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After an unsuccessful outing on Monday, I was hoping for a better day today.  Little did I know that today I would experience something new.

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Today was NOT a good day for surfing.  It was so bad that I didn’t even bother to take any pictures.  REALLY.  First, we checked out Yoshida.  FLAT.  Second, we stopped at Shizunami.  FLAT.  Finally, we visited Kashima.  There were a few surfers trying to catch some small waves, but not tempting enough for us to suit up.  An incredibly short day at the beach.

I’m still on vacation so the title for this posting isn’t the most appropriate, but it was the best thing that I could think of.

Like usual, the waves have been small - would I be pleasantly surprised today??

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After an exciting but unrewarding morning of surfing the remnants of Typhoon #5 last week, I was looking forward to a regular day at the surf office. As to be expected of rainy season, it was cloudy and drizzly. When I arrived at the beach, here is what I saw…

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The wave forecast didn’t look too promising, but I decided to head to the beach anyways. It was pretty windy as well. When I arrived at the beach at around 7 am, there were only 4 surfers in the water. Not a promising sign. As they say, a day at the beach beats a day at the office! Caught a few waves, but nothing to write home about - good enough for a blog entry though. Forgot the camera again, but found this picture on the website of one of the local surf shops.

If you look real closely, you can’t see me.

For the record’s sake, here is what it looked like yesterday (when I wasn’t there).

Check out the guy posing like a bird on the tetrapods.

After a brief stop at Ohama beach, we decided to continue along the coast. We drove about 40 kilometers to the nearest surf point (that we know of)…

Shizunami Beach - we had heard of this beach, but had never been there before.  The wave forecast predicted tiny or no waves, so I didn’t even bother to bring my surf gear.  (My surfboard is always in the van, but soon it will be too hot to keep it in the car all the time - don’t want the wax to melt all over everything!)

As you can probably guess, there were surfable waves.

Here’s a close up of someone in action.  Strangely enough, after I took this picture, he got out of the water and headed to his car - maybe it was the end of his session.

Most of the surfers here are riding longboards, so it will be interesting to see how I make out with my board.

Another interesting point about this beach, is the length of it.  It is quite impressive.  It is offseason now, so people with 4-wheel drive cars park on the beach.  Once the “official season” is here, that will end and so will free parking.

The only downside I can see to this beach is the lack of coin showers.  There is at least one free shower, but it certainly isn’t warm!