Location : C
Time/Length : am/2.5
Rating : ***
Performance : ***
Board : 95
Notes : I went down to primarily drop the Hide wetsuit off at blown out wetsuit repair – get the bottom two legs replaced. I knew C would be working -indeed it was. the beach was closed except for water activities or jogging between 11 am and 5pm. the problem was kelp. thick tangles like jungle vines. waves were breaking right in the kelp – almost impossible to get a cleared takeoff – then you had to manage the kelp on the face by “hopping” over it – then it cleared and you had clean face time. very very challenging. then the kelp bed backed off – further out to sea and the swell picked up- surfed really well with waves that seemed to stay open forever. no one in Capitola seemed to be wearing masks – perhaps they were all day trippers? blown out didn’t answer the door – probably just closed up shop because the swell was good and went surfing. the ride back was perfect . blue skies and glassy blue ocean – with mounds of perfect waves breaking. I ate insane strawberries – then my turkey sandwich on tartine bread – then an crazy dense tartine coffee cake – a Covid kali day for the record books…
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