Surfers... Do you...

[illusion88]

surf alone? Like go out without anyone. Would you surf if there was no one else out there (like just you at the beach). Would you surf big days alone? Or would you stay to the smaller days. I try not to. But sometimes you just have to. What are you opinions?

 

[Jzero]

I generally don't go out unless there's lifeguards, or at least someone I know on the beach watching for me. Usually there's at least one person in the water with me, but occasionally I brave it myself.

Big/Small doesn't really matter...I just trust my gut. On my beach the waves generally roll in from the SE, so if there is a strong wind from the NE, it creates a condition where the waves seem to be crisscrossing and it really freaks me out and I usually give up whether the waves are big or small. Also, any wind from a northerly direction tends to blow me straight towards a rock jetty that I kinda like to keep a healthy distance from...just in case.

Aside from that, I've got a helmet, a life jacket, a floating paddle, and a boat that is damn near indestructable (I guess I should mention that I'm kayak surfing), so I do often go it alone, or go paddle to other points of the island looking for better waves.