November 23rd, 2008 by admin

Adam and I left around 5:45 and headed up to Port Renfrew.  This is my first time ever being to Renfrew, what an awesome spot, definitely coming back camping.

There was a pretty thick layer of frost covering everything it was a bit nippy but a beautiful day, not a breath of wind.  Unfortunately there were no waves either.

We could see the lines approaching in sets of 4 or 5 coming in from the Northwest.  They were sooooo close, they were breaking pretty much right on shore but you could see the potential.  We hung around for about an hour or so and watched the tide come right in with our fingers crossed but it just didn’t happen.  I talked to a man who was camping on the beach and he said the waves were three times the size for the last four days.  That was the last kick in the nuts with a frozen moccasin we could take, we headed back to Sombrio. SKUNKED!

The pic below is what the waves are supposed to look like at Port Renfrew.

At Sombrio the waves looked alright but as usual there were far too many people out there trying to catch them to be even worth suiting up.

China Beach was a mild lake.  The highlight was that some way, some how, someone got a car all the way through the narrow winding trail all the way to just before the steps to get on the beach and that’s where they left it.  I really have no idea how they got it down there or how the hell they will get it out.

Jordan River looked like it was going to be alright when we first past by at day break but when we got back they had died right off to the odd white cap.

The MagicSeaweed report called for 9.5 footers which was obviously way off.

October 18th, 2008 by admin

Adam and I left Nanaimo and got to JR point in real good time.  Tide was on it’s way in so we stayed in the truck and examined the waves while we were waiting for Lanny, who camped over at Renfrew but woke up to a glassy lake so he was on his way to meet us.

We checked out JR camp which also looked decent and then LilChina which looked to be shaping up but was breaking to shallow.

Lanny arrived so we did a recon on the beaches again before deciding JR point would be our best bet.  The waves had definitely begun to tame down, but Adam and I got suited up anyway hoping for the best.  After about another hour of sitting in the truck (sweating with our suits on)  the waves progressively got worse and worse.  There would be 1 set of 1 or 2, 4′ waves every 15-20 minutes coming from the Northwest.  Anger.

Oh yeah, we did see a whale though, that was pretty cool.

October 18th, 2008 by admin

Al and I hiked our way down to Lil China.  Gorgeous day, ferocious waves.  Waves were coming in from the West, 12-13 ft and breaking in about 2.5-3ft of water.  Tide was about 3/4 in.  I’ve never felt more powerful waves in my life nor have I felt a rip with so much pull going straight out.  Waves were coming at us from every angle, it was pretty intense.  I’d line one up and right before I would catch it I’d get slammed by a wave that came out of nowhere from the opposite direction.  Not a great day for surfing, but as always a beauty day to be at the beach.

One of the only place on earth where the rain forest reaches the beach.