El Nino California Swell at Rincon Thursday December 28, 2023 

Just now came across this. Great footage of Rincon. I was out that day. My elbow still hurts from duck diving and holding onto my board for dear life. Got the best biggest waves ever that day.

Escaping Glasgow for 7 minutes, thanks for sharing. Love from Scotland.

Great video! Thank you so much for sharing! Happy New Year!

Great shots SurfDad... nice to see you up and at it. Hope you're gearing up for Hawaii. Very much looking forward to your take on the Pipe and Sunset segments here in Hawaii next month... Your pre-comp takes are great. Just call me OldSurfFan.

This video so immersive right from the beginning. So many camera angles. Amazing drone perspective, outstanding overview of big Rincon….the low flyover beginning 3:43….followed by high shot over coast hwy….Wow ! Thank you OSD, fine camerawork bro🙏🏼🏄

Nothing brings back my teen and early 20s like Rincon! The 70s they were some the best sessions with a few friends during school days and the queen doing her thing at 6to8 ft so much fun your knees would ache and you have no breath from hooting by the time you got to the inside ha. Priceless.

Dude .that’s brilliant

Grew up in Santa Monica canyon in the 50-60's. State Beach was my regular spot, the "Jetty" I discovered w/ a pal ...Malibu was for the summer time and Rincon was our long distance adventure, along w/ Ventura oil pier, Stanley's diner, Refugio/El Capitan. Last time I surfed Rincon was 1962!

Unreasonable

Awesome footy, buddy. HaPpY NeW YeAr!

I'm not a surfer but I love nature and photography and I thank you for this film presentation. 👍

Beautiful! Thank you! Perfect video watching the swell and listening to waves' and seagulls (no background music). I realized how much I miss the sea.

really good camera work. captures the feel of being there..the slow pan that starts at 6:05.. I haven't been to that exact place, but I've been to that feeling.. Mahalo

Awesome! I got to surf all these spots on big days in the 80's and 90's, some of my fav waves ever! Wish I'd had a drone back then, when I was a student at Brooks Institute of Photography....

As a former homeowner at Rincon Point I hated big wave days. The behavior of the surfer crowd and how they treated homeowners and residents was unacceptable. Destruction of the gate to the private community by surfers just to save walk of a few feet was out of control

Not a big deal. Rincon is the same as surfing Waikiki on large breaks. Unless you are catching the wave at the front point break where you can chose a left or right drop! if you chose to drop left you got big-ups. If you chosose to drop right from the point you have one wall out section to make the long rolling Waikiki stroll. Long may the ride be but not as exciting as dropping in at the point. I lived it. As a newly transplant from Hawaii moving to Santa Barbara surfing the "Con felt like home. Enjoy the moment and most importantly keep an eye out for those that may require your assistance Be safe out there. Aloha

Great drone shots of Little Rincon, Rincon, C Street to start the video ! Also liked the "Radio chatter background blending with the ever present surf crescendo" really creative ! Cliffhouse "wrap-up" brought back a lot of memories ! Much appreciated the upload brudda ! Liked, subscribed

beautiful shoots ! great photography !

Very well done video. Thanks.

Excellent perspectives 👍

Rincon looked good!

Wish I woulda checked it out this swell

I’ll bet Governments is absolutely massive & spooky 😮

Wow! Great job! Epic rights. 😮 Do you have to get a permit for the drone footage?

Stumbled on this video while watching all the new videos documenting the historic swell that hit California. Beautiful waves, nice drone shots and a nice overview of the Rincon area, but the editing was driving me crazy. It kept switching back and forth between different surf spots. Drone shots were cut mid-flight, to go to land shots, then halfway through that shot, it switched back to another angle at another spot. The shots were not allowed to play out. The great waves and nice camera work was ruined by choppy editing. I felt like someone stole my TV remote control and was flipping the channel every few seconds to screw with me. Let me see the waves!

Amazing footage. The waves look perfect for the surfers. So evenly spaced.

No annoying music. No unnecessary monologue. Great job!

Amazing how many waves look like they went unridden!

amazing footage! We went and watched C street and it was amazing but I really wanted to see a drone view. Much appreciated.

Classic shots of a truly rare swell - great audio!

👌👍

Bumpy, storms so close they didn’t smooth out. Wish I coulda been there…

Why is it always blamed on El Niño? Dude gets a bad rap 😂

1.30. that is matt johnson !

Excellent, creative coverage of Rincon!

That's big but not that big for a winter storm. Sure, those are tasty waves, but I've surfed Rincon bigger than that in the early 80s and have photos to back that up. Double overhead at least. I've also seen the SB breakwater at 8+ feet.

Amazing video!

Oh look, a channel that finally posted video of this swell without incorrectly calling it an XXL swell. Good on ya, bud.

Thanks OSD! I surfed Rincon and Ventura in the '60s. Thanks for the memories. Happy New Year!

That was cool 😎 seeing the different breaks! Thanks🤙

Did no one film Supertubes? Or better yet Cortez? Just wtf guys.

Im surprised this state hasn't sent prison inmates to fill sand bags as coastal protection for private incarceration profits

Got as big in 1969. Famous photo of Yater surfing on a mini-gun.

great footage. Need some low tide action 😅 Minus-grindus!

Incredible as always!

Nice work Dave, being an Aussie whos never travelled to the states I'm guessing a swell like that has to be W or NW to get in behind the Channel islands? Also presuming r a swell like that would be way to big for Trestles????

Happy days and new year surf dad 🤙🍺

Finally a video that recognizes El Niño

The sound was horrible. Had to watch it with music myself good stuff.

AWESOME videography!

Wow that's crazy! Nice job filming, what town is that pier going out to an island?

This is like every other week on the Gold Coast

The '69 swell was MUCH bigger ~

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El Nino California Swell at Rincon Thursday December 28, 2023 1318pm 31.12.23 el nino..... nothing majorly gaia-esque about it re: the end times or the earth having a frombie (ie: a tantrum at fossil fuel use)......

I could hear that poodle in the beginning of the video humming "What a Wonderful World"!

Waves from above, mesmerizing!

Was a memorable day! Great Vids!

great footage and vibe. natural. i know this coast intimately, cool to see it like this. great work. bichen swell. perfect soundtrack. cheers.

Welcome to our world.

Amazing footage!

Wow! Great to see.

looks good long and fat

Santa ana was needed for perfection... Santa Barbara Beauties, thank you

Amazing to see all those CA waves rolling in empty... a shame!

Very cool.

Nice!

Ventura and Santa Barbara cannot handle Los Angeles crowds. KeepLA100milesaway. Go home.

Where did Curren surf?

What is last locations Name I've never ever seen this place before tripping me out ...

how long does the ninio last

give me a break

what a shit hole with all those freeways next to such a beautiful waves