Huge waves in Santa Cruz

I rode my bike on West Cliff yesterday. It looked more like the north shore of Oahu! I saw one guy ride a  20 to 25-foot face for what looked like a half mile. Amazing!

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/story.php?sid=51285&storySection=Top+Stories

Killed a Monterey Surfer Today

And swallowed up a fishing boat and two people off Pillar Point

Three foot waves were rolling into the Santa Cruz harbor!  On the west side, there were some of the biggest waves I have ever seen over there. Some were four times the height of the surfers, making them 20 - 25 foot faces. There were a bunch of fire trucks on the west side, just waiting for people who needed to be rescued. I was imagining what it would be like to be out there in a kayak. Not pretty. Even most of the hard-core surfers had trouble paddling out.

For kayak surf story at the point yesterday. See boatertalk.com, surfzone, Davethewave's post. He's a local, and one of the best in the world.

Watched the news last night and saw a guy on his way out paddling a Sit-In - straight into a wave.  I thought, "he must be nuts!"  Two words - NO THANKS!

Michael

For kayak surf story at the point yesterday. See boatertalk.com, surfzone, Davethewave's post. He's a local, and one of the best in the world.

Here's the link:

http://www.boatertalk.com/forum/SurfZone/1395376

Man I hate missing huge waves! Being stuck at work sucks!

Saw those guys on the Steamer webcam. The waves were all far beyond my surfing skills, those guys are all hard core kayak surfers.
Way to go guys!