giant surf in San Diego

As I pulled up to my little perch at the La Jolla Cove yesterday morning, this was what I saw. It was double to triple overhead (watch the video from yesterday's post). I haven't surfed the Cove since I was a senior in high school. It was one of the most memorable surf sessions I've had to this day, probably because it was even bigger than it was yesterday and I was only 17. It was a lot cleaner during that January 1995 swell too. Yesterday was pretty closed out, pulling surfers deeper into the takeoff zone. Then there would be these 20-25 foot face sets that would break out past everyone. I hadn't seen that many broken boards or lifeguard rescue crews in a long time.I check PB Point, OB and Point Loma. It was probably best at Point Loma, but still too big and disorganized. What was cool was to see all of the spots that don't normally break, and they were huge! I heard someone died at Ghost Trees, which doesn't surprise me as it must have been 40 foot face waves further north! Uh...hmm....I think I'll take out the longboard in front of the surf camp next week and get some head high bathwater surf instead.