First solution: park south of Pillar Point. Walk over the hill to a small beach near the north jetty. 40mn paddle. Second solution: boat trip from Princeton Harbor.
World famous big wave! HEAVY DUTY BIG WAVE SPOT WITH COLD WATER AND PLENTY OF SHARK. EXPERIENCED BIG WAVE RIDERS ONLY. Sometimes the left has been surfed. The take-off is hollow, in front of big boulders (Boneyard area). After, you surf a long big wall and finish in a deep channel (still alive?). Tow-ins become very popular.
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COLD HEART THUMPING BONE CRUSHING BIG WAVES. BIG HEART AND BIG BALLS REQUIRED. PEOPLE HAVE DIED SURFING HERE, BEWARE
Mavericks, United States of America
By Waderzr, 2007-12-22 11:30:00
Made it out and back without the assistance of the Coast Guard and didn't end up in the e.r. - so I guess this was a good session. Still sitting in the channel. I was very conservative today. One did come my way - didn't fully com More...
Mavericks, United States of America
By Waderzr, 2007-12-06 07:13:24
2 hour paddle out. went through the lagoon to the lineup. got lost in the fog. half mile past the green buoy and 1 mile south of the takeoff zone. picked up by John John Florence's video boat. scary session. Jeff Clark was More...
Mavericks, United States of America
By Waderzr, 2007-10-16 04:09:24 short trip
Half Moon buoy read 14.2 ft @ 12 sec...decided to paddle out to Ross's Cove to the North. Put board in the water and was hit by a little sneaker, launching the board right at me. Went to the ER in San Mateo and crawled through the parking l More...
To down play mavrics is to decide you are stupid
I have surfed almost a hundred surf breaks in the americas,Only a few waves in excess of twenty feet .I beleve in my mind mavrics has been there from the beginning now that I am almost ready I ask myself daily am I ready for that day will I make the cut.Fuck a sponsership I care less all I can think about is one good day.Then I see these posts like mav's has somhow diminished only a fool or a coward write's somthing like that.At least I can admit I still have fear I know I am lucky to have any left.
comment by Anonymous, 2008-01-16 21:46:17
To the guy talking about Bowelviewals(however it's spelled)
Mavs is for cow girls? Sure, show us some pictures of your spot with guys getting crushed by 70 feet of whitewater. Sorry, nothing south of Pt. Conception consitently gets bigger than 20ft. with the exception of Todos in Mexico or the Cortes Bank way out in the ocean and maybe some channel island mysto reef.
comment by Anonymous, 2007-08-25 12:09:24
boo hoo Marc Foo
I agree, sure mavericks is a heavy wave but loads of better big wave spots outside america.
comment by Anonymous, 2008-02-25 17:45:06