.

 

[Boatfloating]

What's causing the big waves? Storm off shore?

Hurricane Marie

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/27/california-braces-for-potential-30-foot-storm-surf/

 

[Abc123]

I didn't get very many pics. I took a few videos; however, I don't know how to upload videos onto RDP.

Stopped at 18th and watched the guys surf for a bit, then headed down to the Wedge and took some videos. There was a sea of people down there. I locked my bike up next to the news van and when I went back to go get it, they were rolling. So I might be on KTLA tonight, I don't have local or cable television in my house, so someone will have to let me know if they see a brown guy with no shirt on unlocking his bike.

On the way back, I stopped at TK Burger, had lunch and sparked up conversation with some super babe from Spain. lol

I'm going to cruise back down to 54th in a couple hours and paddle out.

Last pic is of a Lemonade and ice tea stand I stopped at on the way home. Pretty neat because, I was just thinking about how a glass of ice tea would be too. :thumbup:

The 2nd pic is some Newport piggy riding his motorcycle on the board walk. WTF?ha

All in all, I had more fun than I would've working.

 

[AuggieBenDoggie]

Here is a video of the wave coming into Avalon. The other awesome video is Laird shooting the Malibu pier. The photo is a wave inside la harbor

[video=vimeo;104558770]http://vimeo.com/104558770[/video]

 

[OCphotographics]

Was an awesome morning at the Wedge, Traffic and crowd at 7am was insane, and light wasn't best for photos so going to try and head back now. Here are a few from this morning.

 

[boatnam2]

Seal beach was crazy today, few guys made it out this morning, seen one guy ride from past the end of the pier about half way to jetty, long ass ride. rivers end cafe was water front all the sudden.

 

[AuggieBenDoggie]

Catalina really got slammed today

 

[shueman]

Damm...

 

[C-2]

Laird shooting the pier was just bad ass, wow. :thumbsup

 

[RVRKID]

This is a pretty sweet video not sure who shot it:

 

[John McGuinness]

What's causing the big waves? Storm off shore?

Azzholes running full ballast.

 

[riverroyal]

today will be worse.

such a strange California spot. Only in socal will 100 guys, 95 of them not real good, paddle out to a 20 foot close out. nearly ALL the waves are close outs. So you absolutely know the beating is coming. You don't see that anywhere else, Tahiti was huge last week for the Billabong pro, but the wedge yesterday was basically the same size, maybe not the same beating, but damn close.
To bad there aren't any good cams anymore, like someone else mentioned SurfLine is joke now

 

[AuggieBenDoggie]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152480889283113&id=682188112

Shit thought it was a video link. This guy got ejected out of a wave at the wedge.

 

[boatnam2]

The rip was bad today to go along with the swell direction, went down to bolsa to take a walk and 2 guys got in the water at the same time, only 2 i might add, they literally drifted faster then i was walking and when i got to the end they we still in front of me 2 miles later.

 

[Abc123]

today will be worse.

such a strange California spot. Only in socal will 100 guys, 95 of them not real good, paddle out to a 20 foot close out. nearly ALL the waves are close outs. So you absolutely know the beating is coming. You don't see that anywhere else, Tahiti was huge last week for the Billabong pro, but the wedge yesterday was basically the same size, maybe not the same beating, but damn close.
To bad there aren't any good cams anymore, like someone else mentioned SurfLine is joke now

I watched a few guys get the shit beat out of them yesterday. I sure and the hell hope they knew to cover their heads because that ocean floor will bite you in the head.

Ya, Surfline is such crap now. The cam for 17th is blocked by a palm tree for fuck's sake.

Does anyone have Verizon? Years ago when I had it, you could call #surf, then you enter your zip code and they'd give you pretty good reports for free.

 

[Flippindough]

Went to big corona today for some body surfing swell was 8-10ft, it was awesome! Wish it was always pumping!