San Diego's BIGGEST SWELL in Years!

[@HoStevie]

Love all the different angles and drone shots in this one 🤙🏼

[@SoCalSurfer]

Thank you! We should collab on a video this season. @HoStevie

[@SURFnSANDMEDIA]

great captures. I could see my Mavic in several of those shots too...such an awesome day of waves and surfing!

[@Profabdesigns]

Nice to see some proper big wave Guns out there!

[@matthewkelleher3467]

I’ve got to hand it to the man riding the red gun. He get caught inside and closed out on many times, yet he keeps catching waves. IMO he is the star of this video

[@davidschlesinger5523]

Ur gonna make it through too

[@Mcyouube]

Dude, is that Jim from Bird! Go, Beard Jim!

[@joeybenoit6269]

The cove is fun that large!

[@pnwpovsurfer_]

Another sick one!

[@SoCalSurfer]

Yew! We need to link up in 2025

[@pnwpovsurfer_]

@ I’m way down

[@surf101-]

Nowhere to go on those closeouts!!!

[@michaelburk9171]

The wave at the beginning of the video are right in front of the point. The real break is a bit north and breaks back in to the cove. It can still close out but (usually) just pushes you back in the cove. Not up in to the bluff

[@Nihilist1974]

The cove awakens

[@SoCalSurfer]

Lets goo!

[@john.maynard]

I remember surfing the Cove in college. Not a great wave, but cool experience.

[@williammartin2842]

That break doesn't seem to hold that size swell or just that swell direction?

[@michaelburk9171]

That video was a bit confusing. The wave at the very beginning is outside and a bit south of the point. It's breaks on big rocks then straight in to the bluff. The later waves are around to the north and break like a point back in to the cove.

[@Surfdronesd]

Great swell, hoping for more to film.

[@SoCalSurfer]

2025 season should be solid!

[@MrOtiose]

A nice Holiday gift.

[@SoCalSurfer]

The best!

[@sMVshortMusicVideos]

Good stuffs.

[@SoCalSurfer]

Thank you!

[@patriciotamariz4708]

We are having a huge swell in Ecuador and Peru right now, my question is what exact date was this filmed? Due to the 1st of January we are having the new moon spring tide and already we are having problems on the borderline coast in erosion. We have high tide now at 2.3m and swells up to 4m, and on Jan 1 thru Jan 3, we have spring tide up to 2.9 meters with ...this swell that hit San Diego?? would like to know when this was filmed due to 5 to 6 days later we should receive this swell. Thank you.

[@charliedillon1400]

Mancora? I'd like to see that place at big size. It's a nice break.

[@patriciotamariz4708]

@@charliedillon1400 It was 9 foot.

[@walterquick8649]

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[@EpicKook]

Nice footage. What drone are you using here?

[@SoCalSurfer]

DJI Air 3. The ability to switch to the 70mm telephoto camera has been a game changer for us. Here's a link: amzn.to/3PbHq7f

[@moonkatvr]

Those looked awesome

[@SoCalSurfer]

Always epic when the cove breaks. It feels like an arena, with the crowd erupting over every epic ride and wipeout.

[@helloitsmehb]

The guy with the white board at 1:58 shows how it done to get over a massive monster like that

[@bonniecline5014]

Wow🥰

[@SoCalSurfer]

Thanks for watching!

[@garygiannini5945]

RAD...! DUDE

[@LYTE_Zen]

I've been there it's great fun to surf them in winter

[@SoCalSurfer]

Definitely!

[@naturalfreehuman]

chemtrails have been great for glassy conditions but fucked for rain. epic vid. gnarly skies.

[@mikeprice4103]

I love chemtrails!

[@naturalfreehuman]

@@mikeprice4103 great for glass! enjoy em! been about everyday...

[@elizabethnoble9255]

Sooo kewl

[@nicscharing]

Wasn't the swell and wind better the past 2 years?

[@williamlloyd3769]

What can you say!

[@glenbradley1046]

Why there…. It’s all close outs

[@workingTchr]

Big AND cold?

[@Sp4wnK3lla]

So many waves, you'll get tired of them!

[@bigrichdude]

Big waves. Closing out! Give me warm water. No crowds. And a wave that lasts. And the governor there is a psycho. Grew up in SB. Glad I left.

[@mikekovacs2532]

We're also a glad you left.

[@MarkPryor1]

A lot of reflection. Looks like 7ft tide. Big and wonky. Would like to see blacks

[@SoCalSurfer]

This is footage from Blacks during the same swell: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a56UfZWCaM6ioKc

[@MarkPryor1]

@SoCalSurfer hell ya. Dude at 1:15 with shaq and style. Noice 👌

[@freeflymonkey]

no one at horseshoes.. crazy.

[@TheMemo659]

FWIW, cove is where people who want it smaller than the swell go. If you want better big wave clips check the end of Sunset Cliffs blvd (I bet indicators was breaking this swell), Wind and Sea, make the hike to Blacks, Swami's, etc.etc.etc. You filmed the JV squad. No shade, they paddled out and I didn't. JS you can get better footage elsewhere.

[@SoCalSurfer]

Check our video from Blacks this same swell here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a56UfZWCaM6ioKcsi=SAtX9bgGnXtzyipC

[@muttonbuster]

What I don't get is down near the Bird Rock rock end of the peninsula there's a winter big swell only left wall I won't name (I know you know the one I"m talking about) that holds size much better than The Cove. Yet (at least when I lived and surfed there) always had at worst 1/4 the crowd that The Cove gets.

[@TheMemo659]

@@muttonbuster Combo of people running from breaks that maximize swell size and local-ism at certain breaks I'd imagine. "The big wave left near birdrock" is certainly one of those locals giving strangers grief breaks.

[@muttonbuster]

@@TheMemo659 I think another couple of factors are that spot definitely happens less often than The Cove and breaks WAY the hell out there. It always seemed to me that The Cove was where you surfed if wanted a big audience watching you make a drop (quickly followed by a section you can't make or mush).....while the other you're likely to have no one watching you getting a long, feathering workable wall.

[@ChuckBilezikian]

Devil slides'

[@haveaday1812]

Dude, we have big swell s every year.

[@rickenglish6962]

Not a makeable wave at that point , ridiculous!

[@JSTN_C]

why is everyone dropping in so early on the wave? am i wrong? don't want to be a backseat driver or surfer here... but it's definitely noticeable. *also i don't know this wave, perhaps this is a big swell and no one even locals know how to ride it and are figuring it out. educate me people. edit: also, FINALLY some great rides towards the end.

[@jackcohen1854]

This is big for san diego. This wave probably breaks once, maybe twice a year.

[@matthewkelleher3467]

When do you think they should drop in? You stand up as early as possible and try to get out in front of the close out. None of these large waves were make able. They were close out beach break. Even on the point breaks at La Jolla

[@averlyrolf7970]

I clicked on this expecting a surf video and I get a clown school. This is average winter surf in Santa Cruz. And no one in the video knows how to duck dive? Everyone just hops off and lets the leash take care of it all? Town full of wow-now special Princess surfers.

[@SeymourSachs-n2x]

Santa Cruz water full of gay pud and pedophiles. All they know to is ride the disco stick, not a wave

[@OB1kyote64]

Crash test dummies!

[@havnchorts4106]

Mid. The real caliber surf starts from rincon up the coast.

[@SoCalSurfer]

How do you figure that?

[@piercecurry6756]

This spot is pretty mellow but handles the big swell well. There’s much heavier spots around town

[@murilocavalcante1335]

Only one time in mine life l see that kinda surf....only in da end da guys charge Big sticks for medium sise waves...

[@transientdeath9653]

They’re slow and mushy waves so the bigger stick helps to paddle in…. I guess

[@boogieheads]

25 second period

[@jez443]

Let’s see a video of you out there mister badass

[@shacktime]

The period is more important than the amplitude. You must not surf big swells very often.

[@shacktime]

@@boogieheads Exactly.

[@chrisinzunza6746]

Good size, form sucks

[@FannieMay-or-not]

Stay out of Sunset Cliffs... especially Garbage....1502

[@Akooks]

🤙 🤪

[@jl904404]

How does 1 survive getting sucked up into that ?

[@RATBURL]

Green board was at least 7ft tall 😂😂😂