Stewart only partially owns Pipe... He is a bodyboarder...>!!!
Stewart still gets mad respect at Pipeline, even if he is a bodyboarder. Next time your out on the North Shore of Oahu, go ask Kainoa McGee if he thinks bodyboarders are subpar.
Stewart only partially owns Pipe... He is a bodyboarder...>!!!
Hello and welcome to the surfing forum 808...im guessin your a girl???
Surfline of Huntington Beach has issued a special advisory saying that a major ocean swell will produce really large waves at north Orange County beaches on Thursday and Friday, posing hazards for swimmers and surfers, but giving the U.S. Open of Surfing the sort of juice it needs for a good contest. (Click here to follow Laylan Connelly’s beach and contest coverage.)
The waves will come from a distant storm and travel a fairly narrow gap into county waters.
Meteorologist Sean Collins. Image courtesy of MKM
Surfline founder Sean Collins explains in an email: “This storm is east of Tahiti, actually very similar to the July 1996 storm that I coordinated for Mike Steward to follow the swell from Tahiti, Hawaii, Wedge, and up to Alaska. This swell might even be a little bigger here than that one because the storm is a little closer. Winds are over 50 knots and seas are over 45 feet, 4,600 miles away from Orange County. Very close for a southern hemisphere storm as they’re usually 5,000 miles away.
“The swell will be very southerly — 185-195 degrees, so it will focus very strongly in north OC. Beginning to arrive on Thursday and filling in with very large 5-8 foot+++ sets in the afternoon at better spots like HB and Newport.
“Friday looks like the peak day with 8-10 foot+++ surf. Wedge will be over 20 feet. Saturday a little smaller but still 6-8+ foot+ better spots. South OC will be smaller than North OC by a few feet but still solid overhead in the 5-8 foot range at the better spots, and Trestles 8-10 feet.
“I’m working with Hurley to try to approve jet ski assist for the US Open of Surfing on Friday and Saturday so everyone can watch great surfing and not just paddling against a river current.”
Lifeguards rescue man at the Wedge in Newport Beach.
By ELYSSE JAMES
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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NEWPORT BEACH -- A body boarder was pulled from the high surf today and taken to the hospital.
The man was pulled from the waves by lifeguards at the Wedge in Newport Beach at about 1 p.m., officials said.
He was taken to Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
Waves that were 15 feet and higher were reported today at the Wedge and a rip current advisory is in effect at all Orange County beaches this afternoon.
Earlier today, three surfers were separated from their boards by strong surf in Dana Point, but they made it back to shore with the help of other surfers, officials said.
Body surfer who died at Wedge identified
Lawndale man apparently was tossed into rocks by heavy surf that also damaged pier.
By CINDY CARCAMO, KIMBERLY EDDS, ELYSSE JAMES and FRED SWEGLES
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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NEWPORT BEACH - Coroner's officials have identified a Lawndale man as the body surfer who died in rough waters Friday at the Wedge in Newport Beach.
Monte Valentin, 50, died at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian after he was slammed into the rocks by strong current and massive waves, officials said.
About 300 people were on the sand Saturday morning watching about a dozen bodysurfers braving the still large waves of about 20 feet high.
Lifeguard presence was heavy, with three guards at the water's edge waiting with fins and buoys. A lifeguard boat arrived about 9 a.m.
Valentin was pulled from waves about 1 p.m. Friday.
He had been body surfing near the Wedge when a set of waves up to 20 feet high came rolling through, throwing the surfer into the rocks, Schulz said.
Newport Beach lifeguards pulled the badly injured surfer into a lifeguard boat and took him to shore.
Waves that were 15 feet and higher were reported today at the Wedge and a rip current advisory is in effect at all Orange County beaches this afternoon.
Earlier today, three surfers were separated from their boards by strong surf in Dana Point, but they made it back to shore with the help of other surfers, officials said.
The surf is extreme this week," said Newport Beach Fire Department spokeswoman Jennifer Schulz.
"It's not just the size of the waves," Schulz said, "it's also creating really strong currents."
The Wedge remains open to those who wish to enter the water.
Also Friday, San Clemente closed most of its 1,200-foot-long fishing pier this afternoon after heavy surf knocked a wooden crossbeam into the ocean.
"We cleared everybody out of the water," said Blake Anderson, a marine-safety officer. Lifeguards monitored the beam as it drifted north of the pier and toward the beach. When it came ashore at Lifeguard Tower 4, near the Corto Lane railroad crossing, a lifeguard Jeep towed it off the beach.
Meanwhile, sheriff's deputies and lifeguards closed most of the pier at 2:35 p.m. as a precaution, removing about 200 people, Anderson said.
The closure is in effect until further notice. Visitors can walk only to a point about halfway between Fisherman's restaurant and Lifeguard Tower Zero. The closure meant shutting down a city concession stand at the end of the pier.
Waves with faces 6 to 8 feet high were crashing into the pier, a few with 10-foot faces, lifeguards reported. Once the crossbeam came ashore, lifeguards reopened the water to surfing on the north side of the pier.
Anderson said he could not estimate the beam's size or weight, but an all-terrain vehicle was unable to move it off the beach, so lifeguards had to get a Jeep.
For information on surf at Orange County beaches, check out the Sciencedude blog: http://sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/