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Gavin Wolfe - 6 years ago

Thank you! Not enough ocean beach vids.

Ari McDavid - 6 years ago

super clean day! Thanks for posting!

oona sidoroff - 6 years ago

Why are they riding guns

Glenn Adendorff - 6 years ago

Apart from the drone footage, what type of Camera do you use?

PalhaMan - 6 years ago

Beautiful :-)

Radnally - 6 years ago

I remember many an epic workout session trying to paddle out through this from the beach.

Shark Tooth - 6 years ago

The paddle looks gruelling.. serious OB

Helen M - 6 years ago

Chem skies! What a great mixed up peaky swell!!!! Tired of airplane clouds droughting out our beautiful land!!

henryssurfshowcase - 6 years ago

I think you guys deserve an award for surfing out there, never mind the sharks!

10. comment for Ocean Beach Surfing Raw | San Francisco, CA

cloudbreak14 - 6 years ago

@2:23 Finally, a decent shot of the boat... smh

Adam Strickler - 6 years ago

Love ocean beach sf great clips

Charles Valoroso - 6 years ago

MAHALO...Boss.

wafertheen - 6 years ago

nice waves. soooo much barrel dodging!

Benji Owen - 6 years ago

you ever surfed ob? my thought is no

Walt Bells - 6 years ago

Perfect SF surf. It’s heavier than it looks. This is NOT Huntington or Newport Beach. This is more of Puerto with less close outs, longer paddles and its bitterly cold. Surfs-up everyday.

t mac - 6 years ago

Freezing. Great whites. & Have to deal with San fransciscans. No thanks.

A Hernandez - 6 years ago

Surfed once really big clean and powerful

MrDeadsurfer - 6 years ago

The left tubes for 50 yards so they go right on mush burgers? Please, S.F. surfers, get a grip.

SanFranciscoBay - 6 years ago

5:55 What is the land we see in the background? Is that the Farallon Islands 30 miles West?

SanFranciscoBay - 6 years ago

What is the waves breaking on? Sand, bedrock? How far under the sand is rock?

20. comment for Ocean Beach Surfing Raw | San Francisco, CA

Jonathan Still - 6 years ago

"Ocean Beach..." , you are so close to misnomer category here it's a tough call, but correct. " Beach" usually refers to sand up to water line but can include tides/ waves etc. comprehensively. "Ocean", of course, the water over the bed underneath but
" Ocean Beach " together is kinda like saying Lake Water Front" . Sure , beach can refer to a lake or river beach technically but that is archaic at best. Normally it's lakeside, riverside , or oceanside. Beach usually refers to the sandy tidal front. Ocean for the waves and water out there, including the tides. Like l say you are correct, but..... " l take it, you're not from around these parts,Pilgrim?" ( an old Indian quote ) lol

Peter Bridge - 6 years ago

43 people don't go in unless the water is 65 degrees or warmer.

yesfrat b knowin - 6 years ago

fun but oh so fat

The Last Rebel Show - 6 years ago

I have surfed here many times, it’s a spooky place with very cold water and the constant thought of great whites coming up from the dark green water which is spooky when your taking grinds paddling out or being held down after a wipeout. There’s strong currents as well.

william cox - 6 years ago

does it get hollow like oxnard or Blacks beach ?

Jeff Chavolla - 6 years ago

Yes!

mrquizical - 6 years ago

Shifting peaks, pretty good offshore breeze, cold water. Thanks for your time!

Hollywood101283 - 6 years ago

I love this spot.

Mountainsurfer - 6 years ago

Awesome lefts at 4:40 and 6:20!

WaveTrekker - 6 years ago

Gorgeous. Looks super fun. And sunny!

Adam Etheridge - 6 years ago

The left is a much better ride, nice clear waves

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Nicholas Kiefer - 6 years ago

Nice, thanks for posting.

Jeff Chavolla - 6 years ago

Mahalo!

Post Disclosure World - 6 years ago

Beautiful waves.

J B - 6 years ago

Specifically what part of OB is this shot at?

Fluid Floyd - 6 years ago

YEAH NOW

7.62 full metal - 6 years ago

Yeah dude, seriously nice little shore barrels

LAS VEGAS SHOOTER - 6 years ago

Over the falls at 1:47

Jeremiah Alphonsus - 6 years ago

Kooks waste so many waves.

Robert Cochrane - 6 years ago

Classic, cold and awesomely consistent - love me some OB San Francisco.

sami moring - 6 years ago

damn, 7:30 he's hating himself knowing he fxcked up..
..perfect waves and somehow boring to watch, pulling off the impossible

john Cast - 6 years ago

The lefts are hard to grab, the current pulls you south. (Right) I learned the hard way there.

Kerry Emmerson - 6 years ago

cleanest I've seen it. Short and reformy but some nice sections in there.

MOTUS - 6 years ago

great video!

Erick Jaime - 6 years ago

All the brogrammers getting a stoke before putting in 12 at work. Kinda reminds me of Cerritos in B.C.S.

David Haig - 6 years ago

where is the humanity in the surf community , never have i met such a guarded, anti anyone other than they're own kind - kind of community. Why do you love berating kooks who want to learn and enjoy the same thing you enjoy? I've met more assholes from surfing than i have from skating or snowboarding my whole life

a.m. remorse - 6 years ago

David Haig I grew up surfing Costa Rica and you are right on the money. Surfers are supreme assholes. Very few are decent and welcoming. And Brazilians take it to a whole other level of asshole. Or a group of dick head Florida guys who act like hey own a spot because they flew down for a couple of weeks. And it’s only gotten worse in the last twenty years.

Tobias Kenway - 6 years ago

Don't surfers in San Fran do turns???

Alejandro Plesch - 6 years ago

Where's the surfing?

Game Changer - 6 years ago

Smooth camera work!

TheSkepticalOptimist 777 - 6 years ago

The barrel is tricky there. Real almondy with the odd double up so its a tough read if it’s under 10 foot.

Peter Bowman - 6 years ago

Everyone kicks out mid-wave so no get mopped paddling back out.

Chris M - 6 years ago

Great video. Wish I would be there so I could surf those waves.

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Nathan Lonsdale - 6 years ago

Why is this not on the world tour?

Alex Crawford - 6 years ago

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

SanFranciscoBay - 6 years ago

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.

mrchrisization - 6 years ago

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.

Mountain Man3 - 6 years ago

ICE, ICE BABY...!!!!!

Belinda Davidson - 6 years ago

Perfect waves....wasted by kooks.

Erick Jaime - 6 years ago

Shut up and surf.

Jake Costello - 6 years ago

totally, mostly tech kooks who just learned to surf. the place is swarming with them

Gray Spainhour - 6 years ago

Beautiful day!

cliff boule - 6 years ago

Shacked at 8:20...

First Last - 6 years ago

sooo many wasted waves.

Troy Barnes - 6 years ago

Damn ! Plenty of late drops ... Some serious water moving .

William Seifert - 6 years ago

Lol never thought of san francisco for waves. I thought it was just the gay city and a place to watch baseball.

SanFranciscoBay - 6 years ago

There's 5,000 miles of open ocean for storms and waves to form. Lots of powerful storms between Russia and Alaska.

Austin Oldfield - 6 years ago

It’s literally right up the road from half moon bay.... the gnarliest surf spot on the continental United States of America........

Mr. Slam - 6 years ago

check out Mavericks

zac- man - 6 years ago

William Seifert me too

FREEDOMEDIA - 6 years ago

Looks like the OBX. Lots of empty tubes, especially those lefts!!

John Sullivan - 6 years ago

great video.

Brandon Egdamin - 6 years ago

Why so many taking off on the shoulder and kicking out right after?

chris elliman - 6 years ago

Great footy...... the drone shot in the beginning showing those lumps tho! subbed!

James Westhart - 6 years ago

Great surfing video, nothing like our close out Coronado beach break. Getting out on a big day must be punishing, just like here but the rewards certainly are there for those who do. Good thing there are no seals around so there is some comfort there. Man, I'd have to invest in one premium thick ass wetsuit.

Sofia Malinovsky - 6 years ago

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! :)

Ho Stevie! - 6 years ago

Such a sick wave!

anthony falconetti - 6 years ago

perfect size for that place..any bigger and you get pounded senseless...

Jbirtwisle - 6 years ago

1:45 over the falls backwards?

ben keast - 6 years ago

Solid 10’

yesfrat b knowin - 6 years ago

clearly you've never surfed solid 10 baha 6 max

Anthony Larsen - 6 years ago

Thanks for sharing

Jono Edwards - 6 years ago

I would have been so Over-Psyched, the paddle out would have been backwards with eternal poundings,,, Ahhh,, Err,, now i'm out there, cooking in my steamer from the non stop onslaught, just sitting watching those perfect shifting Peaks that everyone else is sliding into, still none come to me so i paddle towards the Lucky Gumby having all the fun as he gives me The Evil Eye, then suddenly he looks past me? I turn around, looking back to where i sat Pumped for an everlasting 15 minutes an see the Wave of the day! You got to Love it.
Great Stuff Jeffro, Beauty Mate.

brenda foster - 6 years ago

Imagine Jeff:If these waves were in Orange County,there would be traffic jams,and shootings,San Fran is "Blessed"...

magentawave - 6 years ago

Cccccold

Alex Sands - 6 years ago

nobody is utilizing those end sections, although maybe they are just saving themselves from paddling so much...

Captain Greg - 6 years ago

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 :)

tuskedbeast - 6 years ago

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.

anthony falconetti - 6 years ago

that is a wave you want to exit clean.. when it is bigger, it will take you all the way to the beach if you try the off the soup crap..it is a true beach brak perfect each way except when huge then you get the big close outs..board breaking pounding and long swim in with 1/2 a board.

cliff boule - 6 years ago

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.

WattoSurf - 6 years ago

Epic! What lens did you use? I'm considering the Canon 100-400. My telephoto is not good enough for OB hehe

Jeff Chavolla - 6 years ago

It depends on the crop factor of your sensor. My camera has the equivalent of a 500mm lense. I think a 100-400mm would get the job done though.

Sgtmoro - 6 years ago

Nice :D

Jesse Rockwell - 6 years ago

Damn, what an epic day. I'd be way too scared to paddle out. Place is notoriously gnarly

Brian Lee - 6 years ago

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

Cesar Henriquez - 6 years ago

Finally a humble and realistic comment

Jeff Milum - 6 years ago

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

BLACK05GO1 - 6 years ago

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.

clarkewi - 6 years ago

And cold.

adventuresinbelieving - 6 years ago

March 1981. Yep.

Chris Rad - 6 years ago

First!

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