OB turned on this morning!

And it was firing rainbows!

There is someone paddling into a wave in that little red circle. See below.

There he is.

And he made it!

And a really nice bottom turn!

And throwing some amazing spray! I think he may have even gotten barreled on that same wave but I didn't catch it because it was such a long ride.

And someone going right.

I caught that same guy from earlier throwing spray on a few waves. He was killing it this morning.

A guy fishing gives a little bit of scale comparison from shore. I still don't think it shows how big and beautiful the set waves were but thought it was a good reference point if you were standing on shore.
 

Mellow OB Thanksgiving Surf!

Had a bunch of fun waves this morning then went back out and shot some pictures. Waist to a little over head on some sets. Plenty to go around and a lot of party waves. Great morning!

This guy got barreled but my camera started buffering and I missed ut -:/

Peaking over the top to see the wave you wish you were on.

There were some bigger waves out there if you were in the right spot.

And some party waves on the inside -:]

Nice little split peak with a light offshore. Hard to beat.

Throwing some spray to celebrate!

More than enough waves to go around.

Thinking about heading back out for seconds -;]

Happy Thanksgiving!
 

Things that Fly and Dip

Things I saw walking around by the beach this weekend.

 

Full Moon set in Half Moon Bay

 Pre Surf full moon set in Half Moon Bay. Didn't surf here because the surf wasn't great but it was pretty.

Outer Sunset Sunset

 

After 21 years...

...of seeing Sutro Tower out of our front window and using it as a line up while surfing Ocean Beach I decided it was time to walk there.

The view from the front window.

A drone shot showing the Outer Sunset section of the walk. We are 1/2 block from the beach just behind the first row of houses. It was a 9 mile round trip.

2 miles in was the steepest section with two sections of steps like this.

It was fun to stand near the base for the first time.

And in 3D!

I took a break once there to have a snack, some water, and to do a quick sketch.

I kind of like this "Dutched" composition a little more than the straight on images.

A picture from Halloween a few days before. It was egging me on.
 

Still pretty photogenic

 C/2023 A3 is still up and on the edge of naked eye visible. With the moon coming up a little later it is still pretty photogenic.

OB Moonset

 

c2023 a3 is still here

 

Tail and Anti-Tail!

The fog in SF lifted right at sunset and C/2023 A3 was easily naked eye visible. Best comet I have seen to date! You can see an Anit-tail and Venus reflected in a tide pool. 

The sun set wasn't half bad either. If you look close you can see some sunspots mixed in with some birds.

The tail was so long it barely fit in the 70mm view (well more like 100mm on my crop sensor). I kept thinking the anti-tail was an artifact like a lens flare or reflection but then found out what an anti-tail is and that it's just how it looks from the earth's current perspective.

It's a little hard to tell but you can see it reflecting in the water just a little.

It started looking a little red as it was setting and getting into the thick atmosphere and low haze.