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Swell and Shorebreak (Seal Beach 041613)

Wild session today at Seal Beach with 4-6′ sets at 20s. The shorebreak was huge and when we waited out the set before paddling out I counted at…

Glassy and Perfect (Seal Beach 101811)

Our last sesh of the week in Seal Beach turned out to be the perfect end to the trip. It was beautiful: a light marine layer, fun-size swell…

Surfing the Pier (Seal Beach 101711)

First day surfing with the marine layer this trip to Seal Beach. You could barely see the horizon all morning and you had to squint to see the…

Stoked (Seal Beach 101611)

Today’s surf sesh was awesome: beautiful glassy waves, success on our new boards, mellow and fun surfers. It’s Sunday so it was a much smaller group of return…

Saturday (Seal Beach 101511)

Today wasn’t the most amazing surf session we’ve had, but we still had a fun time and caught several good rides. Saturdays are always more crowded at any…

Backwash Surfing (Seal Beach 101411)

The weather report was calling for it to be cloudy this morning but we were pleasantly surprised with sun by 8am. It was cooler than the past two…

Long Rides at the Pier (Seal Beach 101311)

Today was another sunny, glorious, warm morning at Seal Beach surfing with Mike and Michael. Again, I lost track of how many waves we got. It was non-stop…

Endless Waves (Seal Beach 101211)

So much fun today! We’re back in Seal Beach surfing with Mike and Michael Sr. When we arrived in the lot, Michael asked which boards we wanted and…

Stoked at Seal Beach 081511

It was our last session in Seal Beach. We spent last night reminiscing about how great it’s been, how much we’ve learned and laughing remembering all the fun…

More Lefts and Rights at Seal Beach 081411

(Photo taken post-surf when the sun came out) Surfed Seal Beach again this morning under now-familiar overcast skies. Locals are wondering why the weather’s been so cool (upper…

Catching Endless Waves (Seal Beach 081311)

Another amazing day surfing Seal Beach with Mike Jr. Today’s class was a varied group of surfers who had been taking lessons with them off and on (Keith…

First Time Surfing Seal Beach 081111

First day surfing Seal Beach with M&M Surf School. We’ve been planning to come and get some instruction from Michael Pless and Michael Jr. after reading Peter Heller’s…

Seal Beach

Flew from SFO-LGB, checked into the hotel, drove the 3 mins to the Seal Beach, saw the M&M van in the lot and chatted with Michael Pless and…