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comment by matti_jay, 2007-01-11 02:41:18

go surf the lane
i hear ya, probably the only place within 200 miles that'll have teeny tiny waves on a big swell. for my money, i'd head up to the Lane on the huge swells. relatively easy paddle-out and not too crowded when it gets really big, just my two cents. ;)

comment by slater says, 2006-02-25 18:22:38

wharf
hey kelly said when this place does break it is one on the best waves in California.

comment by christobalia son of man, 2005-10-25 06:16:56

It is surfable but not very often
I just surfed it yesterday 10/24/05 and it was waist high with the occasional chest high every 30 min. Like the other guys say it has to be huge everywhere else and high tide. I drove around marina was 14ft closeouts at asilomar there were 4 guys out two with boards and the other two with wave runners they were towing in it was awesome. But the pier was fun it is just a really chilled take your time standing up on a slow left for the chest high ones you can ride it till it dies pump a bit and it reforms for a second ride just as long as the first. One recommendation dont i repeat dont swollow the water or you will have the runniest shit you have ever expirenced when ever there is contamination in the water the pier is the first place that they close the beach. But ya im a local from monterey so i do know what the fuck im talking about and those pictures are not the warf/pier all of these people are talking about Lovers Point which is about 3 miles away from the pier. good luck if the waves are way too big around monterey and the tide is high you might get lucky and get some waves at the pier and dont worry about locals the majority of the people you will see there have just rended soft top boards from On the Beach Surf Shop and the rest are just little rich 15-17 bro's they are harmless.

comment by anonymous, 2005-10-21 22:03:11

every body know that those are lovers pics, warf can be fun with a ten foot nose rider.... when mavericks is at 65 ft

comment by The duke, 2005-05-24 01:56:42

YEa Right
Not one of those pictures is the warf. My bathtub has better tubes and barrels

comment by matti_j, 2005-02-06 12:30:49

word
yea i pretty much decided that myself after riding by the place during just about every tide at every big swell this year...nothing! did see 2 guys out there the other day messing around in ankle-high mush while every other spot was well overhead. hope ya had fun mates!

comment by r, 2005-01-20 23:50:48

warf?
There is no wave that breaks at the warf...unless there are 50ft readings at the bouys. Even then the "wave" is only waist high.

comment by matti_j, 2004-11-22 08:49:27

how big?
how big of a swell does it take for this place to break? i ride by it every day, and i've never seen it do anything more than knee-high dribble. hopefully it gets good later this year since the beach is currently closed due to high bacteria levels. you can smell that stuff all the way back on Del Monte. Yuuuuck!!!

comment by 5th Gen Monterey, 2004-04-20 16:29:46

photos are not the wharf
these are not photos of the wharf in monterey sorry guys
this place does need a large swell from the north to break at all. 15 plus feet. please someone send a actual photo of this if you have one DUH.

comment by anonymous, 2004-03-09 01:32:13

funny
I love the picture that claims 9 foot barrels. So typical. Barely head high and it's 9 foot!!! Please.