Not sure if you’ve heard this, but this has been the worst winter for waves.
Surfline has been using words like “dismal” and “general poor surf.” The guys who charge aren’t so happy either. You know, the surfers who are pulling into those death dredgers at low tide on the biggest days of the winter when the wind is offshore at 80 mph and the water is 38 while the rest of us struggle to get two good waves among the shivery beat-downs. And that’s if you even paddle out on those swells.
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