vancouver island
on sunday at 7 p.m.: strong tide pushing against the spit in town, and beautiful, long, mildy-blustery 2 – 3 footers at cox bay tofino, 175 km to the north-west, and well-attended by brethren – our rivermouth point, 25 km hence, may be offering something, or more likely the lost village beach, 50 km hence, […]
vancouver island
on thursday at sunset: up to 1-foot waves at our rivermouth point – long, smooth and steady lines, not quite big enough or strong enough to surf on, but nearly there – brisk onshore wind will bring something choicer from up the straits, soon – cox bay tofino showing stronger 1 – 2 foot lines, […]
south-west vancouver island
on saturday at sunset, 1 – 2 footers, up to neck-high, a bit soft and sloppy, but plenty of underlying force and plenty of variety, including in the pools west of the point, favored on the better days for easiest take-offs – i was happy to pick off two waves down the rivermouth, before hand-numbing […]
south-west vancouver island
on saturday at 430 pm: maxing at 2 feet, or four-foot faces – it was drooping a little around our rivermouth point, under a slowly rising tide, covering 2/3rds of the point – churning, a little blustery, but still offering nice, slow opportunities on the left, breaking out into the middle of the rivermouth, unusually […]
south-west vancouver island
on sunday morning at 7 am: 2 – 3 foot, a glassy, lapping, undulating lip – very high-tide, criss-crossing the very base of our rivermouth point – i caught two waves, with little time and some chill !! – one waterfalls down a face, taken too late, and a nice long semi-barrel – should be […]
south-west vancouver island
on thursday at 545 pm: already too dark and chilly for an obvious dip, here at the 49th parallel (excuses ! excuses !) – extremely low tide at our rivermouth point, and a strong hum of a steady, major new swell, with small, long, clean lines around the southern pools, exposing a vast ramp of […]
south-west vancouver island
on remembrance day at sunset, we enjoyed soft, friendly sets of up to head-high, forming a clean right and left at our rivermouth point. mostly covered under high tide – i caught a half-dozen fairly easily, staying on the less-populated left, including a long semi-barrel – pleasant brethren, looming skies, conditions should improve fast – […]
south-west vancouver island
on thursday at 630 pm, alas, nearly flat at our rivermouth point, but a new swell taking force, in choppy, long, small, but forceful and energetic lines – i arrived too late for an ordinary outing, and in near darkness walked down our cobbled runway, exposed under a very low tide – top conditions prevail […]
vancouver island
on saturday morning at 10 am: nearly flat at our rivermouth point, with just a shapely 1/2 footer around a high-tide point – hot and clear still ….. todd at www.adventuresooke.com reports excellent surfing last weekend, over head-high, glassy end-of-swell – tofino looks just surfable today, with a glassy outer 2 – footer and limited […]
south-west vancouver island
on tuesday at 1 pm: 1 – 2 footers, occasional three-foot ridges, at our rivermouth point – end-of-swell calm, under low ceiling, still warm – i caught 9 waves in about 30 minutes – low-key fun, alone, with one brother finally joining me – gulls for onlookers, crowding the point at high tide – i […]