'West Swell…..

[Desert Whaler]

Looks like there’ll be some thumpers this weekend.
If the weather stays down I’ll be at the breakwater hoping it ignites the bass bite with all the surge. (DOH= Double Overhead)

 

[monkeyswrench]

Definitely some days to keep the vest on. Have fun, be safe!

 

[coolchange]

Headed to Ventura tonight I’ll check it out

 

[throttle]

Not that we can watch it, because Vans won’t stream it this year but PipeMasters should run today.
Larger swell arrives like noted above on the weekend in excess of 20-25 feet.
Sunset’s forecast 30-35’

Also watching the “call of the bay” for the Eddie. This swell might fall slightly shy of size over the timelines that they watch.

 

[Maw]

Damn, and we were planning on taking the Duffy to Avalon on Tuesday.

 

[stokerwhore]

looks like tuesday will be the big deal:
"At a glance:
Today (Tuesday the 17th) we have mostly light to moderate NW ground swell in SoCal. A decent sized NW ground swell is due Wednesday the 18th, followed by a longer-period ground swell Thursday the 19th into Friday the 20th. A series of NW ground swells are due Sunday the 22nd with much bigger size. But then an even bigger NW ground swell is likely Tuesday the 24th with extremely high surf. Another NW ground swell is being watched for the weekend of the 28th. Condition-wise: moderate Santa Ana will yield to heavy onshore flow in a few days; rain chances tease the holiday forecast; the tide is still swinging wide; and water temps are on the cool side. "

full report- https://wavecast.com/socal/

 

[throttle]

Nathan Florence has Pipemasters live stream up on youtube again today.

 

[Desert Whaler]

Starting to pick up a little on the N. Side of the HB Pier… .
I took this a couple hours ago….

 

[MOUZER]

I just went on Huntington Beach live Cam on the pier I look at it every day pretty much .... picking up..looks fun

 

[Sandlord]

Nathan Florence has Pipemasters live stream up on youtube again today.

I’ve been watching the Nathan Florence shows on YouTube.
I even caught a sighting of my sister-in-laws brother on the show.
He’s the tall blond lifeguard at pipeline.

 

[jetboatperformance]

Morro Bay "the Rock" was big yesterday

 

[MOUZER]

Morro bay live Cam show offshore winds right now nice

 

[MOUZER]

This is what I'm reduced to....leaving So Ca.....

 

[ltbaney1]

Damn, and we were planning on taking the Duffy to Avalon on Tuesday.

I have to ask, do you really take a Duffy to avalon from HB? ive done it in a zodiac years ago. leave at 0400 and its like a grease slick out there, run that 25hp outboard wide open the whole way and repeat the next morning or late evening. but a duffy i see as a logistic problem with charging as well.

 

[boatnam2]

Stayed glassy all day, that dont happen to often, cliffs looked pretty decent.

 

[Maw]

I have to ask, do you really take a Duffy to Avalon from HB? I've done it in a zodiac years ago. leave at 0400 and its like a grease slick out there, run that 25hp outboard wide open the whole way and repeat the next morning or late evening. but a Duffy i see as a logistic problem with charging as well.

While our Duffy has the range (theoretically, after the lithium upgrade) we've never been quite drunk enough to head out and test our luck. We do run it over to Seal and Long Beach harbors for dinner and drinks as the weather and surface conditions allow.

 

[boatnam2]

So sweet to see Nathan win pipe!

 

[Taboma]

Any of you old enough to remember Petrillo surfboards and the shop that sold them, the Frog House ?

 

[stokerwhore]

frog house is still there

 

[boatnam2]

There is a Florence marine just over from frog house now, all the big surf companies have sold out, hopefully they can keep the dream alive.

 

[HBCraig]

Looks like there’ll be some thumpers this weekend.
If the weather stays down I’ll be at the breakwater hoping it ignites the bass bite with all the surge. (DOH= Double Overhead)

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I can remember when I was a kid there was a massive swell that busted over the end of the pier and broke off pylons

 

[MOUZER]

Is that frog house Newport beach

 

[MOUZER]

Back in like 84/85 ish I lived on my boat in Long Beach marina right below hulahans and elpaso cantina used to ride my beach cruiser down with my board to seal beach jetti on big days omg I was like 23 I ate happy hour every night with only one drink ahhh the memories I hung out at Robert August surf shop on main st Huntington Beach

 

[boatnam2]

Is that frog house Newport beach

Yea

 

[MOUZER]

And yes at 23 I took my skateboard everywhere LOL

 

[Taboma]

frog house is still there

That's what I hear, I haven't been in there since the early 70's.
Was in a Best Buy recently buying a new phone. Started shootin the shit with an oldly but a goody about my age about surfin, sport fishing, Orange County old days, and lo and behold, the gentleman was FranK Petrillo who's boards were sold out of the Frog House.

 

[OCMerrill]

Damn, and we were planning on taking the Duffy to Avalon on Tuesday.

Did you partake in the boat parade?

 

[boatpi]

Read an article today the North Shore in Hawaii is flat out dangerous right now almost deadly to even look at it. It’s so big. Been there years ago it’ll pull you out to see in a New York second.

 

[riverroyal]

I’ve been watching the Nathan Florence shows on YouTube.
I even caught a sighting of my sister-in-laws brother on the show.
He’s the tall blond lifeguard at pipeline.

Nathan won it. Great stream all day from him

 

[throttle]

no "call of the bay" just yet for the Eddie, but I am pretty sure it just went to "yellow" for standby.

 

[Morehart]

it's going to be massive.

 

[Maw]

Did you partake in the boat parade?

No, we hosted a party to watch it though. Seems to lose a bit more every year. Lost a couple of the long-term favorites only to be replaced by one with a full length pride flag of lights.

 

[stokerwhore]

That's what I hear, I haven't been in there since the early 70's.
Was in a Best Buy recently buying a new phone. Started shootin the shit with an oldly but a goody about my age about surfin, sport fishing, Orange County old days, and lo and behold, the gentleman was FranK Petrillo who's boards were sold out of the Frog House.

poeple today give me funny looks when I tell hat at one time OC was thee bitchenest place in the world to grow up. I miss what it was. left a couple years ago

 

[OCMerrill]

No, we hosted a party to watch it though. Seems to lose a bit more every year. Lost a couple of the long-term favorites only to be replaced by one with a full length pride flag of lights.

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Awesome photo.

I drove the harbor Fri-Sunday with a full load of folks. I'm good for another year.
Its nice being slipped on the fairway so I don't have to chase the parade as we always did for Newport.

You have a nice front row seat. Sunday was about 1/2 the boats as Saturday night.

We did notice the Butterfly Boat, as my kids have been calling it since 2010, has a new smaller cruiser under the lights as I was expecting the old trawler.

Have an awesome Xmas and new years.

 

[Taboma]

poeple today give me funny looks when I tell hat at one time OC was thee bitchenest place in the world to grow up. I miss what it was. left a couple years ago

Sure was, to bad those picture perfect days during the annual Rose Parade were broadcast nationwide and all the miserable people realized there were living in the wrong place.
And yes, I'm forced to admit that being the trades I contributed to creating what it is today.
Not satisfied with F-ing up the OC, in the late 70's I headed south and helped F-Up San Diego too.

 

[Desert Whaler]

I took these January 5th 2023 at noon . . . . the wind was whipping by that point, but the swell was still booming.

The 1st pic was taken from the sand at Seal Beach with the mouth of Huntington Harbor sort of closing out.

The second pic is of the oil platform Esther out in front of Huntington Harbor / Anaheim Bay . . . it's about 1.25 mille off Seal Beach.
(The story I 'heard' is the high spot there where the wave breaks is the remnants of when the originally built that oil rig . . . they supposedly were building it and a storm came and caused a bunch of damage, so rather than repairing what was there, they just cut it off down below and started a new one where it is now The remains left a high spot that breaks when the swell is big enough and the tide is low).

 

[stokerwhore]

Sure was, to bad those picture perfect days during the annual Rose Parade were broadcast nationwide and all the miserable people realized there were living in the wrong place.
And yes, I'm forced to admit that being the trades I contributed to creating what it is today.
Not satisfied with F-ing up the OC, in the late 70's I headed south and helped F-Up San Diego too.

exact same lol

 

[Maw]

We did notice the Butterfly Boat, as my kids have been calling it since 2010, has a new smaller cruiser under the lights as I was expecting the old trawler.

That was one of the "missing" boats I was alluding to, was wondering if the smaller version was the same owners as it had the same "feel". I think they used to dock over off Windspun in the Seabridge condo's.

This coming Saturday and Sunday nights we'll be taking folk out for harbour cruises to look at the lights, drink some wine (all but the operator ).

Have a great Christmas and New Year's yourself!

 

[MOUZER]

I took these January 5th 2023 at noon . . . . the wind was whipping by that point, but the swell was still booming.

The 1st pic was taken from the sand at Seal Beach with the mouth of Huntington Harbor sort of closing out.

The second pic is of the oil platform Esther out in front of Huntington Harbor / Anaheim Bay . . . it's about 1.25 mille off Seal Beach.
(The story I 'heard' is the high spot there where the wave breaks is the remnants of when the originally built that oil rig . . . they supposedly were building it and a storm came and caused a bunch of damage, so rather than repairing what was there, they just cut it off down below and started a new one where it is now The remains left a high spot that breaks when the swell is big enough and the tide is low).

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Back n the 70.s I think or early 80,s we where surfing seal beach jetti at about 12 feet plus we knee paddled out to the rig and surfed it for a hr or so I still was using my 11 ft Greg knoll log....omg the memories

 

[OCMerrill]

That was one of the "missing" boats I was alluding to, was wondering if the smaller version was the same owners as it had the same "feel". I think they used to dock over off Windspun in the Seabridge condo's.

This coming Saturday and Sunday nights we'll be taking folk out for harbour cruises to look at the lights, drink some wine (all but the operator ).

Have a great Christmas and New Year's yourself!

Yep docked at the condos same as before. Be safe and watch those Duffy's (powered Bar's) LOL.