"Riding the Unexpected Waves at Sunset Cliffs"
Jan 24, 2024 - 4:22pmSummary: Today I decided to surf at Sunset Cliffs, initially underwhelmed by the apparent poor surf conditions. However, once out in the water, the waves proved to be unexpectedly steep and challenging, making for an exciting session. I met a few surfers, including someone named Brian, all of us on shorter boards, catching waves and occasionally wiping out. Despite the struggles with some powerful sets and an intense paddling experience, I managed to catch a particularly large, thrilling wave, turning the session into a memorable one despite the ocean's humbling force.Transcript: So I went surfing at Sunset Cliffs today and it was interesting getting there and standing by the cliffs and initially being like, bro, this surf looks garbage. And then getting out there and at first being like, okay, it's like a little bigger than I expected. And then taking the first couple of waves and being like, wow, it's pretty fucking steep these waves, pretty wonky. And then eventually I met a couple people out there, forget their names, shame on me. One of them was Brian, I met Brian. And yeah, I mean, it was interesting, they're on shorter boards catching some waves, looking good, having fun. I caught a couple looking good, having fun, ate shit a lot. And then at some point I was looking over to my left and it just looked like it was firing out on that peak. So I was like, fuck it, I'm going to go paddle over to that peak and see what's up. So I paddle over to that peak and at first I was like, okay, this is cool. And then like try to catch something, it doesn't work out. And then I like paddle back and then I catch another one and it was really steep and like I didn't quite make a section and I ate it and then I was stuck inside for 15 minutes just paddling. It was relentless like just these bombs, like eight foot bombs coming down just like continuously. Maybe it wasn't even that big. I mean, it was just, there was so much water, just like so much water moving around that it made it feel like the conditions were huge. But honestly, looking at some of those waves, like some of those waves look massive, like maybe even some 10 footers today, but eight seems more reasonable. But yeah, it was good. Got one really good big wave and that was a blast. So overall, like a fairly good session, definitely got scolded by the ocean, but like it was a good thing.
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