Estero Bay Women on Water

First off, E.B.W.O.W. would like to congratulate Tori White for her first place win in women’s short board competition at Morro Bay High School’s most recent surfing event in Oxnard, CA. This is part of the Scholastic Surf Series. I have photographed Tori and her sister, Katie, numerous times at Morro Rock. Here she is with her signature crane pose.

Tori

Below are a few more of the ladies that braved the cold water and at times high surf, from February 15 through March 15, 2016.

Keep a leash on it, Bob

Through late January and early February, we have had a lot of storm conditions, with high surf and winds reaching 30 knots.

However, there were a few days I was able to photograph the few ladies that just had to get wet.

Here are some that caught waves between the days of close-outs and rough surf.

And I would like to thank all of them for giving me something to shoot besides all of the old farts and hot doggers that abound.

Anyway this site is for you…….”You. You women on water.”Keep a leash on it,    Bob

The last few weeks of 2015 were pretty  uneventful, a lack of women surfers, cold water conditions (50-52°F), high winds and cloud cover.

Although, there were a couple of days in Cayucos where I found what I was looking for. A little sun and surfers. Cayucos, California is a sleepy little berg off of Highway 1, two blocks long with a public pier.

A steep pebble beach that is less prone to erosion. On days with an offshore wind and an average swell, some “tubes” may show and they can be fun.

Surfers will tell you when the Rock at Morro Bay is “blown out” Cayucos can be good. In high surf conditions, when both are bad, everyone will be heading to Widow Walls. It’s a “right” that breaks down the inside of the north jetty, not a lot of room, but can be a lot of fun.

Keep a leash on it  Bob

P. S.   The men surfers shown on this blog are only to depict the “tubes” at Cayucos and no credit shall be given. Groms are fair game.

The following photos are a few of the girls and groms that were seen in the waters of Estero Bay in the first few weeks of November.

Stop by and say “Hi,” and leave your email.  If I have more photos of you, I will email them to you.

See me near the benches next to the rock, 8am to 12pm.

Keep a leash on it Bob.

The first two weeks of October were mostly summer surf conditions. Waves two to three feet, except on October 10-13 when we got a taste of the larger swells from a western Pacific storm which brought seven to nine foot waves. With a high tide, the beach overnight went from smooth sloping to a sandy “grand canyon.”

Erosion was thirty inches to three feet at the mean high tide mark. The beach was inundated with water back two hundred yards from the shoreline leaving a hundred yards or less of dry sand in front of the dunes.

As the “large sets” crashed in, swirling foam and bubbling white water left the lifeguard towers in the middle of a large shallow lake. The larger sets on Saturday, October 10th, were under a heavy fog bank making photography impossible.

Todd Gailey on a “set wave” in the fog

The following photos are surfers that enjoyed Estero Bay in the first two weeks of October.

Keep a leash on it, Bob

It might not be your best side, but it is you!

Keep a leash on it, Bob