Not sure why I even paddled out back in 1983: it was not really surfing, more like just surviving, with big brown hollow closeouts...crazy power and all sorts of run-off and debris in the water. These waves are rideable, though the water looks brown and nasty. El Nino 1983 changed the ocean floor all over Santa Monica Bay, and there were pier pilings and other wreckage under water south of the pier for years.
Lol. I posted yesterday the triple overhead swell at Sunset during the 82 83 El Nino....largest on record and took down most piers from San Fran to Mexican Border. I'm from SM Dogtown Era it was so big Topanga was closing out. .
Yeah, I grew up in Santa Monica but live on East Coast now. The whole coastline broke differently before and after that storm. I remember seeing really big Sunset back in late 1970s early '80s, which was fun. The Jetty by Channel Road also broke better before the el Nino...and Bay Street, too. That 1983 storm seemed to change the whole bottom of the ocean in the S.M. Bay. And there were pier pilings and other debris for years after in the water. I know there was a BIG swell in So. Cal. a couple months ago, and the Hurricane Marie in 2015 was amazing. I saw footage of a massive wave at Leo Carrillo broke out past all the rocks...really cool. And Laird Hamilton was shooting the pier at Malibu.@@michaelfarar4232
Yeah, it was not really surfing, more like surviving at El Nino Bay Street 1983: just huge, brown, hollow close-outs with crazy power. That 1983 El Nino changed the ocean bottom of many breaks in S.M. Bay, and there was debris (pier pilings) in the water for years. I remember in the late 1970s and early '80s Sunset used to break well in good swells; Jetty by Channel Road; even Bay Street was more consistent. I grew up in Santa Monica but live on East Coast now. The 2015 Hurricane Marie swell looked amazing. Saw footage of a massive wave at Leo Carrillo breaking way out past the rocks, and Laird Hamilton was shooting the Malibu pier.@@michaelfarar4232
Actually, it was more like surviving than surfing at Bay Street in El Nino 1983: just big, brown, hollow close-outs with crazy power and currents. That storm changed the beach/ocean floor all over the S.M. Bay, and there was debris (like pier pilings) in the water for years.@@michaelfarar4232
Yeah, Bay Street in El Nino 1983 was more surviving than surfing: just big, hollow, brown closeouts...crazy power. That 1983 storm changed the whole ocean floor in the S.M. Bay, and places that used to break pretty well (Sunset, Jetty by Channel Rd.) stopped. I live on the East Coast now, so I am not really up on the surf in So. Cal. That 2015 Hurricane Marie looked incredible: huge waves breaking way out past the rocks at Leo Carrillo, and Laird Hamilton shooting the pier at Malibu.@@michaelfarar4232
I used to surf Bay street allot in the 1990's. Glad to see it breaking well.
Not sure why I even paddled out back in 1983: it was not really surfing, more like just surviving, with big brown hollow closeouts...crazy power and all sorts of run-off and debris in the water. These waves are rideable, though the water looks brown and nasty. El Nino 1983 changed the ocean floor all over Santa Monica Bay, and there were pier pilings and other wreckage under water south of the pier for years.
Classic intro with the happy dance hahaha. Thanks for getting footage of this rare session!
Amazing! Those guys were crushing it!
Great to see this breaking again. Surfed here (Bay Street) el Nino 1983...when the pier got wrecked.
Lol. I posted yesterday the triple overhead swell at Sunset during the 82 83 El Nino....largest on record and took down most piers from San Fran to Mexican Border. I'm from SM Dogtown Era it was so big Topanga was closing out.
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Yeah, I grew up in Santa Monica but live on East Coast now. The whole coastline broke differently before and after that storm. I remember seeing really big Sunset back in late 1970s early '80s, which was fun. The Jetty by Channel Road also broke better before the el Nino...and Bay Street, too. That 1983 storm seemed to change the whole bottom of the ocean in the S.M. Bay. And there were pier pilings and other debris for years after in the water. I know there was a BIG swell in So. Cal. a couple months ago, and the Hurricane Marie in 2015 was amazing. I saw footage of a massive wave at Leo Carrillo broke out past all the rocks...really cool. And Laird Hamilton was shooting the pier at Malibu.@@michaelfarar4232
Yeah, it was not really surfing, more like surviving at El Nino Bay Street 1983: just huge, brown, hollow close-outs with crazy power. That 1983 El Nino changed the ocean bottom of many breaks in S.M. Bay, and there was debris (pier pilings) in the water for years. I remember in the late 1970s and early '80s Sunset used to break well in good swells; Jetty by Channel Road; even Bay Street was more consistent. I grew up in Santa Monica but live on East Coast now. The 2015 Hurricane Marie swell looked amazing. Saw footage of a massive wave at Leo Carrillo breaking way out past the rocks, and Laird Hamilton was shooting the Malibu pier.@@michaelfarar4232
Actually, it was more like surviving than surfing at Bay Street in El Nino 1983: just big, brown, hollow close-outs with crazy power and currents. That storm changed the beach/ocean floor all over the S.M. Bay, and there was debris (like pier pilings) in the water for years.@@michaelfarar4232
Yeah, Bay Street in El Nino 1983 was more surviving than surfing: just big, hollow, brown closeouts...crazy power. That 1983 storm changed the whole ocean floor in the S.M. Bay, and places that used to break pretty well (Sunset, Jetty by Channel Rd.) stopped. I live on the East Coast now, so I am not really up on the surf in So. Cal. That 2015 Hurricane Marie looked incredible: huge waves breaking way out past the rocks at Leo Carrillo, and Laird Hamilton shooting the pier at Malibu.@@michaelfarar4232
Growing up in Venice back in the 50s and 60s Santa Monica had some of the best beach brakes on the whole Coast between POP and the Santa Monica pier
Nice Italio track! 👍
That’s so weird, I just saw Yadin at the Oside Harbor a few hours ago.
Amazing!
Fantastic
Holy nuclear green 5 footers Batman
Sick ones , glad to see we weren’t surfing the 💩tubes alone 😷
lol
Doo doo tubes keep the fraud kids away 😎
hahaha
Chocolatey
Nothing a shot can't clear up !!! 😂💩
did your IG get deleted???
@@yeahhh928 yes. I’ll start a new one in October if I can’t get the OG one back by then
I wonder how much poop they inhaled