Wannasurfers

Trip: Spring Break

Written by DrC123

Friday March 28 2008 01:18:59 AM

Date: from Mar 28, 2008 to Mar 28, 2008

Surf trip description:

Spring break .. usually a down time in Southern California as there is a lull period .. the end of storm swells from the far North West and just the beginning of action from the Southern Hemisphere .. but some times you get lucky!

After a week of small but fun, fun, glassy peaks at Blackies, Newport Beach northside Seal Pier got into the act the past two mornings! Clean uncrowded conditions after the "Easter Parade" waist to shoulder high with the rare head high "Harvey Wallbanger" left hander off the bounce from the sea wall and "Suicide Rights" off the middle peak right into the break wall. My Ozzie buddy Stuart (Bruce 11) and I picked off one after another low tide screamers! My first wave Friday morning was a head high 100 yard Pier Bowl, take off in the steep jack up next to the pier, come off the bottom hard and drive up under the lip, pump for speed, duck under the cover up, blast through to the wall, slice and dice through the inside traffic, all the way to the sand!

Harvey Wallbanger

1 oz Grey Goose® Vodka
1/2 oz Galliano® Herbal liqueur
4 oz Orange juice

Pour vodka and orange juice into a tall Collins glass over ice cubes and stir. Float Galliano on top and serve with a sprig of mint and twist of orange peel.

"The most dominant swell source is from mid-latitude depressions tracking across the North Pacific, typically born around Kamchatka and Aleutian Islands and striking land in Western Canada or the Northwest U.S. The swells from these lows come in from a west or north-westerly direction and are biggest in winter (October to March). Quite long-period swells are possible due to large propagation distances, especially if the depressions deepen at the beginning of their trajectory.

Spots further north receive higher swell but area also more susceptible to out-of-control conditions. Further south, waves are cleaner but smaller. Also, southwest-facing beaches of Southern California receive southerly swells, almost exclusively in summer (June to August), from Southern-Ocean mid-latitude depressions as well as from hurricanes off Central America. The high seasonal variation in wave height, typical of the Northern Hemisphere, is somewhat offset by the presence of these southerly swells."

Modified: Saturday March 29 2008 10:40:20 PM
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Convert measurements

	Date	Surf spot	Wind direction	Waves height	Author
Show	27-05-2009	Ray Bay	No wind	Less than 1m / 3ft	DrC123
Show	25-04-2009	Ray Bay	Onshore	1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft	DrC123
Show	06-04-2009	Ray Bay	Offshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft	DrC123
Show	05-04-2009	Seal Beach Pier Northside	Offshore	1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft	DrC123
Show	01-04-2009	Ray Bay	Offshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft	DrC123
Show	21-02-2009	Ray Bay	No wind	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft	DrC123
Show	12-02-2009	Blackies	Offshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft	DrC123
Show	08-02-2009	Seal Beach Pier Northside	Onshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft	DrC123
Show	31-01-2009	Blackies	Offshore	Less than 1m / 3ft	DrC123
Show	05-07-2008	Seal Beach Pier Northside	No wind	1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft	DrC123
Show	24-06-2008	Seal Beach Pier Northside	Offshore	1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft	DrC123
Show	03-05-2008	Seal Beach	No wind	1.5m / 5ft	DrC123
Show	05-04-2008	Newport Beach River Jetties	No wind	2m-2.5m / 6ft-8ft	DrC123
Show	28-03-2008	Seal Beach	No wind	1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft	DrC123