E's Surf Report

Oh yes, and you take a small spade and bury your feces (faeces).

Did you leave that part out or did you leave that part out?

ha ha! ... yup.. feces buried good.

good man. now proceed with regular programming.

As usual, good writing E. Man, I need a surf adventure. I've been fortunate getting a little traveling in lately, but staying in condo's and surfing populated breaks lacks the camping out and going into uncharted waters mystique.

I was having dinner at Sri Thai at 46th and Lincoln last night at 7:50. Just a couple blocks from the new ("tsunami warning system" - isn't it?) at Ocean Beach. Ya know, the tall pole with all the horns at the top. I didn't hear anything about it til this am. The Beach Chalet was evacuated. Wassup with the warning system? My curry pumpkin coulda been ruined by adding too much salt water.

Yeah that tsunami warning was pretty trippy but didn't freak me after I heard that it was a 7.0 off Crescent City. From what I understand, a 9.0 nearer to us would generate 22 ft waves at Beach. And while I may be displaying my ignorance, that doesn't seem like it would do much except mess up the lots at Sloat .....

E, trip sounds like it was a blast...

e, i've been loving the re-cap over the last few days. trully gifted with your ability to paint a story with words. i'm sure i've surfed that beachbreak/headland.

i'm glad you buried that dump as i was visualizing being there and hoped I would not step in it.

Many thanks for the trip images, E! Stoked for you guys!

I dream of one day surfing a spot more distant and exotic than Santa Cruz . . .

This morning mid-beach: got wet.

http://www.keep-a-breast.org/KABHawaii/g1.htm

word on the words about my words. THANKS!

nice on the session kloo. i also got wet this morning but managed little other than frostbitten fingers, ice-cream headache and a few scrawny rides. still fun though!

The tsunami thing. Judging from the Indo videos, it wasn't in most spots a tall, breaking wave with a huge wave-front, but more like a flash flood---REALLY long period, I guess. So instead of imagining a quadruple overhead regular wave, imagine a sudden flood tide to 20ft above normal.

About a tsunami at OB, remember that tsunamis are not just like the usual 20 ft waves that break every so often during winter here. A tsunami wave doesn't have a back like a regular wave, it has a back that's like 50 miles long, extending back out to sea. So it's more like an overall, but temporary, rise in sea level. So picture what that would look like around here. Would such a surge overtop the seawall and the dunes? I don't know. But spots a little further south, starting at Pacifica, would surely have problems. But this simple picture ignores local runup effects due to local bathymetry and focussing by coastal headlands and such, which are significant due to the super long periods of tsunamis, measured in tens of minutes rather than seconds. That has probably been modeled, but I can't put my finger on anything right now.

Well, here's one model, click the interactive tsunami evacuation planning map link to see if your place will get wet:

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/tsunami/

misses me by one block.

I remember back in 94/95 when there was a tsuamni warning from Japan or something. I was down in SB-of course everyone went surfing and to the coast to go check it out. Kind of the opposite effect? Never came, fortunately for the masses

Misses me too, but I'd be able to hear it......

Yeah, con, that's a good point -- a tsunami does have a lot more water behind it than huge winter waves.

glad were all not dead..im sure the brigade would be killing it though..

nice recaps e will there be a 4th episode? you guys scored..sweet

I got dibs on Anna Sherwood!

Lerm, tell us about the "wave"? I want details.

A lot of factors go into tsunamis...in addition to the ones already mentioned, there's sea floor contours. Now expert re: oceanic hazards via the last 102F fever and a borrowed set of "Savage Seas" heh

Seriously though, still feeling for those tsunami victims. Can you imagine going about your daily business, and suddenly this wall of water starts crashing through your town? At least the Pacific has a warning system, we're waaaaay lucky living here.

A bit of a shock to be watching TV and see the Tsunami warning with an ETA to SF of like 30 minutes; made me wish I had the entire Avenues crowd on speed dial. Having been through a few emergencies I'm reminded how often something unreal doesn't seem real until its too late. Thank goodness this turned out OK. As I recall, it's a function of the magnitude of the quake as well as the type, with subduction plate movement more likely to cause Tsunamis.

This is right after a big 7.9 in Chile. Lots of activity in the ring of fire eh.

Isn't there supposed to be a siren system, did anyone hear that? I sure didn't down by SP. Way to go those on the phone alert lookout!

and thanks for plugging me and my pals too man your the greatest..

Yeah, it's crazy what a great couple of sessions we got at the sandy bottom spot, especially given that we were mainly stopping there for a utility sesh for lerm and e and a non-razor-sharp-reef sesh for kook-ass me. Low expectations greatly exceeded...

name the spot bitches

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2nd try

Fort Point!

That's right Bruce, so we're maybe a little bit better off here since we don't have a subduction zone directly offshore. There's another significant tsunami generator we can worry about here, however, and that is underwater landslides. Which can be (but don't necessarily have to be) triggered by a big earthquake, which we do have occasionally. There are some large submarine slides along the sides of Monterey Canyon, I have no idea if anyone knows what the risk is from those. But again it's probably much less for SF, compared to the Monterey Bay area.

I don't think it is well known that the 1906 earthquake generated a small tsunami here. A surge of about 10 cm was recorded by the SF tide gauge. That was inside the gate, so would have been somewhat larger out on the open coast. Maybe rideable?

Bruce you are correct. Last evenings earthquake had horizontal movement of the subduction plates. if the movement had been vertical. a tsunami would likely have been generated.

how fascinating would that be to observe the epicenter of a ocean floor quake on the sea surface.?! i wonder if there giant air/gas bubbles that float to the surface?

3to5 - "i wonder if there giant air/gas bubbles that float to the surface?" Only if it comes from a passgasduction zone.

could be Black's, Indo, or johnnie's secret spot in A-town.

Speaking of water safety, Darrick Doerner will be holding a free water safety seminar at OB August 24th-ish. Darrick will discuss surf and water safety, including the following topics:

* Basic first aid
* Infant, child and adult CPR
* Risk assessment and management
* Maximizing peak experiences
* Adaptation in different locations
* Handling worst case scenarios
* Scene assessment
* Team work

I encourage everyone to attend cuz you may need to pull me outta the water this fall!

Kaiser's Bat--ub. Clearly.

Tom's photo:
pretty crowded.
wetsuits.
Defined peak.
Hollow.
Offshores.

I'd guess Blacks.

how about this one?

Sorry - free seminar is:
When: July 24th, 2005 (Sun) 4:00-7:00PM
Where: San Francisco, California *
Cost: Free

Good guess E. I would bet BIG bucks it's in the San Diego or Baja area ;-) Blacks is as good a call as any especially with the cliffside angle.

ill agree and say first pik: blacks
second: cardiff, suck outs or whatever you call that right north of cardiff reef and south of san olejo

Yeah, that's gotta be Blacks.

and how would you like to be that guy in the middle of the second pik about to be demolished. is that what they call the impact zone?

Lajolla Cove

"Celebrate SkyWalker's birthday in style."

High expectations greatly exceeded. Kaiser would have loved it.

sharkbait - that's two mentions of kaiser's bat_ _ ub in two days...is there some funny business going on intra-niceness?

e's pic - Cardiff Reef

first post in ages. was gone south for a surf trip with my lady (yes...i know there are those out there who hate that term of endearment, but i do not) for a bit and have been held down by a quadruple-overhead A-frame of piled up work since!

i was just scanning the site and saw the discussion of the tsunami warning last night. interesting stuff about subduction, etc. question: i seem to remember some discussion on this board following the SE Asia tsunami indicating that (for reasons unclear to me...maybe bottom contours?) a tsunami couldn't hit SF/the Bay Area. is this true or not? given last night's warning, i'm assuming that it's not true, but does anyone know for sure?

btw...e, no sweat on the warning. i just wanted to make sure you heard the news. glad to hear that my call was useful...or at least would have been had the tsunami developed.

kinda funny story about the Tsunami warning last night..

My roommate was about 12 keystones and a couple shots of Jack Daniels deep and when we heard the warning. He was acting all tough and saying shit like, "ohhh fuck that, i don’t give a fuck about a tsunami." The rest of us were getting kinda sketched and contemplating going to higher ground when we noticed that our drunkass roommate was nowhere to be found. upon further inspection we found him with one of MY old wetsuits barley on, passed out on the floor of the bathroom. Funniest thing i had seen in a long time! Anyways, kinda a random post, but im bored.

I think you mean Jemma Lenton

Dang , Cardiff gets good.

diggin on Ween's album Quebec right now.

solid tunes from my home town!!

Ween is great, the country album is a favorite.

Hey...a while back, there was some discussion about a good physical therapist in the Potrero Hill area. Am rehabbing a reconstructed ACL and need to change PTs. Any suggestions?

SE PAPA Buoy

would it be foolish to attempt an arvo? what's the over/under line on enjoyable waves that could be caught?

its 23.6 feet at 11 seconds?

there will be no waves ridden when it gets here

Transdermal Sublimation. . .

So fucking good. White Pepper is one of my favorite of all time.

Yowza!

ya.. ween kicks arse.

Lerm and i are trying to get "Buenas Tardes, Amigo" down on guitar. Lerm's pretty good at it.

rock.

It's 4:20, do you know where your nugs are?

The paddle out at OB is so easy!

this is all so

your the one that like looking at pictures of dudes making out...MOTED!

likes likeS

im so stupid!

go home kaiser!

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- This is an emergency broadcast warning from the Kaiser Alert System. There has been a non-acceptable "man love" post. Please read the alert below:

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- Anon I am STILL at home! Waiting for your instructions......

post more chicks...and no more opinions.

and go wash my car

Sorry, here is a smile for you Anon!

Bring it to my house. I'll be waiting.

E you win the wordsmith award for 2005. just got back from "the end of the road". 2 weeks of warm oceanic bliss.Tsunami would chand=ge just about every surfbreak nearshore .We would all ahve to become explorers

nothing bad about a little exploration

you can say that again

kaiser, thanks for helping out after the man love photo. and, i like how you were political about it and made sure she had a rainbow thong on.

That was rough! Yikes! Fanny packs! Geesh :(

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the last time I saw those particular fanny packs was during one of the Brigade's throw downs at Kelly's.

that's too close. I see zits and mosquito bites. Got airbrush?

Why can't it be winter...I am going through vernal withdrawal...someone help me, we need to end these onshore winds. Sat down and looked at Nov-Dec posts, the good life. A few more months and fall will be arriving. Can we hold it together?