I knew the waves probably wouldn’t be too good today but it was going to be warm and sunny. So I didn’t want to miss a nice autumn day of surfing (winter will soon be here I’m sure). I was determined to find some place with some waves!
First stop – Yoshida:
The fishermen had already staked out the middle part of the beach. It didn’t really matter because the waves were tiny. To the right, there were a few surfers…
on to the second stop – Shizunami!
Certainly a lot more promising than Yoshida. Here’s another picture:
Small waves and an unusually high number of longboarders. From my casual observations, I thought that mostly shortboarders surfed here. Strange…
I quickly found out the reason. Can you see the large clump of surfers down the beach? The 20th annual Shizuoka Longboard Classic was being held. We decided to move on…
Third stop – Kashima.
I haven’t surfed here since the end of June. Today was much better than the last time we checked it out!
We surfed here for a couple hours until the wind picked up and the crowds came.
