wave journal of a surfer girl: So how cold is it?

27 March 2008

So how cold is it?

I can't believe the NY Times wrote this long article on cold cold cold surfing in Ireland, without bothering to mention just how cold it is. I bet it's warmer here in NorCal, but I'd like to know how much crazier those folks are than us with our hooded 5/4s and hot water bottles. Lately the water here's been hovering around 50 degrees, brrr.

On to an even colder place (Bering Sea), isn't this just the wildest seal you've ever seen?

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dwizzMarch 31, 2008
wow, that is cold. did you go out this weekend? big sur was blown out and very messy each day we checked it. that means its been 3 weeks since i last made it out!
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Dawn at the beach. Air almost 50 degrees, water slightly warmer. Full moon hanging over the ocean, sun rising from the hills. Swell gently lifting my surfboard a little closer to the sky as it passes by on its way to touch the beach. Icy water trickling down the front of my wetsuit. Feet going numb from the cold despite neoprene booties and thermal socks. Two dolphins in the lineup chase silver fish, who leap into the air in a swirling mass, sparkling in the first rays of the sun. Then "pwwwfff!" as another dolphin surfaces and exhales not a dozen feet from me, before gracefully sliding back under the water. What a great way to start the day!