Most days my bike ride takes me down to the beach, and I noticed yesterday that a little swell had come in, along with a slightly offshore breeze. When I got home I checked the swell forecast and it looked like it was going to improve today (and possibly get even bigger throughout the week), so I planned to bring my FZ80 down to the beach (at Noriega Street) on my morning walk today. I wasn't sure the little camera would be able to capture action shots, but it did okay in the somewhat diffuse morning light. You only get one chance to trip the shutter, though, because by the time the image writes to the SD card and the viewfinder refreshes, the ride is usually over.
After I walked back home I got on my bike to shoot some other locations, hoping to find a surfer or two who could really rip. I thought I'd start on the bluffs near the Giant Camera, but just like yesterday, Kelly's Cove was not catching the swell, so my first stop was along the Esplanade. From there I rode south along the Upper Great Highway (which is open to cars again), making stops at Rivera and Sloat. In the end, there was no "best" location with the most ripping surfers on the best waves, so just about anywhere is a good spot to check out the action.
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