Ocean Beach Surfing Raw | San Francisco, CA 

although i don't surf, i lived in the sunset and it really is a great place.

Definately a sketchy paddle out- and the big fish issue- RESPECT

damn

That's gnarly! Water is super cold.

Invigorating

lol my surfing session would have lasted 30-40 seconds....triple overhead Too big lets go south to LA/san Diego for surf 4-6 feet

@@mikesuzio2566 on my girlfriend's account, but 5-8 feet terrifies me I can't imaging going out in what looks like 8-11 foot surf

I'd never figure out how those waves dont kill you, shit looks like it will suck you in

Tyrone Lannister You definitely need to be in shape and know where the channels are. Cold water is the worst, it really takes it out of you.

The Last Rebel Show what part of frisco is this

@@tonysworld2340 it's located in the mission district

Keeps the kooks away.

Totally that way. I dig it.

Heck yes! I love The Beach. I have way more sharky spots in mind tho. OB I don’t trip unless I made it out passed 3rd bar in January. I’m not thinking about sharks then tho.

Its frustrating watching these guys drop in, then kick out...lotsa good surfing left on most these waves.

In their defense, this isn't Trestles. The waves may be amazing, but when you're caught inside here, you could end up duck diving 20-30 significant waves.

@@chrissflesher Exactly - the Beach kick out. Or U-turn. When its big (this is approaching that scarry realm) unless you are supremely skilled just go as fast as you can carve as much as you can, Duck in a barrel if you dare and are lucky and paddle your ass off back out. Its a misearable paddle through white water galore and pounding unpredictable san bars.. You play chicken till you line one up and have the guts to paddle as hard as you can into a frozen churning liquid speed.... Heaven or Hell and not always your choice. . You break your leash good luck you better be an awesome swimmer or zen as hell or both. Many great to decent surfers have ended up in the hospital after surfing at over 12 ft. Its scarry.... That book that won the pulitzer Barbarian Days is dead on the money. Peace OUT

Its sunny but the ocean temperature is freezing even during 80 degree summers

Nope…middle of the beach

And cold.

Yeah, it looks cold and I'm sure it is cold (guys wearing head gear). I was so cold when I was out there. You need to have good gear or you'll be miserable in the water. Surf looks really nice with the offshore winds. Too bad it's not 85 degrees with 80 degree water temperatures.

Yeah. All these posers calling these guys kooks, have no idea what a 2x - 3x day at ob is like. Big wallops for small errors

Finally a humble and realistic comment

Jeff Milum agree! getting caught inside on a day like this at OB makes you question what you’re doing out there!

James Westhart are you talking about Coronado not having any seals or ocean beach? I know or a fact that there are seals at ocean beach because they have popped up right next to me while I was in the water! :)

Beercan Barka just had mine. Thanks. 👍

Itachi Senpai I love that book and this is one of my favorite surf spots

clearly you've never surfed solid 10 baha 6 max

Walt Bells what's the water temps?

Sleeping Lion 50s

How is it in comparison to blacks?

I grew up with “Blacks” in my back yard in the late 70’s and know it very well. I’ve caught some of the best waves of my life there including some of the best “big” waves. With the right conditions “Blacks” can easily hold 15 ft. faces and bigger and due to the uniqueness of the “Rose Canyon” deep water shelf the break is no ordinary “beach break”. In the early 90’s on a fine late November morning I finally had a chance to surf “Ocean Beach” on a day that looked much like what is seen in this video and I thought “okay big beach break...this will be fun”. I was quite taken aback at how deceptively powerful the waves were and with all of the other elements - the VERY powerful currents, VERY shorts “lulls” (for periods of time the lulls seemed almost non existent!) and absolute head numbing cold put it in “experienced only” category when large swells are at work. That being said and with my limited overall depth of experience at “OB” the two breaks are very different even though both are sandy bottom beach breaks. I do know what it feels like to have a very large “close out” set at Blacks break right smack in front of me, yank my leash all the way through to the “stringer” of my 6'-8" Madden "Pin Tail" and held me down for a good long time (by the time I came up I was actually standing in knee deep water). I was spared such an affront at my sessions at OB although I did get drilled quite a few times just trying to get out past the impact zone! Both breaks definitely have the potential to humble!

Eric Tay what’s a good all around Suit thickness for San Francisco

Belenyer77 hell to the nooo, the water is freezing, strong currents and sometimes rips can form . The waves can be massive in winter. Also if you’re a beginner I advise you to start surfing white waves. Start with some paddling exercises and then study your pop up. Good luckkkk

Well the good thing is if you are beginner you will not be able to paddle out there no matter how strong you are because if there was a channel or rip to speed you through the impact zone you would probably die or have to be rescued on a day like the one in this video.

SanFranciscoBay looks like Bolinas area to me..

in a video maybe, check out those A-frames next to a San Fran house....as soon as you paddled into the first wall of whitewater you wouldn't have the luxury of underestimation anymore, a couple of those cold slaps to your face would knock it right out of you.

chris Doyle .l live up in Point Arena & surf with Jeff all the time. He still makes the trip down to OB a couple times every winter.

Alex Sands I moved up there from Santa Cruz, for about a year. That beach will work you! But you're right, there's a lot of good wave being wasted.

That's exactly right about the paddle, Alex. You can spend 20 minutes on a day like this, a lot longer when bigger, and you can see how short a ride this is- 4 second ride/10-20 minute paddle etc until you're freezing, out of energy and totally over it.

Yeah, that's driving me crazy too. It looks like it might be high tide, but heck, here in Florida we only get 5 -10 days like this a year, so I work those shoulders. I'm old, and just accept the long paddle back out :)

Exactly, the inside can be vicious. You do NOT want to be stuck on the inner sandbar when a set rolls through. Not only will it keep you out of the lineup, it can be really dangerous too with powerful waves breaking on a hard, shallow sandbar. That's how you can hurt yourself seriously there and it's just not worth it. Even just figuring out how to get back to shore on a big day can be tough

@@PlaySA do u really be hittin the sand like that out there? I mean shit I've hit the sand at some beaches in monterey. But it was inside bar size like 5-7

I wonder why🦈

6-10ft

Because it's notoriously fickle. Most of the time it is whitecapped and ugly, but as you can see here, it can get epic, especially in Fall or early winter. I think they tried it a few years ago and Gabriel Medina won in difficult conditions. The old PSSA tour used to stop here in October--I saw finals in perfect conditions like this video one year and the next year in the worst imaginable freezing slop.

1. It's mostly onshore winds. 2. Very unpredictable conditions. You have to have a large long period swell with off shore winds. And the tide height can change the surf quickly. 3. It's a locals place. A very few days of the year, ie, 2-3-4-5 or more, conditions like this can occur, but it may last for a few hours only.

and it's a beach break, no consistent section, no channel, way too much paddling, and not forgiving for skis