Dominical Daily Surf Report – August 4, 2011

The six o’clock high tide under clearing skies looked promising but didn’t produce until it started to drop around eight. Bigger set waves well overhead with the occasional top to bottom dumpers scattering the small crowd. Before the wind kicked it around too much there were some sweet long rides and it was mostly peaky and only mildly dirty from recent night rains. Not epic conditions but a pleasant change of pace from the last few sketchy morning sessions. High noon low tide was unproductive but the weather was pleasant; partly cloudy, patchy blue sky, breezy and fresh turning to a dazzling electrical storm instead of a sunset. Intermittent torrential rain with full thunder and lightning accompaniment. The river is behaving. It’s muddy but not terribly swollen. It’s fast and dirty but the mouth is wide and no doubt getting wider. ~Steve at www.jazzysriverhouse.com