Surf's up

North County Times:

Surfboard-snapping waves three to four times the height of the surfers who rode them drew hundreds of spectators to Swami's Beach on Wednesday morning in an impromptu festival celebrating the Pacific's majesty and power. View A Video

The high surf also caused some local flooding, heavy storm warnings for the weekend and instructions to exercise care around North County's beaches.

The bluff above the famous North County surf spot, known for its offshore point break and big waves, was the choice of hundreds of North County residents and ocean looky-loos armed with coffee, cameras, sweatshirts and binoculars.

Swami's, a grassy park with 100-foot Torrey Pines and king palms, is located next to the Self-Realization Fellowship campus in south Encinitas.

The high surf, the biggest so far this year, is the result of a storm system brewing 700 miles northwest of California, according to the state Department of Parks and Recreation.

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Self realization indeed. How Californian. The big waves in the Pacific are a huge difference from the chop of Galveston Bay. When I raced my 30 foot sail boat off of Santa Cruz, California a few years ago we were surfing the boat on waves that big, doing close to 20 knots. On a sailboat that is the equivalent of warp speed. It was great fun on a boat. I don't think I would try it on a board, but if you click on the image above you can see that a bunch of people did.

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