The last day of March 2011 turned out to be very bright, very warm, and without a lot of wind. In other words, a good day for Ocean Beach!
Too bad the swell was wack, all torn up with windswell and short period slop. There was the usual (for these conditions) four to seven lines of whitewater to the outer bar.
However, as whitewater on Ocean Beach goes, it was pretty weak. Everything inside was very mushy. The break on the middle bar was curling over at no more than 3-4 feet, which relatively speaking, is practically flat.
The outer bar looked pretty nice.
I’ve been out in conditions like this before at OB, in the same place (South Sloat), on the same board (Schulz 9/0). That was a fairly epic paddle as I recall, but I caught four or five really nice head plus waves, as witnessed by my friend Tim P.
There wasn’t anyone out when I rolled up, but after watching a guy on shortboard crank it all the way to the outer bar, I decided to take the 9/0 out and play on middle break reform. Not bad, caught a couple and called it a day. Felt good to get in the water.
