Two Days at Torrance

Torrance Beach 2-3+ Thursday 5-17-12:

I was pretty lucky to get off work a little early and so I did a quick surf check online. Surfline.com called it 1-3’ and mushy, Swellmagnet.com wasn’t much different but had a nice cam on burnouts. I grabbed two boards and headed out. Down at Torrance I was instantly reminded of the good times in April and was already in the zone. 

I pulled out my 6’10” mini-log and was surprised how much the water had warmed up since my last California session. The tide was pushing from low to high and the shape was super fun and clean. There was the usual crowd of high school kids out there some in spring suits some just bare-backed it.

Surfer: Eric Cedeno
Location: Torrance Beach 5-17-12

I managed to pick off some good sets and took my time paddling out around the main peaks. On a few occasions I had to pull out early to avoid running someone over, but I know there will always be more waves so I didn’t let that upset me. A few hours later I got out and went home, but my cheese ball smile stayed with me for the rest of the night and into the next day… Surfing really does make me a happier person; I should go surfing more often.

Torrance Beach 2-4+  Friday 5-18-12:

Torrance Beach Friday 5-18-12

It's hard for even me to believe that I was able to get off work early for two days in a row, but it happened. Surfline.com called it 2-3 ft knee to waist high for the Afternoon Update: Semi-clean, crumbly, mushy windswell waves with scattered ends mixed in. Sunny with 5-8kt SW winds in the early afternoon. I figured it would be a little bigger then the day before and was happy to find out that it was bigger. I got prime parking and took a quick picture before heading down the ramp. As the sun made its way west the glare on the ocean surface became blinding and that was a big change from the overcast sky from thursday. 

There was only a few people out and the good set waves had solid eight foot faces (four foot backs) with plenty of room to play on. About and hour into the session I became more aware of the rash on my neck. It felt like a zombie with braces was trying its best to slowly grind away the flesh on my neck, but I still didn't want to stop surfing. I stayed out as long as my arm could keep paddling and picked off the biggest sets that were breaking the farthest out. I heard the swell was going to drop over the weekend, down to maybe one foot so I figured I'd let my neck rash heal then. When my arms about fell off I knew then that it was time to finally get out. I took one more picture so you could see the difference in the glare off the ocean. It is actually much worse when you're in the water because there is no escaping it and I still love it.

Torrance Beach Friday 5-18-12